Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

This article is about the film. For the graphic novel on which it is partly based, see A Dame to Kill For.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written byFrank Miller
Based onSin City
by Frank Miller
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobert Rodriguez
Edited byRobert Rodriguez
Music byRobert Rodriguez
Carl Thiel
Production
companies
Distributed byThe Weinstein Company
Release dates
  • August 19, 2014 (2014-08-19) (TCL Chinese Theatre)
  • August 22, 2014 (2014-08-22) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$65 million[3]
Box office$39.4 million[4]

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (also known as Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For)[4][5][6] is a 2014 American action crime anthology film and follow-up to the 2005 film Sin City. Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, the script is written by Miller and is primarily based on the second book in the Sin City series by Miller, A Dame to Kill For.[7]

One of the smaller plots of the film is based on the short story "Just Another Saturday Night", which is collected in Booze, Broads, & Bullets, the sixth book in the comic series. Two original stories ("The Long Bad Night" and "Nancy's Last Dance") were created exclusively for the film written by Miller. The film stars an ensemble cast including returning cast members Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Powers Boothe (in his final film role), and Bruce Willis. Newcomers to the series include Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, Christopher Lloyd, Jamie Chung, Jeremy Piven, Christopher Meloni, Stacy Keach, Lady Gaga, Alexa Vega, Julia Garner, and Juno Temple.

The film was released on August 22, 2014, on 2D, 3D and RealD 3D.[8][9][10] Unlike the first film, A Dame to Kill For underperformed at the box office, grossing $39.4 million against its $65 million production budget, and received mixed reviews from film critics.

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  8. ^ Goldberg, Matt (May 17, 2012). "Release Date Announced for SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR; Jessica Alba to Return; Film Will Be in 3D". Collider.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  9. ^ "Theatrical Movie Schedule Additions and Changes". Boxofficemojo.com. January 9, 2013. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
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