Hulk (2003 film)
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| Directed by | Ang Lee |
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| Story by | James Schamus |
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The Incredible Hulk by Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
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| Music by | Danny Elfman |
| Cinematography | Frederick Elmes |
| Edited by | Tim Squyres |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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138 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $137 million |
| Box office | $245.4 million |
| Hulk: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Danny Elfman | ||||
| Released | June 17, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 69:53 | |||
| Label | Decca Records | |||
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Hulk is a 2003 American science fiction superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name. Ang Lee directed the film, which stars Eric Bana as Dr. Bruce Banner, as well as Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, and Nick Nolte. The film explores the origins of Bruce Banner, who after a lab accident involving gamma radiation finds himself able to turn into a huge green-skinned monster whenever he gets angry, while he is pursued by the United States military and comes into a conflict with his father.
Development for the film started as far back as 1990. The film was at one point to be directed by Joe Johnston and then Jonathan Hensleigh. More scripts had been written by Hensleigh, John Turman, Michael France, Zak Penn, J. J. Abrams, Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, Michael Tolkin, and David Hayter before Ang Lee and James Schamus' involvement. Hulk was shot mostly in California, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Hulk was a commercial success, grossing over $245 million worldwide on a $137 million budget, and received mixed reviews from critics, earning praise for its visual effects, ambition, score, performances and complexity (especially compared with other superhero films released at that time), while the film's pacing, tone and lack of action were subjects of criticism. The film's editing received a polarizing reception with some praising it for resembling a comic book and others criticizing it for being artsy or meaningless. A soft sequel, titled The Incredible Hulk, was released on June 13, 2008 as the second film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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