# Under the Hood (2009)

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**Runtime**: 38 min
**Genres**: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
**Directed by**: Eric Matthies
**Written by**: Hans Rodionoff
**Starring**: Ted Friend, Stephen McHattie, Glenn Ennis, Matt Frewer, Jay Brazeau, Frank Cassini

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You're Nite Owl, writing your memoirs after costumed heroes are outlawed. But the past resurfaces as you chronicle the original Watchmen. Matthies lends pulp biography to after-image superheroics. The film lingers on a sense of loss.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider

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