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SCI FI Channel Unmasks V For Vendetta March 16

SCI FI Channel will give audiences a sneak peek behind the mask of mysterious freedom fighter 'V' in V FOR VENDETTA: BEHIND THE MASK, airing at 11:00 pm tonight, March 16, 2006. This exclusive 30-minute behind-the-scenes special takes an in-depth look at the Wachowski brother's dark and uncompromising vision of the future, V FOR VENDETTA, which opens in theaters Friday. There will be a special a special encore broadcast of the special March 17 at 8:30 am.

V FOR VENDETTA: BEHIND THE MASK will feature footage from the film, as well as on-set interviews with the cast and crew, including Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, director James McTeigue and producer Joel Silver. (With ET/PT)

Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V FOR VENDETTA tells the story of a young working-class woman, named Evey (Portman), who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man, known as 'V' (Weaving). Profoundly complex, V is literary, flamboyant, tender and intellectual, as well as dedicated to freeing his fellow citizens from those who have terrorized them into compliance. In his quest to free the people of England from the corruption and cruelty that have poisoned their government, V condemns the tyrannical nature of their appointed leaders and rallies his fellow citizens to join him.

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