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Pitch Black
- Director
- David Twohy
- Release Date
- February 18, 2000
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures , Focus Features
- Cast
- Claudia Black , Vin Diesel , Keith David , Cole Hauser , Radha Mitchell
- Writers
- David Twohy , Ken Wheat , Jim Wheat
- Runtime
- 109 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- The Chronicles of Riddick
- Sequel(s)
- Riddick , The Chronicles of Riddick
- Budget
- $23 million
Summary
Pitch Black is the first installment in the Chronicles of Riddick franchise. Vin Diesel stars as Richard B. Riddick, a criminal with artificially enhanced eyes who helps a group of survivors fight off a race of aliens after crashing on a desert planet.
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