The Avengers is a 1998 English-language Action Adventure film written by Sydney Newman, Don Macpherson and Alessandro Manzoni. The movie is directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and produced by Jerry Weintraub under the banner of JW Productions. Two British agents team up to stop Sir August de Wynter from destroying the world with a weather-changing machine. The avengers stars Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Macnee, Fiona Shaw and Solly Assa. The film is based on The Avengers by Sydney Newman. The music was composed by Joel Mcneely. Cinematography was done by Roger Pratt and editing by Mick Audsley. The motion picture has a running time of 89 minutes. The Avengers was made on a budget of $60 million and at the box office it grossed only $23 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Warner Bros.