Liz has moved in with Shaun, and Shaun keeps the zombified Ed tethered in his shed, where they play video games together. Six months later, civilisation has returned to normal, and surviving zombies are used as cheap labour and entertainment. The arriving British Army guns down the horde, and take Shaun and Liz to safety. Shaun discovers a keg lift that opens out onto the street, and Ed volunteers to stay with the rifle as the zombies break in. Realising they only have two bullets left, Shaun and Liz contemplate suicide while Ed elects to be devoured by the zombies. Shaun, Liz, and Ed take cover behind the bar, which Shaun sets ablaze before the trio take refuge in the cellar. The zombified Pete appears and bites Ed, and Shaun shoots and kills Pete. Zombies break into the pub, devouring David, and Dianne rushes into the horde in an attempt to avenge (or rescue) him. Shaun, distraught, is forced to shoot Barbara when she reanimates. David attempts to shoot Barbara, but Shaun stops him, causing the group to argue: Shaun accuses David of hating him and being in love with Liz, which Dianne admits. Barbara reveals she was bitten along the way, and dies after giving Liz and Shaun's relationship her approval. They take refuge inside the Winchester, where Shaun discovers that the Winchester rifle above the bar is functional. The group abandon the car and sneak through their London neighbourhood, running into friends and evading zombies by imitating them. Philip reconciles with Shaun before the former becomes a zombie. They then use Philip's Jaguar to pick up Liz and her flatmates, David and Dianne. They escape in Pete's car and pick up Philip, who's already been bitten, and Barbara. They devise a plan to rescue Liz and Barbara, Shaun's mother, and then wait out the crisis in the Winchester. Shaun and Ed are slow to notice until they encounter two zombies in their garden, whom they beat to death with a shovel and cricket bat. At home, Shaun and Ed's flatmate, Pete, complains of a bite wound from a mugger and berates Shaun into getting his life together.īy morning, a zombie apocalypse has overwhelmed London. Heartbroken, Shaun gets drunk with Ed, his slacker best friend, at their favourite pub, the Winchester. He is disrespected by his colleagues, does not get along with his stepfather, Philip, and is dumped by his girlfriend, Liz, after failing to improve himself. In Crouch End, London, electronics salesman Shaun has no direction in his life. The spread of zombiism in the film has been used as a modelling example for disease control. In film studies, the film is seen as a product of post- 9/11 anxiety, as well as a model for transnational comedy. It was ranked third on the Channel 4 list of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films and quickly acquired a cult following. It was met with acclaim and commercial success, grossing $30 million worldwide on a budget of $6.1 million and receiving two nominations at the British Academy Film Awards. The film premiered in London on 29 March 2004 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 9 April 2004 and in the United States on 24 September. Principal photography took place across London and at Ealing Studios between May and June 2003. The film references the Dead films directed by George A. Shaun of the Dead developed from ideas Pegg and Wright used for their television series Spaced, particularly an episode where Pegg's slacker character hallucinates a zombie invasion. It is the first installment in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, followed by Hot Fuzz (2007) and The World's End (2013). The film co-stars Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy, and Penelope Wilton. Pegg stars as Shaun, a downtrodden salesman in London who is caught in a zombie apocalypse with his friend Ed ( Nick Frost). With it's initial release on April 9th 2004 it made approximately $30.1m at the Box Office.Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 zombie comedy film directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Simon Pegg. "Shaun of the Dead" was produced by De Wolfe Music, Universal Pictures, WT2 Productions, StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Big Talk Productions, Inside Track 2 and Film4 Productions with a budget of $6.1m. Part of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost & Edgar Wright's celebrated Cornetto Trilogy, all streaming now on BritBox.2004Ĭertificate: Contains very strong language and violence.Ĭast: Dylan Moran, Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Bill Nighy, Lucy Davis, Penelope Wilton Unfortunately, he's got to deal with a zombie apocalypse first. Shaun is set on turning his wretched life around. Want to keep forever? Try looking for 'Shaun of the Dead' on Amazon (paid link)
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