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9 April 2004 (UK) moreTagline:
It's just one of those days when you're feeling a little...dead. morePlot:
A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
6 wins & 16 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Fried Gold! more (738 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Simon Pegg | ... | Shaun |
 | Kate Ashfield | ... | Liz |
 | Nick Frost | ... | Ed |
 | Lucy Davis | ... | Dianne |
| Dylan Moran | ... | David |
| Nicola Cunningham | ... | Mary |
 | Keir Mills | ... | Clubber 1 (as Kier Mills) |
| Matt Jaynes | ... | Clubber 2 |
| Gavin Ferguson | ... | Football Kid |
 | Peter Serafinowicz | ... | Pete |
| Horton Jupiter | ... | Homeless Man |
| Tim Baggaley | ... | The Usher |
| Arvind Doshi | ... | Nelson |
| Rafe Spall | ... | Noel |
| Sonnell Dadral | ... | Danny (as Sonell Dadral) |
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Rated R for zombie violence/gore and language.Parents Guide:
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99 minLanguage:
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Iceland:16 | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (British Columbia/Ontario) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R13 | Singapore:R21 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:RFun Stuff
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Towards the end of the movie, there's some TV news footage and the caption reads, "Rememering Z-Day" - "Remembering" is misspelled. This is fixed on the DVD. moreSoundtrack:
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Some 5 years before the making of this film the same team behind it wrote and directed series (season) 1 and 2 of an offbeat UK sitcom named "Spaced". Massively overlooked at the time of broadcast yet with a hardcore fan base of loyal devotees a third series was long overdue but never did materialise.
Shaun of the Dead is the continuation of what went before; of a similar format yet in a completely new setting, with new characters, plus new cast members and for the first time a feature-length run time for the big screen. So how does it play out? Even with such a departure from the original setting, the history of TV to cinema adaptations is a dodgy one to say the least. Fortunately for those of us who already fans or (more likely) if you've never seen the series before prepare to be impressed.
The style is all it's own. With inventive direction and editing making the visual impact which fans will instantly recognise, to the writing which importantly is firstly genuinely funny, interspersed with references to popular culture of the past two decades, always with a self-knowing grin, a wink to the viewer rather than a pretentious nod. And of course several self-references and in-jokes of the TV series all fill in the gaps between the tastefully presented killings. There is blood, after all this is a "rom-zom-com" or "romantic zombie comedy" - a self-proclaimed new genre and rightly so. This is as about as original as it gets. They actually manage to pull off humour, violence, decapitations, action, romance, suspense, sadness and joy all within the space of 90 minutes!
This is the best film I've seen in ages, and a real credit to British film, we already knew about "Fried Gold", now the rest of the World can see it too. An instant classic.