The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)

The notorious fictional town of Royston Vasey is under threat and its inhabitants are forced to leave.

Director:

Steve Bendelack

Writers:

Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss,

Stars:

Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Gatiss	...	Matthew Chinnery / Hilary Briss / Mickey / Mark / Sir Nicholas Sheet-Lightning
Steve Pemberton	...	Tubbs / Pauline / Herr Lipp / Steve / Lemuel Blizzard
Reece Shearsmith	...	Edward / Papa Lazarou / Geoff / Bernice / Reece / Father Halfhearte / Red Devil
Michael Sheen	...	Jeremy
Danielle Tilley	...	Dahlia
Bruno Langley	...	Damon
Alan Morrissey	...	Johnny
Liana O'Cleirigh	...	Claire
Philip O'Sullivan	...	Vicar
Jeff Mirza	...	Asian Dad
Angel Coulby	...	Receptionist
Lucy Miller	...	Minnie
Liam Cunningham	...	Director
Kate O'Toole	...	Casting Director
Emily Woof	...	Lindsay

Storyline

The fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing apocalypse and the only way to avert disaster is for our nightmarish cast of characters to find a way into the real world and confront their creators. From present day Soho to the fictional film world of 17th Century Britain, the residents must overcome countless bizarre obstacles in their bid to return Royston Vasey to safety.

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Plot Keywords:

british | based on sketch comedy | murder | comedy troupe | league | 

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Taglines:

Are you local?

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Details

Country:

UK Ireland USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 June 2005 (UK)

Also Known As:

Kiyamet Kasabasi

Filming Locations:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Box Office

Budget:

£4,200,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£555,996 (UK) (3 June 2005)

Gross:

£1,330,726 (UK) (24 June 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, FilmFour, Tiger Aspect Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Geoff is driving in the rain, the car is actually being pushed along because Reece Shearsmith cannot drive.

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Goofs

35 minutes in, Herr Lipp and Reece stand outside Steve's home, in broad daylight. As Herr Lipp enters the house it's night outside.

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Quotes

Bernice: And a giraffe will spunk up over a load of old biddies.

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Crazy Credits

The League of Gentlemen will return in The Windmills of your Bum.

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Connections

Referenced in Britain's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches (2005)

User Reviews

one of the best TV series-movies

There are two ways to turn a TV series into a film.

The first, most common, and least successful, is to basically make a feature-length TV episode- see the disasters of the Steptoe & Son movie. The second is to do something else- something quite different, à la Monty Python.

Thankfully, the creators of the cult TV series have gone for the second option, and they've come up with something unique, clever and funny- it couldn't feel less like a TV episode.

Try to get your head around this- the writers, playing themselves, are confronted by their Royston Vasey alter-egos, played, of course, by them, and told to continue writing the series, otherwise apocalypse will befall the village.

High-concept, contrived and easy to screw up? Yes, but somehow they managed to pull it off. Not for every taste, perhaps, and the ending does drag, but fans will be delighted, and it might even win over the uninitiated.