Zombieland (2009)

A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the last Twinkie, and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America.

Director:

Ruben Fleischer

Writers:

Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Stars:

Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson

8 wins & 20 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jesse Eisenberg	...	Columbus
Woody Harrelson	...	Tallahassee
Emma Stone	...	Wichita
Abigail Breslin	...	Little Rock
Amber Heard	...	406
Bill Murray	...	Bill Murray
Derek Graf	...	Clown Zombie

Storyline

Searching for family. In the early twenty-first century, zombies have taken over America. A shy and inexperienced college student in Texas has survived by following his 30 rules: such as "look in the back seat," "double-tap," "avoid public restrooms." He decides to travel to Ohio to see if his parents are alive. He gets a ride with a boisterous zombie-hating good-old boy headed for Florida, and soon they confront a young woman whose sister has been bitten by a zombie and wants to be put out of her misery. The sisters were headed to an LA amusement park they've heard is zombie free. Can the kid from Ohio get to his family? And what about rule thirty one?

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Plot Keywords:

zombie | twinkie | travel | amusement park | texas | 

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Taglines:

Survival rule #28: Get a kickass partner.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

18A

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2009 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Zombieland

Filming Locations:

One Park Place B5, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$23,600,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,240,984 (UK) (9 October 2009)

Gross:

$75,590,286 (USA) (11 December 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Pariah

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Patrick Swayze was offered a cameo role as a zombie before his cancer diagnosis. His scene would have parodied other Swayze movies like Ghost (1990) and Dirty Dancing (1987). Zombie cameo roles were also offered to Joe Pesci, Mark Hamill, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Matthew McConaughey.

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Goofs

When Tallahassee finds the yellow hummer, he opens the drivers door and the camera is visible in the mirror.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Columbus: Oh, America. I wish I could tell you that this was still America, but I've come to realize that you can't have a country without people. And there are no people here. No, my friends. This is now the United States of Zombieland.

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Crazy Credits

The opening titles are knocked aside in slow motion by various elements in the scenes like the characters, gunfire, automobiles.

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Connections

Referenced in Bum Reviews: Zombieland (2009)

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Soundtracks

Zombie In the House

User Reviews

America's answer to Shaun of the Dead.

This film was a fun ride all the way through. It's lack of scariness(non existent) and *GASP!* gore is more than made up for with the constant flow of hilarity and likable characters. This is by far the optimist's zombie film, as the way things play out are definitely different than any one thats come before it(definitely not a Romero flick, though I think his Land of the Dead actually is second place in this regard). It has a sleek, very modern sense of style-just watch for how each rule makes it's appearance/reappearance and a good message on the importance of others in the worst of times. I recommend this to anybody who has a remote interest in comedies, zombie/end of the world flicks, or just having a good time at the theater, and look forward to seeing it again when it comes out.