Zombieland (2009)

A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, and 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, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone

4 wins & 9 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 | amusement park | travel | twinkie | texas | 

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Taglines:

Our land is their land.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence/gore and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp] Sony Pictures [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tierra de zombies

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

William Goldman did uncredited rewrites.

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Goofs

When Tallahassee and Columbus are outside the grocery store, Tallahassee is taking out various weapons for destruction, one of them is a baseball bat. As he is talking about the expiration date of the Twinkie you can see there is no weight on the bat (used for practicing your swing as it makes your swing slower). As they enter the store all of a sudden a red weight has been added.

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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

References All About Eve (1950)

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Soundtracks

"Puppy Love"
Written and Performed by Paul Anka
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label and The RCA /Jive Label Group,
A unit of Sony Music Entertainment
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

A new style of comedy!

Zombieland is hardly a plot-heavy and dramatic masterpiece, but it IS very, very funny, and not funny in a way you're used to seeing in a comedy.

There are very few jokes made, the humor is more from people doing things that people might normally do, just filmed very well in a humorous fashion.

Oh, and the movie has lots of zombies and other awesome stuff that surround this entire idea of having every situation be the biggest "What the frack?!" you can possibly imagine.

The small cast was obviously having a great time when they made it, and all four characters did a very good job of fitting with the style of the movie.

Lastly, while the whole movie is hilarious, one scene in particular will have you in fits, one of the funniest single little scenes I've ever seen. But, no spoilers here!