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Zombieland (2009)

 -  Comedy | Horror  -  2 October 2009 (USA)
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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.

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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? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Comedy | Horror

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Rated R for horror violence/gore and language | See all certifications »

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Tierra de zombies  »

Box Office

Budget:

$23,600,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,240,984 (UK) (9 October 2009)

Gross:

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

Contrary to popular belief, the supermarket scene was not filmed at an actual supermarket. A movie set was built from scratch to look like a real supermarket, and some of the merchandise is fake. For example, the stuff behind the glass refrigerator doors is just printed on paper. According to the producers, it was cheaper than buying out a supermarket and paying them for broken merchandise. See more »

Goofs

Early in the film, Columbus enumerates his rules for survival. While he explains rule #4, "Beware of bathrooms", he flees a bathroom at a gas station, with a single male zombie in pursuit. As he rounds a corner, he sees and shoots a female zombie and we see that the male zombie is almost close enough to touch Columbus. In the very next shot, with no apparent time lost between cuts, the male zombie is now much further away. See more »

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

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References The Incredible Hulk (1978) See more »

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"Gold Guns Girls"
Written by James Shaw and Emily Haines
Performed by Metric
Courtesy of Metric Music International
By Arrangement with Zync Music Inc.
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America's answer to Shaun of the Dead.
23 September 2009 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

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.


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