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Burke and Hare (2010) 6.1
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Metascore: 46/100
Reviews: 55 user | 123 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com A black comedy about two 19th century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school. Director:John Landis |
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Based on the true story about the famous murderers, 'Burke And Hare' follows the hapless exploits of these two men as they fall into the highly profitable business of providing cadavers for the medical fraternity in Nineteenth Century Edinburgh, then the centre of medical learning. The one thing they were short of was bodies. Written by Anonymous
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No Job Too Small. No Body Too Big. No Questions Asked.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some sexual content, disturbing images and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
9 September 2011 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$947 (USA) (9 September 2011)Gross:
$947 (USA) (9 September 2011)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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[coughs wetly]
Old Joseph: the time...
[coughs]
Old Joseph: I saw the man, the wee man himself, Napoleon? Aye, it were a treat.
[laughs]
Old Joseph: And that idiotic hat.
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Trivia
The legendary Burke and Hare murders are also known as the West Port murders. The total number of deaths amounted to seventeen. See more »Goofs
On the opening shot of Edinburgh Castle, you can clearly see the spire of The Hub to the left of the screen. The Hub was not built until 1845. Also, The Hub is on the other side of the Castle from there. See more »Quotes
Old Joseph: I remember. Old Nosey was there himself. He says, "Stand up, guards. Now, Maitland, now's your time." And over we go, fight in', fight in' the Frogs. Did I ever tell you about the time...[coughs wetly]
Old Joseph: the time...
[coughs]
Old Joseph: I saw the man, the wee man himself, Napoleon? Aye, it were a treat.
[laughs]
Old Joseph: And that idiotic hat.
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Burke and Hare is a story of two men in Scotland in the late XIX century barely making a dime when an opportunity comes along to earn hard cash by killing people and selling their bodies to the benefit of science.
This movie may seem morally rotten at its core making a comedy out of murder, but it succeeds at it while quite a lot of comedies with far less harmful plots don't, not to mention that some of the most popular TV shows of today make it fit right in. John Landis comedies much in common with ZAZ productions and sometimes are almost live action cartoons. The title characters are shown as flawed people in a desperate situation which they think justifies their actions - we don't laugh with them, only at them. And that's intentional.
John Landis came back with a surprisingly decent feature. It's as if the MTV-style cinema revolution has passed him by (the one that hit the new Sherlock Holmes square in the face). No camera gymnastics, no forced sensual assault, all the action and physical comedy happens in frame. Burke and Hare is his first 2.35:1 feature and it shows - the frame at first appears a little too wide, like if the characters were taken from a 16:9 movie and arranged accordingly. By the way, "highly entertaining", "very funny" and "packed with the cream of British talent" - those bits on the poster aren't far from the truth.