28 Days Later...

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1h 53m

Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns, Marvin Campbell, Bindu De Stoppani, Brendan Gleeson, Ricci Harnett, Naomie Harris, Jukka Hiltunen, Junior Laniyan, Stuart McQuarrie, Cillian Murphy, Alex Palmer, Sanjay Rambaruth, David Schneider, Leo Bill, and Ray Panthaki in 28 Days Later... (2002)

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Drama Horror Sci-Fi

Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.

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Awards
- 10 wins & 32 nominations

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Megan Burns, Brendan Gleeson, Naomie Harris, and Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later... (2002)

Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later... (2002)

Naomie Harris and Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later... (2002)

Megan Burns, Brendan Gleeson, Naomie Harris, and Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later... (2002)

From left: Christopher Eccleston, Naomie Harris, and Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later... (2002)

Marvin Campbell is the infected peering through the window at Luke Mably (front).

Danny Boyle in 28 Days Later... (2002)

Danny Boyle in 28 Days Later... (2002)

Alex Garland in 28 Days Later... (2002)

Alex Garland in 28 Days Later... (2002)

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland in 28 Days Later... (2002)

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Animal activists invade a laboratory with the intention of releasing chimpanzees that are undergoing experimentation, infected by a virus -a virus that causes rage. The naive activists ignore the pleas of a scientist to keep the cages locked, with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, our protagonist, Jim, wakes up from a coma, alone, in an abandoned hospital. He begins to seek out anyone else to find London is deserted, apparently without a living soul. After finding a church, which had become inhabited by zombie like humans intent on his demise, he runs for his life. Selena and Mark rescue him from the horde and bring him up to date on the mass carnage and horror as all of London tore itself apart. This is a tale of survival and ultimately, heroics, with nice subtext about mankind's savage nature. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines
- His fear began when he woke up alone. His terror began when he realised he wasn't.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong violence and gore, language and nudity
Parents guide

Trivia
The film was shot almost entirely in sequence; only pickups and a few reshoots were shot out of sequence.

Goofs
Selena and Mark claim that there is no electricity, yet when they enter Budgens to loot the store of food, all the lights are clearly on.

Quotes
[Jim enters a dark abandoned church when he sees writing on the wall]
Writing on a Wall: 'Repent, The End Is Extremely Fucking Nigh'

Crazy credits
Other than the Fox Searchlight logo, there are no opening credits whatsoever. The title of the movie, 28 Days Later, only appears as a descriptive subtitle.

Alternate versions
Fox Searchlight attached an alternative downbeat ending to all 1400 US prints of the film, while it was still in U.S. release. The revised ending was the one that appeared in the original script, but the script's ending was ditched in favor of a happy ending after it did not test well. Director Danny Boyle decided "We can't do this to people, because it was such a tough journey anyway."

Connections
Edited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)

Soundtracks
East Hastings
Performed by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (as Godspeed You Black Emperor)
Appears courtesy of Kranky, Ltd.
Written by Efrim Menuck, David Bryant, Roger Tellier-Craig, Thierry Amar, Mauro Pezzente, Aiden Girt, Bruce Cawdon, Sophie Trudeau and Norsola Johnson
Published by Rough Trade Publishing

Top review

Quite good

I'm amazed there are so many negative reviews of this film; I thought it succeeded on every level. It's artistic and atmospheric, with a great pace, sympathetic characters, and a fantastic climax. The music is very nicely done, and, to me, the eerie opening scenes of the empty London streets are worth the price of admission all on their own. I'm a stubborn viewer, and, normally, when a film benefits from early critical buzz in the manner that this one did, I find some excuse not to like it. But not this time; I'm completely impressed. (Incidentally, I think it's interesting that while most horror films these days seem to have been inspired by knockoffs of knockoffs, "28 Days Later" apparently owes more to John Wyndham's classic disaster novel "The Day of the Triffids" than to anything else. And that's a good thing.) HIGHLY recommended.

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Release date
- June 27, 2003 (United States)
Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Official site
- Official site
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Also known as
- 28 Days Later
Filming locations
- Badminton House, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Production companies
- DNA Films
- British Film Council
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Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $45,064,915
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,061,858
- Jun 29, 2003
Gross worldwide
- $85,720,385

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Runtime
1 hour 53 minutes
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1(original ratio)
- 1.85 : 1

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