![]() ![]() ![]() Shaun and Ed are slow to notice until they encounter two zombies in their garden, whom they beat to death with a shovel and cricket bat. ![]() At home, Shaun and Ed's flatmate, Pete, complains of a bite wound from a mugger and berates Shaun into getting his life together.īy morning, a zombie apocalypse has overwhelmed London. Heartbroken, Shaun gets drunk with Ed, his slacker best friend, at their favourite pub, the Winchester. He is disrespected by his colleagues, does not get along with his stepfather, Philip, and is dumped by his girlfriend, Liz. In Crouch End, London, the electronics salesman Shaun has no direction in his life. The spread of zombiism in the film has been used as a modelling example for disease control. In film studies, the film is seen as a product of post- 9/11 anxiety, as well as a model for transnational comedy. It was ranked third on the Channel 4 list of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films and quickly acquired a cult following. It was met with acclaim and commercial success, grossing $30 million worldwide on a budget of $6.1 million and receiving two nominations at the British Academy Film Awards. The film premiered in London on 29 March 2004 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 9 April 2004 and in the United States on 24 September. Principal photography took place across London and at Ealing Studios between May and June 2003. The film references the Dead films directed by George A. Shaun of the Dead developed from ideas Pegg and Wright used for their television series Spaced, particularly an episode where Pegg's slacker character hallucinates a zombie invasion. It is the first installment in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, followed by Hot Fuzz (2007) and The World's End (2013). ![]() The film co-stars Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy, and Penelope Wilton. Pegg stars as Shaun, a downtrodden salesman in London who is caught in a zombie apocalypse with his friend Ed ( Nick Frost). Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 zombie comedy film directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Simon Pegg. ![]()
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