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Shaun of the dead - Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Edgar Wright

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Movie propaganda

Bought coffee. Called Mum. Dodged zombies.

Shaun's (Simon Pegg) life is stuck in a rut. He's a 29-year-old who lives with his two best friends Ed (Nick Frost) and Pete (Peter Serafinowicz). Shaun's girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) is sick of the same old, boring nights down their local pub. So when Shaun breaks his promise to organise a special anniversary meal for them both, Liz decides to break it off with him. Drowning his sorrows the following day, Shaun devises a plan to win Liz back, but today, all is not as it seems...

Unfortunately for Shaun, "the dead" have risen in London and soon a full zombie apocalypse has exploded onto the streets. Determined to save his girlfriend and salvage their relationship, Shaun and his pals let nothing stand in their way as they go forth on a zombie killing spree to save the day!

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film horror comedy spoof zombie blood UK B-grade romance kill

Persons of interest

Simon Pegg .... Shaun
Nick Frost .... Ed
Kate Ashfield .... Liz
Dylan Moran .... David
Lucy Davis .... Dianne
Bill Nighy .... Philip
Peter Serafinowicz .... Pete
Penelope Wilton .... Barbara
Mark Donovan .... Hulk
Rafe Spall .... Noel
Jessica Stevenson .... Yvonne
Simon Pegg .... Screenwriter
Edgar Wright .... Screenwriter
Edgar Wright .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Shaun of the dead official movie site
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Awards and film festivals:

British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2004: Nominated: Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year, Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer (Nira Park)

See also 28 days later, Dawn of the dead, Black sheep
Studios and distributors:

Working Title Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Shaun of the dead is as much a parody of the classic zombie flick as it is an homage. Everything you expect to see is in there: zombies eating gore, exploding body parts, good guys getting infected, running, hiding, barricading, desperation, heroics. You also get stupid bloody Englishmen who would stop for a cup of tea half-way through Armageddon. Think Arthur Dent [See The hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy - Director of Cinematic Intelligence], with a little more testosterone.

It's funny, it's bloody, it's romantic, it's zombie. See it.