Shaun of the Dead [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]

Director: Edgar Wright, Nira Park Edgar Wright

Overview

It's often said that the true character of a man is only revealed in times of dire crisis, and for likable, lovelorn loser Shaun (Simon Pegg), that moment of reckoning came when the dead rose from their slumber to feast on the flesh of the living. A hapless electronics store employee who spends most of his spare time downing pints at the local pub with his roommate, Ed (Nick Frost), Shaun's life seems to fall apart when he is dumped by his girlfriend, Liz (Kate Ashfield), and his obnoxious stepfather, Philip (Bill Nighy), shows up to berate him for not being more attentive to his caring mother Barbara (Penelope Wilton) -- especially since he forgot to send flowers for her birthday. Things take a turn for the worse when the dead return to stake their claim on the Earth, and though the chaos that follows threatens to swallow up all of England, it's up to Shaun to keep his cool and prove himself once and for all by successfully rescuing Liz and his mother. With his trusty roommate by his side, nothing -- not even the living dead -- can stand between Shaun and the two most important women in his life.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/05/2019
UPC:	0191329109250
Original Release:	2004
Source:	UNIVERSAL
Language:	English
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	10,630

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Simon Pegg	Shaun
Kate Ashfield	Liz
Nick Frost	Ed
Lucy Davis	Dianne,Actor
Dylan Moran	David
Bill Nighy	Philip
Penelope Wilton	Barbara
Martin Freeman	Declan
Nicola Cunningham	Mary
Peter Serafinowicz	Pete
Arvind Doshi	Nelson
Rafe Spall	Noel
Sonell Dadral	Danny,Actor
Keir Mills	Actor
Matt Jaynes	Clubber 2
Gavin Ferguson	Football Kid
Horton Jupiter	Homeless Man
Tim Baggaley	The Usher
Samantha Day	Woman on Trisha
Trisha Goddard	Trisha Goddard
David Park	Grave Scientist
Finola Geraghty	Distraught Vox Pop
Robert Fitch	Distressed Man
Sharon Gavin	Florist
Patch Connolly	Pigeon Man
Jessica Hynes	Yvonne
Stuart Powell	Snakehips
Patricia Franklin	Spinster
Steve Emerson	John
Phyllis MacMahon	Bernie
Krishnan Guru-Murthy	Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Carol Barnes	Carol Barnes
Keith Chegwin	Voices
Reece Shearsmith	Mark
Tamsin Greig	Maggie
Julia Deakin	Yvonnes Mutter
Lucy Davies	Actor
Mark Donovan	Actor
Matt Lucas	Actor
Mark Gatiss	Actor
David Walliams	Actor
Rob Brydon	Actor
Dan Mudford	Composer
Pete Woodhead	Composer
Daniel Mudford	Composer

Technical Credits

Edgar Wright

Simon Pegg

Edgar Wright	Director,Screenwriter
Simon Pegg	Screenwriter
Nira Park	Producer,Director
Tim Bevan	Executive Producer,Producer
Eric Fellner	Executive Producer,Producer
Alison Owen	Executive Producer,Producer
Natascha Wharton	Executive Producer,Producer
James Wilson	Executive Producer
Paul Dunn	Special Effects
Lucy Allen	Stunts
Peter Burgis	Sound Effects
Paul Alexiou	Special Effects
Graham Day	Sound Effects
Giancarlo Dellapina	Sound Effects
Andie Derrick	Sound Effects
Arthur Fenn	Sound Effects
Jina Jay	Casting
Simon Hayes	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The title of this British-made black comedy gives everything away: Shaun is a cheeky send-up of zombie movies in general and George Romero's Dawn of the Dead in particular. Whereas the Romero film largely took place in a shopping mall, Shaun centers around the working-class pub where the eponymous protagonist (played with self-deprecating charm by Simon Pegg) and his best friend, Ed (Nick Frost), spend virtually all their spare time -- much to the chagrin of Shaun's girlfriend, Liz (Kate Ashfield), who gives the underachieving store clerk his walking papers just before a mysterious malady turns newly deceased villagers into bloodthirsty zombies. Gathering his sweetie, his mother, and some of his friends into the pub, Shaun demonstrates his mettle by mounting a spirited if ineffective defense against the ghoulish horde. Director Edgar Wright elicits lots of laughs by exploiting zombie lore to create farcical situations. For example, he has Shaun and Ed defend themselves against approaching zombies by flinging vintage record albums at their heads. (Everyone knows that's a zombie's most vulnerable spot.) And since the shuffling ex-cadavers move so sluggishly, the pals have just enough time to debate a record's merits before deciding whether to fling it. But Shaun isn't an Airplane-like spoof: Instead of parading an endless series of gags, it mixes mirth and mayhem cleverly, generating real suspense and even some pathos. The gore effects, principally inserted for laughs, are well done and convincing enough to pass the gross-out test, and the performers manage the neat trick of being humorous while remaining in character; no need to lose one's sense of humor just because one has been selected as the blue-plate special for a gaggle of gaping, flesh-eating zombies.