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.
- Awards
- 10 wins & 32 nominations
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- TriviaFor the scenes on the motorway, the production got permission to shoot on the M1 on a Sunday morning between 7.00am and 9.00am. The police gradually slowed traffic in both directions. Using 10 cameras, the filmmakers managed to capture a total of one minute of usable footage.
- GoofsSelena 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 creditsOther 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 versionsFox 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."
- ConnectionsEdited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)
- SoundtracksEast 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
Featured 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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- ljbad
- Jun 28, 2004
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- Also known as
- Exterminio
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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
- $84,661,434
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1(original ratio)
- 1.85 : 1
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