directed by Edgar Wright
, starring Simon Pegg
and Nick Frost
, and written by Pegg and Wright. Pegg plays Shaun, a man attempting to get some kind of focus in his life as he deals with his girlfriend, his mother and stepfather. At the same time, he has to cope with an apocalyptic uprising of zombies
.
The film is the first of what Pegg and Wright call The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy with Hot Fuzz
(2007) as the second and The World's End
(TBA) as the third.
As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "i" in meat pie. Meat is the anagram of team... I don't know what he's talking about.
[Repeated line about Phillip.] He's not my dad.
[repeated line.] That was the second album I ever bought!
[Seeing a zombie without an arm] Ohh, for God's sake! He's got an arm off!
How's that for a slice of fried gold?
[coming across zombified Pete] Ah! Sorry, Pete, sorry... listen, we're gonna borrow your car, okay, hope you don't mind and - ah - later on, if you're feeling better, w-we're going down to the pub, so you're m-more than welcome to, to... [whispered] join us.
What's the matter, David? Never taken a shortcut before? (This line would be repeated in Hot Fuzz)
[distracting a zombie horde.] Come and get it! It's a running buffet! All you can eat!
Would anyone like... a peanut?
[As zombified Pete is biting Ed] Pete! I said, "Leave him alone!" [Shoots and kills zombified Pete.]