Shallow Grave (1994 film)

Shallow Grave
A shaft of light and an upstanding spade stuck in the ground
Original British poster
Directed byDanny Boyle
Written byJohn Hodge
Produced byAndrew Macdonald
Starring
CinematographyBrian Tufano
Edited byMasahiro Hirakubo
Music bySimon Boswell
Production
companies
Distributed byRank Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 16 May 1994 (1994-05-16) (Cannes)[2]
  • 6 January 1995 (1995-01-06) (United Kingdom)[3]
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom[4]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.5 million[5]
Box office$19.8 million[6]

Shallow Grave is a 1994 British black comedy crime film[7] directed by Danny Boyle, in his feature directorial debut, and starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox. Its plot follows a group of flatmates in Edinburgh who set off a chain of events after dismembering and burying a mysterious new tenant who died and left behind a large sum of money. The film was written by John Hodge, marking his first screenplay.

The production was funded by Channel 4 Television and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, and the film was distributed by Rank Film Distributors in the UK, while Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International distributed the film in other countries. Shallow Grave received generally favourable reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing $19.8 million worldwide.

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  3. ^ "Release". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Shallow Grave". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on 16 August 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Shallow Grave (1994)". Box Office Mojo. 28 February 1995. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Shallow Grave". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. ^ Williams, Karl. "Shallow Grave". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

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