Shallow Grave
Shallow Grave is a 1994 British black comedy crime film 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.
Plot
Chartered accountant David Stevens shares a flat in Edinburgh with physician Juliet Miller and journalist Alex Law. Needing a new flatmate, the trio interview several applicants in a calculatedly cruel manner, amusing themselves at the applicants' expense before finally offering the room to a mysterious man named Hugo. Shortly after he moves in, the trio finds Hugo dead from an apparent drug overdose in his room, as well as a large suitcase full of money. The friends agree to conceal the death and keep the money for themselves. They decide to remove the identifying features—hands, feet and teeth—from Hugo's body and bury the remains in the woods. David is given the gruesome task of dismembering the corpse after they draw lots, while Juliet disposes of the leftovers in her hospital's incinerator.
More details
author | John Hodge |
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contentLocation | Scotland |
director | Danny Boyle |
editor | Masahiro Hirakubo |
genre | comedy crime thriller |
keywords | beat break in car park dismember dismemberment drill drug overdose id living space morgue mysterious man newspaper clipping paranoia rio de janeiro run away secret plan shallow grave shopping spree stab suitcase full of money take the fall than the torture |
musicBy | Simon Boswell |
producer | Andrew Macdonald |
productionCompany | Channel 4 Films Glasgow Film Fund PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |
publisher | Rank Film Distributors |
recordedAt | Edinburgh |
theme | black comedy crime comedy independent |