28 Days Later... [2002]

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2002
Running Times: 113 mins 3 secs
Length: 10,173 feet and 3 frames
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital

[Full Credits]

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: DNA Films / Fox Searchlight Pictures
Producer: Andrew Macdonald
Line Producer: Robert How

SCRIPT
Script: Alex Garland

DIRECTION
Director: Danny Boyle

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Anthony Dod Mantle

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Chris Gill

MUSIC
Music: John Murphy
Songs / Additional Music: Efrim Menuck, David Bryant, Roger Tellier-Craig, Thiery Amar, Mauro Pezzente, Aiden Girt, Bruce Cawdon, Sophie Trudeau, Norsola Johnson [East Hastings]; Jason Lytle [A.M.180]; Jay Livingston, Ray Evans [Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera Sera)]; Brian Eno [An Ending (Ascent)]; Charles Gounod [Ave Maria]; Henry Francis Lyte, Will Henry Monk [Abide With Me]; Gabriel Fauré, Jean Michel Nectoux [In Paradisium For Requiem]; Jack Rollins, Steve Nelson [Frosty the Snowman]; Andy Dragazis, Tahita Bulmer [Season Song]
Songs / Additional Music Performed By: Godspeed You Black Emperor [East Hastings]; Grandaddy [A.M.180]; Brian Eno [An Ending (Ascent)]; Perri Alleyne [Ave Maria]; Perri Alleyne [Abide With Me]; Dr Richard Marlow and The Choir Of The Trinity College with the London Musici [In Paradisium For Requiem]; Blue States [Season Song]

SOUND
Sound Designer: Glenn Freemantle
Sound Recordist: John Rodda

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer: Sallie Jaye
Make Up: Sian Grigg
Costume Designer: Rachael Fleming

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetics Make Up Effects Creature Effects: Cliff Wallace, Alan Hedgcock

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisors: Richard Conway, Bob Hollow

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Visual Effects: Clear

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Mark Tildesley
Art Directors: Patrick Rolfe, Rob Gorwood

LOCATIONS
Locations: London, England, UK; Salisbury, England, UK; The Lake District, England, UK; Stuttgart, Germany
Location Managers: Pat Karam, Alex Gladstone

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Nicholas Powell

CASTING
Casting: Gail Stevens

CAST
Cillian Murphy [Jim]
Naomie Harris [Selena]
Christopher Eccleston [Major Henry West]
Megan Burns [Hannah]
Brendan Gleeson [Frank]
Alex Palmer, Bindu de Stoppani, Jukka Hiltunen [activists]
David Schneider [scientist]
Toby Sedgwick [infected priest]
Noah Huntley [Mark]
Christopher Dunne [Jim's father]
Emma Hitching [Jim's mother]
Alexander Delamere [Mr Bridges]
Kim McGarrity [Mr Bridges' daughter]
Justin Hackney [infected kid]
Luke Mably [Private Clifton]
Stuart McQuarrie [Sergeant Farrell]
Ricci Harnett [Corporal Mitchell]
Leo Bill [Private Jones]
Junior Laniyan [Private Bell]
Ray Panthaki [Private Bedford]
Sanjay Rambaruth [Private Davis]
Marvin Campbell [Private Mailer]
Adrian Christopher, Richard Dwyer, Nick Ewans, Terry John, Paul Kasey, Sebastian Knapp, Nicholas James Lewis, Jenni Lush, Tristan Matthiae, Jeff Rann, Joelle Simpson, Al Stokes, Steen Young [featured infected]

A team of animal liberation activists raid a secret laboratory and free some apes who have been infected with a powerful virus. 28 days later, Jim wakes from a coma to find London apparently deserted. But before long he stumbles across the "infected", the blood crazed survivors of the apocalypse who have been driven violently insane by the disease. Jim teams up with other survivors to try to find sanctuary in the north of the country.

CAPSULE REVIEW

An excellent amalgam of old ideas [mostly taken from Day of the Triffids, Apocalypse Now and Romero's zombie trilogy] given some new spins by the Trainspotting team. The opening scenes in a deserted London are remarkably eerie and the climactic running battle between various factions is brilliantly done. Add to this an outstanding score and top notch performances amd you've got the best British horror film in years. [Full Review]

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Video Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox [24238S]
DVD Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox [24238DVD]

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: 18 [uncut]

2002
June
14: UK - 1st theatrical trailer rated 12 by the BBFC [for theatrical release]

July
26: UK - 2nd theatrical trailer rated 12 by the BBFC [for theatrical release]

August
29: UK - video trailer rated 12 by the BBFC [for theatrical release]

September
26: UK - 3rd theatrical trailer rated 18 by the BBFC [for theatrical release]

October
10: UK - rated 18 by the BBFC [for theatrical release]

November
1: UK - theatrical release

2003
April
16: Belgium, France - theatrical release
17: Germany, Netherlands - theatrical release

2006
July
8: USA - television broadcast [on FX Network]
9: USA - television broadcast [on FX Network]

The Days Are Numbered

SEE ALSO
Chimera [1991]
Survivors [1975 - 1977]

SEQUEL
28 Weeks Later [2007]

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique vol.35 no.3 [June / July 2003] pp.38-40; 64 [USA]
illustrated article; illustrated review

Cinefantastique vol.35 no.5 [October / November 2003] p.67 [USA]
illustrated DVD review [by Stanley Manders]

Empire no.160 [October 2002] p.23 [UK]
illustrated short article

Empire no.162 [December 2002] p.48 [UK]
illustrated review

Fangoria no.221 [April 2003] p.8 [USA]
illustrated article, review

Fangoria no.224 [July 2003] pp.20-23, 82 [USA]
illustrated article [To Make the Blood Boyle by Mark Salisbury]

Fangoria no.234 [July 2004] p.79 [USA]
illustrated article [Fango's Top 25: 2003 by Bill Moseley]

Film-Echo / Filmwoche no.5 [1 February 2003] p.60 [Germany]
illustrated credits, review

Hollywood Reporter vol.370 no.4 [18 September 2001] p.19 [USA]
credits, production details

Screen International no.1325 [21 September 2001] p.28 [UK]
credits, production details

Screen International no.1326 [28 September 2001] p.16 [UK]
credits, production details

Screen International no.1380 [8 November 2002] p.6 [UK]
illustrated article

Sight and Sound vol.12 no.12 [December 2002] pp.59-60 [UK]
illustrated credits, synopsis, review

Sight and Sound vol.13 no.8 [August 2003] p.70 [UK]
credits, synopsis, review [by Matthew Leyland]

Starburst no.291 [November 2002] pp.16-19 [UK]
illustrated preview, interview

Starburst no.293 [December 2002] p.58 [UK]
illustarted credits, review

Starburst no.299 [May 2003] p.64 [UK]
illustrated DVD review

Starburst Special no.52 Summer Movies pp.94-95 [UK]
illustrated preview

Variety 4 November 2002 pp.28, 29 [USA]
illustrated credits, synopsis, review

KEYWORDS

animal liberation activists, apes, chimpanzees, churches, end of the world, hospitals, london, manchester, post apocalypse, priests, scientists, tower blocks, viruses

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007