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Anna and the Apocalypse Imdb Parents Guide Anna and the apocalypse imdb parents guide Continue Anna and ApocalypseUK Theatrical Release PosterEd by John McPhailProduced by Naysun Alae-Carew Nicholas Crum Tracy Jarvis Screenplay Alan McDonald Ryan McHenry Based on Zombie Musicalby Ryan McHenryStarring Ella Hunt Malcolm Cumming Sarah Swire Christopher Leveaux Marli Siu Ben Wiggins Mark Benton Paul Kaye Music Roddy Hart Tommy Reilly Cinema DeaneEdited by Mark HermidaProductioncompany Blazing Griffin Parkhouse Pictures Constellation Creatives Creatives Creative Scotland[1] Distributed byVertigo Releaseing[2]Release Date 22 September 2017 (2017-09-22) (Fantastic Fest) 30 November 2018 (2018-11-30) (UK)[ 3] Running time98 minutes[4]CountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishBox office $670,430[5][6] Anna and the Apocalypse is a 20 British Christmas zombie music film[7][8] directed by John McPhail from a screenplay by Alan McDonald and Ryan McHenry based on McHenry's 2010 BAFTA-nominated short Zombie Musical. It stars an ensemble cast of largely unknown young talent, including Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Marli Siu, Ben Wiggins, Mark Benton, and Paul Kaye. The film premiered at the Fantastic Festival on September 22, 2017. [9] [10] It was released in the United Kingdom by Vertigo Releasing and United States by Orion Pictures on 30 September 2017. Fence in Little Haven, Scotland, Anna Shepherd is about to finish school and plans to travel for a year before attending university, much to the dissatisfaction of her widower father Tony. Her friends are dealing with their own problems: her best friend and artist John is secretly in love with her, budding filmmaker Chris struggles with a class role, and transfer student Steph tries to get her social justice reporting past tyrannical vice principal Mr Savage. Nick, Anna's one night stand is also making her life difficult. On the night of the school Christmas show in which Chris's girlfriend Lisa performs, Anna and John work in the local bowling alley and Chris and Steph went to a homeless shelter to make a film for steph's story. During this time, the zombie infection begins to spread and Lisa, Tony, Savage and Chris's grandmother are stuck at school. Anna and John bond over her post-graduation plans after work. The next morning, Anna and John leave for school, completely oblivious to the zombie chaos around them. When they meet zombies dressed as a snowman, Anna decapitates him with a swing. Figuring that it will be too dangerous to go home or to school, they go to the bowling alley, where they meet Steph and Chris, who have taken shelter there. Steph finds out that an army evacuation is coming to the school, so the group plans to go there when it's safe. Anna and Steph find zombified cleaner and Steph her, alerting a group of zombified bowlers to break in. The group will kill them all after a bloody fight and realize that getting to their loved ones will be difficult. The next morning Anna, Steph, John, and Chris wake up to find that the army has been zombified and no evacuation is coming. Regardless, they went to school to see if their loved ones were still alive. Nick - who is very much enjoying the massacre - and his friends rescue the group from hordes of zombies and join them on the way to school. Anna tells John that she still plans to go travel despite everything that has happened. At school, Savage struggles to maintain authority as others plan their own evacuations. Students cut through the Emporium Christmas tree in an attempt to save time, but they're ambushed by zombies that kill Nick's friends. As soon as they escape, John is bitten; He gets Anna to safety, but sacrifices he to distract zombies. Survivors get to school, where Savage let go of zombies as last-ditch control. Anna and Nick split up to look for Tony, while Steph and Chris are looking for the keys to his family and Stepha. Nick reveals that his father asked Nick to kill him after he was bitten, before distracting a group of zombies so that Anna could find her father. Chris found Lisa, but his grandmother had already died of a heart attack. Steph, Chris, and Lisa find the car keys in Savage's office, but Chris and Lisa are bitten while trying to escape, using Chris's video recording as a distraction. Anna finds Savage in the stands, where she uses Tony as zombie bait. Anna gets on stage and saves Tony, but he lashes out at Savage and they fight. Savage falls on zombies, but Tony is bitten in a scuffle. Anna says goodbye to her father when Nick arrives, and the two of them leave school. They prepare for the last stand before Steph rescheduls them in the car and Anna finally leaves Little Haven in search of a safe place. Cast Ella Hunt as Anna Shepherd Malcolm Cumming as John Sarah Swire as Steph North Christopher Leveaux as Chris Ben Wiggins as Nick Marli Siu as Lisa Mark Benton as Tony Shepherd Paul Kaye as Arthur Savage Calum Cormack as Santa Claus Euan Bennet as Jake Sean Connor as Graham John Winchester as Tibbsy Janet Lawson as Mistress. Hinzmann Kirsty's tribe like Ms. Wright Jackie Bird as the production director John McPhail herself said that Anna and the apocalypse were influenced in the films West Side Story (1961), Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and The Breakfast Club (1985), as well as a musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Once More, with Feeling. [12] McPhail also said that the film includes nod to the zombie films The Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1978), The Evil Dead (1981), Lucky Katakuris (2001) and Shaun of the Dead (2004). [12] [13] Crop tops and short shorts seen in the film was inspired by costume design in the slasher movie Sleepaway Camp (1983). [13] The film was dedicated to Ryan McHenry, who died two years before the film was released. The release of Anna and the Apocalypse premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2017. [15] On January 10, 2018, Orion Pictures picked him up for North American and Latin American theater distribution. [16] In the United States, the film received a limited theatrical release on 30 November 2018, with a nationwide expansion on 7 December. Domestic media The American Theatre Administration (93 minutes) did not receive a digital version until February 12, 2019. Hulu made it available on November 13, 2019. [quote needed] The film was released on region 2 DVD on 8 April 2019, vertigo Release via Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment. On December 2, 2019, it was released by Second Sight Films in a two-disc Blu-ray without region. Both the UK theatrical release (97 minutes) and the director's cut (108 minutes) are included in the set, which includes roughly ten minutes of footage missing from the theatrical version. [citation needed] Soundtrack Soundtrack consisting of 13 tracks from the film was released on November 23, 2018. The deleted song Which Side Are You On?, is featured only on the vinyl edition and the director's cut. Another deleted song, Some Things Will Never Change, is present in the bonus features of blu-ray release. Anna and the Apocalypse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)No.TitleArtist(s)Length1. Christmas means nothing without youShonagh Murray3:172. Break Away Ella Hunt, Sarah Swire and Malcolm Cumming3:593. Hollywood End Cast by Anna and Apocalypse3:324. Fish wrap Roddy Hart, Tommy Reilly and John McPhail0:395. It's that time of yearMarli Siu2:486. Turning My Life Around Ella Hunt and Malcolm Cumming3:507. Human Voice Cast by Anna and the Apocalypse3:538. Soldier in warBen Wiggins3:109. Nothing's going to stop me, Paul Kaye2:4810. Give them the show Ella Hunt and Paul Kaye2:5411. I'll believe Ella Hunt and Mark Benton3:4312. What time to be aliveRyan Joseph Burns2:0913. What a Time to Be Alive (Orchestral Version)Cast by Anna and the Apocalypse1:59 Reception Box Office The United States and Canada film debuted at $52,588 from five cinemas, averaging $10,518. [17] Critical Response To review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 78% based on 112 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads: Anna and the Apocalypse finds fresh brains and plenty of heart in a crowded zombie genre-not to mention a fun genre mashup populated by entrenched characters. [18] At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 26 critics, generally favorable reviews. [19] Dread Central gave it 5 out of 5 stars, saying it's not only a great movie, but a great musical as well. [20] Awards Year Awards Category Recipients Result 2017 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Best Independent Film John McPhail Nominated 2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival Audience Award John McPhail Nominated British Academy Scotland Awards Best Actress: Film Ella Hunt Nominated Best Feature Film Naysun Alae-Carew, Nicholas Crum, Tracy Jarvis John McPhail, Alan McDonald Nominated References ^ Plaugic, Lizzie (August 8, 2017). Fantastic Fest 2017 will feature two adaptations of Stephen King and the zombie musical 'Anna and the Apocalypse'. The Verge. Vox Media. August 2017. ^ Grater, Tom (February 18, 2018). Zombie musical 'Anna and the Apocalypse' sells to the UK (exclusive). screen daily. Screen International. from 1 July 2018. ^ Anna and the Apocalypse is released in cinemas on November 30, 2018. Filmoria.co.uk October 2018. ^ ANNA AND APOCALYPSE | British Film Classification Council. British Film Classification Council.
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