The World's End (2013)
A group of old friends are convinced by another to complete a pub run they failed to finish in their youth.
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Characters/Groups
Young Gary - Thomas Law
Young Andy - Zachary Bailess
Young Steven - Jasper Levine
Young Peter - James Tarpey
Young Oliver - Luke Bromley
Young Shane - Richard Hadfield
Young Sam - Flora Slorach
Teenage Twins - Francesca Reidie and Charlotte Reidie
Reverend Green - Michael Smiley
Oliver Chamberlain - Martin Freeman
Steven Prince - Paddy Considine
Fitness Instructor (26) - Jenny Bede
Motorcycle Policeman - Steve Oram
Sam Chamberlain - Rosamund Pike
Collaborators - Reece Shearsmith and Nicholas Burns
Adrian Keane - James Granstrom
Upstairs Beehive Man - Gabe Cronnelly
Upstairs Beehive Lady - Patricia Franklin
Big Ugly Bastards - Mark Donovan and Ricky Champ
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Detailed Synopsis
Gary King tells the story of one of the best nights of his life. He tells the story of June 22nd, 1990 and his friends Oliver Chamberlain, Peter Page, Steven Prince, and Andy Knightley. As they leave school on the last day they pass the "Marmalade Sandwich" consisting of Erika Leekes, Becky Salt and Tracy Benson. He gives a brief background on all of his friends, Oliver's idea that he was a player, Peter's abuse from Shane Hawkins, Steven's crush on Sam Chamberlain, and Andy who he considered his wingman. He goes on to mention their quest to complete the Golden Mile, a pub crawl consisting of The First Post, The Old Familiar, The Famous Cock, The Cross Hands, The Good Companions, The Trusty Servant, The Two Headed Dog, The Mermaid, The Beehive, The King's Head, The Hole in the Wall and finally, The World's End. He relays the events as they happened that night, their time hanging out with Basil, buying weed from Reverend Green, Oliver quitting after The Trusty Servant, having sex with Sam in the bar bathroom, Peter quitting after smoking the weed they bought, and then them quitting before finishing. He finished by telling the crowd, he knew life would never feel that good again, and then tells his mental health support group, it hasn't. Pale Young Man asks him if he is disappointed he never made it to The World's End, Gary tells him no, but then smiles. Scenes from the friends current lives are juxtaposed against each other, mostly their success versus Gary's, Steven and Fitness Instructor (26), and Peter and Peter's Wife|Vanessa and family. Gary goes to Peter's Dad's car dealership and surprises Peter. Peter's Dad angrily asks what Gary is doing there and then walks away. Gary tells Peter that the old gang is getting together to try and complete the Golden Mile and Peter finds it hard to believe that Andy agreed to go. He then tells Gary, he will have to ask Vanessa. As Steven is going over construction plans with Head Builder, Head Builder points out Gary walking on the site with no protective gear. Gary tells Steven of the plan to complete the Golden Mile and Steven is also surprised to hear that Andy has agreed to come. Gary next goes to a house Oliver is selling and tells him of the plan. Young Lady and Young Man are taking a tour of the house and tell Oliver the house is out of their price range and Gary ruins the deal for Oliver. Before agreeing to go, Oliver reconfirms that Andy is going and Gary tells him, he is. Felicity tells Andy, he has a friend to see him and Andy looks at Gary waiting outside his office and tells her, he doesn't. Gary tells Andy of the plan to go back to complete the Golden Mile and Andy asks him to leave. Before leaving, Gary pays Andy back the money he owed him and tells him his mother died recently and always liked Andy. On Friday they meet at the train station, including Andy. Gary picks them up in the Beast, the same car he had when they were young and as they driving into town, Gary is pulled over by a Motorcycle Policeman. Gary tells the Motorcycle Policeman he left his driver's license at the gym and tells him, his name is Peter Page and tells Peter the Beast is still registered to him. They stop at a bed and breakfast and B & B Landlady checks them in. As they are walking, they pass Greg, Seb, Luke Tyler and Sam. They enter The First Post and Publican 1 fails to recognize them, but gets them four beers and a water for Andy. They go to The Old Familiar, which has the same look and layout as The First Post. Publican 2 also fails to recognize Gary or the others. Peter asks Gary about his mother's funeral and Oliver calls Sam and invites her to come and visit with them. Sam stops by and Gary tries to have sex with her in the restrooms like they did 20 years ago. They pass by a large Alien Statue|Statue on their way to The Famous Cock. At The Famous Cock they see Basil and call out to him right before they are kicked out By Publican 3 for Gary being banned years ago. At The Cross Hands, Gary stares at Greg, Seb, Luke Tyler and Sam playing pool and they see the Marmalade Sandwich sitting in a booth. Shane Hawkins asks to borrow an empty chair and Peter fells sad that after all the years of Shane picking on him, he didn't even recognize him. Andy gets in an argument with Gary and Gary walks off to go to the restroom, leaving his phone on the table. The phone rings and Andy picks it up and sees Gary has lied and his mom is calling him. Greg walks into the restroom and a fight breaks out between him and Gary, which leads to Gary's head coming off. Andy and the others burst into the restroom and see Greg's body which appears to be robotic. The other members of Greg's group enter the restroom and fight breaks out between them and Gary and his friends. Gary and his friends win and try to use their cell phones, but the lines won't connect. Gary figures out that all the townspeople have been replaced. Gary and the others go back to their table and Andy chugs five shots. The Motorcycle Policeman sees them and asks them how they are doing. Gary thinks they should continue with the Golden Mile so the town doesn't suspect they know what is going on and Andy agrees. They go to The Good Companions and order drinks from Publican 5 and then on to The Trusty Servant where Oliver makes a brief stop in the restroom. Everyone at the pub stares at them including Publican 6. Gary sees the Reverend Green and walks up to him and asks him if he has any drugs. The Reverend Green tells him he doesn't sell drugs anymore and as he starts to tell Gary, Andy and Steven what is going on, the Collaborators tell Green that he has said too much. Publican 6 gets a phone call and hands the phone to Green, who finishes his drink and walks out.