Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Shaun has to sort his life out while surviving during a zombie apocalypse.
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Characters/Groups
Ed - Nick Frost
Woman on Trisha - Samantha Day
Distraught Vox Pop - Finola Geraghty
Krishnan Guru-Murthy - Himself
Grizzled Zombie - Christopher Harwood
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Detailed Synopsis
Shaun is at the Winchester Tavern with Liz (Shaun of the Dead)|Liz, Ed, Dianne and David (Shaun of the Dead)|David, when John (Shaun of the Dead)|John calls for last orders. Liz tells Shaun she thinks they should spend more time as a couple. She brings up how Shaun always invites Ed to hang out with them, while she in turn always invites Dianne and David to come out. As they are talking, David butts in and starts to speak for Liz. Liz says she wants to do more than just come to the Winchester every night and Shaun promises to make them dinner plans for just the two of them.
The next day things continue as normal, Mary (Shaun of the Dead)|Mary scans people's groceries, while Distressed Man and another Pyjama Zombie|man wait for the bus, Clubber 1 and Clubber 2 slowly walk down the street and Football Kid practices tricks outside. Shaun wakes up and when he sits down to play a video game with Ed, Ed reminds brings up that Shaun has work. As Shaun is getting ready for work, Pete (Shaun of the Dead)|Pete accuses Ed of leaving the door open overnight. Pete starts critiquing Ed, while Shaun defends Ed and Pete finally asks when Ed is going to move out. Noel calls Ed and asks Ed if he has any marijuana to sell. Before leaving for work, Pete asks Ed to do simple chores around the house and Ed repeatedly mumbles he will, but then tells Shaun he won't do anything Pete asked. As Shaun is leaving, Liz calls and leaves a message asking Shaun to change the reservation times to 8 o'clock. As Shaun is waling to the store, Football Kid hits him with the soccer ball and Homeless Man (Shaun of the Dead)|Homeless Man asks Shaun for some change. Shaun enters Weston Park Groceries and grabs a soda as The Usher stands nearby looking for something to buy. As Shaun is waiting for Nelson (Shaun of the Dead)|Nelson to come to the register, he reads the headlines on the newspapers on the counter which have reports on mutilations and a mystery virus. While Shaun is riding the bus to work, he sees a woman on the street suddenly collapse. At work, Shaun has a meeting with the other salespeople including Noel and Danny (Shaun of the Dead)|Danny and tells them he will be in charge due to Mr. Sloman and Ash being sick. During his meeting, Noel's phone rings and he answers the phone and tells them he doesn't have any marijuana. After Shaun's speech, he tells Noel to turn his cellphone off and Noel insinuates Shaun is old. Before walking away, Noel tells Shaun his red pen is leaking. As Shaun is showing customers a television he flips past the channel with Woman on Trisha and Trisha Goddard (Character)|Trisha Goddard, and continues flipping as Grave Scientist tells the public there is no cause for alarm and Distraught Vox Pop tells a reporter about someone that was shambling towards her. Noel interrupts Shaun and tells him Philip is there to see him. Philip reminds Shaun that tomorrow is his bi-monthly visit to see him and Barbara (Shaun of the Dead)|Barbara and reminds Shaun about the flowers he forgot to bring Barbara on Mothers day. As Shaun watches Philip leave the store, he sees a group of military vehicles drive by. Noel asks Shaun why he can have Philip at the store, but he can't talk on the phone, and as Shaun tells him he can separate his work life from his private life, the phone rings and Danny tells Shaun, Liz is on the phone. As Liz talks to Shaun, he ignores what she is saying and says yes to everything to try and fool Noel into thinking it is work related. As Shaun is at the florist, Distressed Man runs by in a hurry. Shaun then buys flowers from the Florist (Shaun of the Dead)|Florist. He looks outside the window of the Florist and sees Pigeon Man grab and seemingly eat a pigeon. While riding home, a large amount of the people on the bus with him appear to be sick. He walks home past a a traffic jam from a driver dead in his car blocking traffic. He runs into Yvonne who tells him she recently bought a house and asks him if he is still with Liz. Shaun then realizes he forgot to make reservations. Shaun calls Fulci's restaurant to make reservations, but they are all booked up. Shaun asks Ed what he should do and Ed suggests taking Liz to the Winchester. Liz calls and after suggesting they go to the Winchester due to him not making reservations, she hangs up on him. He runs to Liz's apartment and tries to climb up the wall to the 2nd story after Dianne and David tell him Liz doesn't want to see him, but fails. He then calls back and Diane lets him in. Shaun pleads with Shaun to go out with him, but she tells him she is going out with Dianne and David. David tells Shaun his luck is up and Shaun accuses David of liking Liz. Shaun gives Liz the flowers he bought for Barbara, but she realizes he bought them for Barbara and she breaks up with him. As Shaun is walking to the Winchester Tavern he sees a couple outside in an embrace and throws the flowers in the trash. Ed tries to cheer up Shaun and comes up with interesting back stories for the people in the Winchester including Snakehips, Spinster John (Shaun of the Dead)|John and Bernie (Shaun of the Dead)|Bernie. Ed then tells Shaun, Liz breaking up with him isn't the end of the world. Just then someone bangs on the door to the Winchester and moans. As Shaun and Ed leave the Winchester the woman that was embracing outside chews the neck off of her lover. They go back to their house and play Electro music loud on their record player until Pete comes downstairs and throws out the record. He yells at them for being loud and tells them he has to go to work in the morning due to everyone calling in sick. Shaun tells Pete he broke up with Liz and as Pete is walking away, Ed calls him a prick. Pete yells at Ed to go live in the shed and accuses Shaun of keeping Ed around so he doesn't seem as much of a loser and yells at Shaun to sort his life out. Ed notices a bandage on Pete's hand and Peter tells them some crackhead bit him. Shaun stumbles over to his refrigerator, jots down a few notes and then passes out on a chair. He wakes up and goes to the store. As he is walking he doesn't notice the reanimated corpses of the Homeless Man or The Usher or alarms going off everywhere. He goes into Nelson's store and grabs a Diet Coke and notices no newspapers on the counter. Shaun gets