#616: BOYLE, Danny: Shallow Grave (1994)
BOYLE, Danny (United Kingdom)
Shallow Grave [1994]
Spine #616
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
The diabolical thriller Shallow Grave was the first film from director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew Macdonald, and screenwriter John Hodge (the smashing team behind Trainspotting). In it, three self-involved Edinburg roommates — played by Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, and Ewan McGregor, in his first starring role — take in a brooding boarder, and when he dies of an overdose, leaving a suitcase full of money, the trio embark on a series of very bad decisions, with extraordinarily grim consequences for all. Macabre but with a streak of offbeat humor, this stylistically influential tale of guilt and derangement is a full-throttle bit of Hitchcockian nastiness.
93 minutes
Color
Color
2.0 Surround
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2012
Director/Writers
Written by John Hodge.
Danny Boyle was 38 when he directed Shallow Grave.
Other Boyle films in the Collection:
#1204: Trainspotting (1996)
The Film
Other Boyle films in the Collection:
#1204: Trainspotting (1996)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Ten-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp.
Commentary
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Ten-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp.
Commentary
- By director Boyle.
- By screenwriter Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald.
Piece featuring actors Eccleston, Fox, and McGregor.
Digging Your Own Grave
A 1993 documentary by director Kevin Macdonald on the making of the film.
Video diary
Digging Your Own Grave
A 1993 documentary by director Kevin Macdonald on the making of the film.
Video diary
By Andrew and Kevin Macdonald from the 1992 Edinburgh Film Festival, where they shopped around the script for Shallow Grave.
Trailer
Trailer
For Shallow Grave and Trainspotting teaser.
Extras Rating (0-40):
Extras Rating (0-40):
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