Shallow Grave | |
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Directed by | Danny Boyle |
Written by | John Hodge |
Produced by | Andrew Macdonald |
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Cinematography | Brian Tufano |
Edited by | Masahiro Hirakubo |
Music by | Simon Boswell |
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Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom[4] |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.5 million[5] |
Box office | $19.8 million[6] |
Shallow Grave is a 1994 British black comedy crime film[7] directed by Danny Boyle, in his feature directorial debut, and starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox. Its plot follows a group of flatmates in Edinburgh who set off a chain of events after dismembering and burying a mysterious new tenant who died and left behind a large sum of money. The film was written by John Hodge, marking his first screenplay.
The production was funded by Channel 4 Television and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, and the film was distributed by Rank Film Distributors in the UK, while Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International distributed the film in other countries. Shallow Grave received generally favourable reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing $19.8 million worldwide.