Hot Fuzz (2007)
Action, Comedy, Mystery |.
Hot Fuzz is a action comedy film directed by Edgar Wright who co-wrote the script with Simon Pegg. Pegg and Nick Frost play police officers investigating a series of mysterious deaths in a West Country village. It is the second film in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy by Wright, Pegg, Frost and producer Nira Park.
Over 100 action films were used as inspiration for developing the script. Principal photography took place in Wells, Somerset – Wright’s hometown. Filmed over eleven weeks in early 2006, it featured an extensive cast along with various uncredited cameos. Visual effects were developed by ten artists to expand on or add explosions, gore, and gunfire scenes. The film debuted on 14 February 2007 in the United Kingdom and 20 April in the United States, grossing US$80 million worldwide. Two different soundtracks were released in the UK and US.
PC Nicholas Angel is a high-achieving officer of the London Metropolitan Police Service. He is promoted to Sergeant, but his jealous colleagues arrange for him to be reassigned to the small rural town of Sandford, Gloucestershire, a regular “Village of the Year” winner. Angel is soon frustrated by his lazy and incompetent colleagues. His partner, PC Danny Butterman, is a fan of buddy cop films and son of Inspector Frank Butterman, Angel’s superior.
The two lead actors of a poorly acted “homage to Romeo and Juliet”, whom Angel had pulled over earlier for speeding, are decapitated by a cloaked figure wielding an axe, who disguises it as a car accident. Angel is the only officer who suspects foul play. Sent to resolve a dispute, Angel discovers a stash of illegal weapons, including an old naval mine, and locks them in the police station.
Director: Edgar Wright
Writers: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg
Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine
Cast:
| Simon Pegg | … | Nicholas Angel |
| Martin Freeman | … | Met Sergeant |
| Bill Nighy | … | Met Chief Inspector |
| Robert Popper | … | ‘Not’ Janine |
| Joe Cornish | … | Bob |
| Chris Waitt | … | Dave |
| Eric Mason | … | Bernard Cooper |
| Billie Whitelaw | … | Joyce Cooper |
| Nick Frost | … | PC Danny Butterman |
| Peter Wight | … | Roy Porter |
| Julia Deakin | … | Mary Porter |
| Tom Strode Walton | … | Underage Drinker #1 |
| Troy Woollan | … | Underage Drinker #2 |
| Rory Lowings | … | Underage Drinker #3 |
| Bill Bailey | … | Sergeant Turner |
| Paul Freeman | … | Rev. Philip Shooter |
| Trevor Nichols | … | Greg Prosser |
| Elizabeth Elvin | … | Sheree Prosser |
| Stuart Wilson | … | Dr. Robin Hatcher |
| Lorraine Hilton | … | Amanda Paver |
| Kevin Wilson | … | Butcher Brother |
| Nicholas Wilson | … | Butcher Brother |
| Timothy Dalton | … | Simon Skinner |
| Jim Broadbent | … | Inspector Frank Butterman |
| Paddy Considine | … | DS Andy Wainwright |
| Rafe Spall | … | DC Andy Cartwright |
| Kevin Eldon | … | Sergeant Tony Fisher |
| Karl Johnson | … | PC Bob Walker |
| Sampson | … | Saxon |
| Olivia Colman | … | PC Doris Thatcher |
| Edward Woodward | … | Tom Weaver |
| Graham Low | … | The Living Statue |
| Patricia Franklin | … | Annette Roper |
| Anne Reid | … | Leslie Tiller |
| Kenneth Cranham | … | James Reaper |
| Adam Buxton | … | Tim Messenger |
| Stephen Merchant | … | Peter Ian Staker |
| Elvis | … | The Swan |
| Tim Barlow | … | Mr. Treacher |
| Ben McKay | … | Peter Cocker |
| Rory McCann | … | Michael Armstrong |
| Alice Lowe | … | Tina |
| Ron Cook | … | George Merchant |
| David Threlfall | … | Martin Blower |
| Lucy Punch | … | Eve Draper |
| David Bradley | … | Arthur Webley |
| Colin Michael Carmichael | … | Heston Services Clerk |
| Maria Charles | … | Mrs. Reaper |
| Alexander King | … | Aaron A. Aaronson |
| Cate Blanchett | … | Janine (uncredited) |
| Steve Coogan | … | Metropolitan Police Inspector (uncredited) |
| David William James Elliott | … | Wesker Policeman (uncredited) |
| Peter Jackson | … | Thief Dressed as Santa (uncredited) |
| Garth Jennings | … | Crack Addict (uncredited) |
| Joseph McManners | … | Gabriel (uncredited) |
| Arnold Montey | … | Metropolitan Police Inspector (uncredited) |
| Andrew Nash | … | PC (Eddie) One (uncredited) |
| Joel Stubbs | … | The Black Cloaked Figure (uncredited) |
| Lucy Trodd | … | Business Woman (uncredited) |
| Peter Wild | … | Village of The Year Judge (uncredited) |
| Edgar Wright | … | Shelf Stacker / Voice of Dave (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia