Shallow Grave (1994)


Shallow Grave
Release Date16 May 1994
Budget$2,000,000
US Box Office$3,000,000
TaglineThe award winning thriller that'll bury you with laughs.
GenreComedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUK
Filming LocationsEdinburgh, Scotland, UK
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassCrime Thriller
MoodNail-biters
ThemesFaltering Friendships, Unlikely Criminals, Criminal's Revenge, Hide the Dead Body
TonesCynical, Quirky, Macabre, Atmospheric, Biting, Menacing, Stylized
TagsApartment, Betrayal, Burial, Corpse, Criminal, Dismemberment, Money, Paranoid, Roommate, Suitcase

Shallow Grave is a 1994 British black comedy film that marks the directorial debut of Danny Boyle with an original screenplay by John Hodge.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Juliet Miller

David Stephens

Alex Law

Detective Inspector McCall

Colin McCredie
Cameron

Victoria Nairn
Visitor

Gary Lewis
Visitor

Jean Marie Coffey
Goth

Leonard O'Malley
Tim

David Scoular
Cash Machine Victim

Grant Glendinning
Bath Victim

Victor Eadie
Freezer victim

Robert David MacDonald
Lumsden

Frances Low
Doctor

Bill Denistoun
Master of Ceremonies

John Bett
Brian McKinley

Travel Agent

Elspeth Cameron
Elderly Woman

Paul Doonan
Newspaper Office Boy

Billy Riddoch
Newspaper Editor

Kenneth Bryans
Police Officer

John Hodge
Detective Constable Mitchell

John Carmichael
Bandleader

Gordon Cree
Danceband Pianist

Carol McGregor
Prospective roommate

Director

Writer

John Hodge

Producer

Andrew Macdonald
producer

Allan Scott
executive producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Brian Tufano

Editor

Masahiro Hirakubo
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Casting Director

Sarah Trevis
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Production Designer

Kave Quinn
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Art Director

Zoe MacLeod
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Set Decorator

Karen Wakefield
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Costume Designer

Kate Carin
-

Makeup Department

Carmel Jackson
assistant makeup artist

Graham Johnston
makeup designer

Grant Mason
special makeup effects

Production Manager

Steve Barker
post-production supervisor

Sara Barr
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Stephen Docherty
third assistant director

Alison Goring
second assistant director

Gina Lee
trainee assistant director

Ian Madden
first assistant director

Simon Downes
third assistant director

Art Department

Brian Adams
stand-by carpenter

John Amabile
storyboard artist

Stuart Clarke
scenic artist

Stephen Conroy
paintings

Stewart Cunningham
dressing props

Paul Curren
painter

Sam Curren
painter

Gordon Fitzgerald
property master

Colin H. Fraser
construction manager

Derek Fraser
construction chargehand

Tracey Gallacher
assistant art director

Pat Harkins
stand-by props

Richard Hassall
carpenter

Peter Knotts
carpenter

Iain Macaulay
art department assistant

Jim Patrick
stand-by painter

Danny Sumsion
stand-by carpenter

Karen Wakefield
production buyer

John Watts
carpenter

Sound Department

Paul Conway
digital sound editor

Tony Cook
boom operator

Richard Fettes
footsteps editor

Nigel Galt
sound editor

Ray Merrin
sound re-recording mixer

Colin Nicolson
sound mixer

Brian Saunders
sound re-recording mixer

Iain Eyre
assistant sound editor

Special Effects

Grant Mason
special effects

Visual Effects

Tony Steers
special visual effects

Stunts

Clive Curtis
stunt arranger

Camera and Electrical Department

Lewis Buchan
camera loader

Willie Cadden
gaffer

Arthur Donnelly
electrician

Paul Gavin
epk camera operator

Ian Jackson
focus puller

Kenny Richards
stand-by rigger

Derrick Ritchie
generator operator

Mark Ritchie
best boy

Nigel Robertson
still photographer

Roy Russel
grip

Dominic Turner
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

John Norster
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Anuree De Silva
first assistant editor

Neil Williams
second assistant editor

Music Department

Gemma Dempsey
music supervisor

Leftfield
composer: title music

Transportation Department

John Booth
vehicle spfx

Scott Kerry
driver: props

Other Crew

Campbell Atkinson
stage

Mat Bergel
runner

Hilda Booth
production accountant

Jenifer Booth
accounts assistant

Bryan Boyne
stand-by stage

Anne Coulter
script supervisor

Guy Cowan
caterer

Brendan Diver
caterer

Pauline Hume
graphic artist: titles

Dianne Jamieson
trainee

Niki Longmuir
floor runner, location assistant

Kirstin McMahon
trainee

Yvonne McParland
production coordinator

John McVeigh
caterer

Nicky McVeigh
caterer

Saul Metzstein
production runner

Morag Myerscough
title designer

Fran Robertson
location manager

Eric Smith
runner

Jamie Spencer
runner

James Stewart
runner

Production Company

Channel Four Films
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The Glasgow Film Fund

Figment Films
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Distributor

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Gramercy Pictures

MFA Filmdistribution

PolyGram Video
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AVU-Video-Vertriebs-GmbH

Kinowelt Home Entertainment

EuroVideo

MGM/UA Home Entertainment
,

20th Century Fox

Alta Films

Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International

Filmes Castello Lopes

LK-TEL Vídeo

LK-TEL

Pinema
,

PolyGram Video
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Miscellaneous

ARRI Media
camera equipment provided by

Bloom Camillin
solicitors

Delta Sound Services
sound re-recorded at

Film Finance
completion bond

General Screen Enterprises
titles and opticals

Grip House
grip equipment

Lee Lighting
lighting

Lovatt Antiques
special furniture

Nithsdale Antiques
special furniture

RHHAlbert G. Ruben Insurance Services
insurance

Reel Foods
catering

Salon
editing facilities

Sapex Scripts
post-production script services

Sound Design Company, The
sound post-production






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