Hot Fuzz
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Directed by	Edgar Wright
Produced by	Nira Park Tim Bevan Eric Fellner
Written by	Simon Pegg Edgar Wright
Starring	Simon Pegg Nick Frost Jim Broadbent Timothy Dalton Paddy Considine Edward Woodward Billie Whitelaw
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (UK and worldwide with exceptions) Paramount Pictures (Australia, New Zealand) Alliance Atlantis (Canada) Rogue Pictures (USA)
Release date(s)	14 February 2007 (UK) 9 March 2007 (New Zealand) 15 March 2007 (Australia) 20 April 2007 (Canada, USA)
Running time	116 min. Edgar Wright (born 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset) is an English film and Television director. Nira Park is a British Television and Film producer. Park worked at The Comic Strip from 1989 to 1995 Tim Bevan, CBE (b 1958 Queenstown New Zealand) is an Academy Award nominated movie producer. Eric Fellner CBE (b 1959 England) is an Academy Award -nominated movie producer. Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian, Writer Nicholas John Frost (born 28 March, 1972) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian and movie script-writer He is best known James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949 is an English Academy Award -winning theatre film and television Actor. Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946) is an English Patrick "Paddy" Considine (born 5 September, 1973 - many sources erroneously quote his year of birth as 1974 is an English actor director Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE (born June 1, 1930 Croydon) is an English Actor and Singer. Billie Whitelaw, CBE (born June 6, 1932) is a distinguished English actress of both stage and film Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc (formerly traded as TSX:AAC was a Toronto -based media company that operated primarily as a Specialty service Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Rogue Pictures is a division of Universal Pictures, which is a division of NBC Universal. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£8 million[1]
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Hot Fuzz is a 2007 British action comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, The United Kingdom has been influential in the technological, commercial and artistic development of cinema. Action movies are a Film genre where action sequences such as fights, Shootouts Stunts Car chases or explosions either take precedence Comedy film is a genre of Film in which the main emphasis is on humor. Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian, Writer Edgar Wright (born 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset) is an English film and Television director. Nicholas John Frost (born 28 March, 1972) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian and movie script-writer He is best known They worked together previously on the 2004 film Shaun of the Dead and the television series Spaced. The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British Zombie -themed Comedy (or " rom zom com " as it dubs itself film Spaced is a British Television Situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and It was directed by Edgar Wright and produced by Nira Park. Nira Park is a British Television and Film producer. Park worked at The Comic Strip from 1989 to 1995 Wright revealed that he wanted to write and direct a cop film because "there isn't really any tradition of cop films in the UK. . . We felt that every other country in the world had its own tradition of great cop action films and we had none. "^[2]

The film debuted on February 14, 2007 in the UK and 20 April in the US. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Hot Fuzz received multiple positive reviews, earning a 90% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 81/100 from Metacritic. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books. The total international box office gross reached $78,761,971 before its DVD premiere. Shortly after the film's release, two different soundtracks were released in the UK and US.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Cameos 3 Production 3.1 Script and locations 3.2 Homage 3.3 Effects 3.4 Preparation and filming 4 Promotion 5 Reception 6 DVD release 7 Soundtrack 8 References 9 External links

Plot

Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg), an extremely dedicated police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service, performs his duties so well (with an arrest record 400% greater than average) that he makes his colleagues look bad, with the police chief (Bill Nighy) fearing that Angel's devotion to the job could put everyone on the force out of work. Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian, Writer A police officer (also known as a policeman or policewoman) is a warranted employee of a Police force. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. William Francis "Bill" Nighy (ˈnaɪ born 12 December 1949) is a Golden Globe - and BAFTA -award winning English Actor As a result, his superiors send him to a place where his talents won't be quite so embarrassing: the sleepy and seemingly crime-free village of Sandford in rural Gloucestershire. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. History See also History of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a historic county mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the 10th century

Once there, he immediately arrests a large group of underaged drinkers and a drunk driver, who turns out to be his partner Danny Butterman, a well-meaning but over-eager police constable, (Nick Frost), the son of local police inspector Frank Butterman (Jim Broadbent). Nicholas John Frost (born 28 March, 1972) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian and movie script-writer He is best known James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949 is an English Academy Award -winning theatre film and television Actor. A committed action film fan, Danny is in awe of his new big city partner, who just might provide him with his chance to experience the life of gunfights and car chases he longs for. Angel struggles to adjust to the quiet and uneventful pace of the village. Despite clearing up several otherwise unnoticed crimes in short order, including confiscating a sea mine and unlicensed firearms, Angel soon finds his most pressing concern to be an escaped swan. In the sociological field, crime is the breach of a rule or Law for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a Punishment A naval mine is a self-contained Explosive device placed in water to destroy Ships or Submarines Unlike Depth charges mines are deposited A firearm is a Tool that projects either single or multiple Projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion Swans are Birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and Ducks Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in His strict attention to the letter of the law also quickly makes him the focus of dislike by some of his coworkers. However, Angel and Danny eventually bond over drinks at the local pub and action films.

Soon after Angel's arrival, a series of grisly murders disguised as accidents rock the village, all committed by a figure in a black hood and cloak. Increasingly convinced that Sandford is not what it seems and that the victims of the 'accidents' were murdered, Angel begins to clash with his colleagues. However, Angel refuses to drop the investigation and initially suspects Simon Skinner (Timothy Dalton), the charming but sinister manager of the local Somerfield supermarket, of murdering the victims due to their involvement in a lucrative property deal. Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946) is an English Somerfield is a chain of small to medium-sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom. His confrontation with Skinner only reveals Skinner's apparent innocence and further damages Angel's credibility with his colleagues.

After being ambushed in his hotel room by the cloaked murderer, who is unmasked as Michael Armstrong, the trolley boy of the Somerfield acting on Skinner's orders, Angel is led to a nearby castle where he discovers the truth; Inspector Butterman, Skinner and the Neighbourhood Watch Alliance (NWA), intent on keeping Sandford's title of "Village of the Year", have been murdering anyone who might damage the village's image. A neighborhood watch (also called a crime watch or neighborhood crime watch) is a organized group of citizens devoted to Crime and Vandalism Inspector Butterman reveals that his wife committed suicide after the village lost the title many years ago, motivating him to use extreme methods to ensure Sandford wins the yearly contest. Angel discovers the bodies of various "problem" people whom the NWA disposed of, before being cornered and 'stabbed' by Danny, apparently a member of the NWA.

Having tricked the NWA into believing that Angel is dead, Danny instead drives him to the village limits and releases him, insisting that he knew nothing about their true activities. Danny urges Angel to flee, reasoning that no one would believe the truth about Sandford. However, whilst at a motorway service station, Angel sees the action films he and Danny watched on a nearby sales rack and is inspired to stop the NWA. Motorway is a term for both a type of Road and a classification or designation He drives back to town and arms himself with the firearms he confiscated earlier. After Angel meets with Danny in the village, the two begin to dispatch the members of the NWA in an increasingly destructive and frantic series of gun fights. Confronted by their colleagues, who are quickly persuaded of the truth, Angel and Danny take the battle to the supermarket. Skinner and Inspector Butterman flee, and are pursued by Angel and Danny to a nearby model village. There both Skinner and Inspector Butterman are apprehended.

Although Angel's previous superiors arrive from London begging him to return, as their crime rate has risen drastically, Angel chooses to remain in Sandford. Back at the police station, the Sandford Police are ambushed by Tom Weaver (Edward Woodward), the last remaining member of the NWA. Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE (born June 1, 1930 Croydon) is an English Actor and Singer. He attempts to shoot Angel but Danny jumps in the way and takes the bullets himself. In the resulting chaos the confiscated sea mine is triggered and the station is destroyed.

One year later, Angel lays flowers on a grave marked 'Butterman'; it is revealed that Danny has survived, and that the grave is his mother's. Angel has been promoted to Inspector and Danny to Sergeant, and they go back on the beat together in Sandford.

Cast

Sandford Police Service Simon Pegg as PC. Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian, Writer /Sgt. /Insp. Nicholas Angel Nick Frost as PC. Nicholas John Frost (born 28 March, 1972) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian and movie script-writer He is best known /Sgt. Danny Butterman Jim Broadbent as Insp. James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949 is an English Academy Award -winning theatre film and television Actor. Frank Butterman Paddy Considine as DS. Patrick "Paddy" Considine (born 5 September, 1973 - many sources erroneously quote his year of birth as 1974 is an English actor director Andy Wainwright Rafe Spall as DC. Rafe Joseph Spall (born 10 March 1983) is an English Actor. He landed an agent after he was spotted in a National Youth Theatre Andy Cartwright Kevin Eldon as Sgt. Kevin Eldon ( b 1960 Chatham, Kent, England) is an English Stand-up comic and Actor. Tony Fisher Olivia Colman as PC. Olivia Colman (born 30 January 1974) is an English actress best known for her comedic performances such as Sophie Chapman in Peep Show Doris Thatcher Karl Johnson as PC. Karl Johnson is a British actor notable for acting work on both stage film and television Bob Walker Bill Bailey as the Sgt. Mark Bailey where he was initially an academic pupil winning most of the prizes Turner twins Neighbourhood Watch Alliance Timothy Dalton as Simon Skinner Edward Woodward as Tom Weaver Billie Whitelaw as Joyce Cooper Eric Mason as Bernard Cooper Stuart Wilson as Dr. Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946) is an English Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE (born June 1, 1930 Croydon) is an English Actor and Singer. Billie Whitelaw, CBE (born June 6, 1932) is a distinguished English actress of both stage and film Eric Mason is a British actor His Television credits include Z Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who Stuart Wilson (born 25 December 1946) is an English Actor. Early life Wilson was born in Guildford, Surrey Robin Hatcher Paul Freeman as Rev. Paul Freeman (born January 18 1943) is a British film and television Actor. Philip Shooter Kenneth Cranham as James Reaper Anne Reid as Leslie Tiller Peter Wight as Roy Porter Julia Deakin as Mary Porter Patricia Franklin as Annette Roper Lorraine Hilton as Amanda Paver Tim Barlow as Mr. Kenneth Cranham (born December 12, 1944) is a film television and stage Actor who has appeared in Layer Cake, Gangster Anne Reid (born 28 May 1935) is BAFTA Award -nominated English film and television actress from Newcastle upon Tyne, best known For the cricketer of the same name see Peter Wight. Peter Wight (born 1950) is a British actor Julia Deakin (born 1952 is a British actress, born in Gainsborough Lincolnshire. Patricia Franklin is a British actress Her Television credits include Black Books, The Bill, Silent Witness Lorraine Hilton is a British actress Her Television credits include Doctors, The Bill, Casualty Tim Barlow (real name Michael John Leigh Barlow) is a British actor who has performed many small roles in a variety of Films, Television programmes and Treacher Trevor Nichols as Greg Prosser Elizabeth Elvin as Sheree Prosser

Metropolitan Police Service Bill Nighy as a Ch. William Francis "Bill" Nighy (ˈnaɪ born 12 December 1949) is a Golden Globe - and BAFTA -award winning English Actor Insp. Martin Freeman as a Sgt. Martin Freeman ( September 8 1971) is an English Actor. He is most famous for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC 's Steve Coogan as an Insp. Stephen John "Steve" Coogan (born 14 October 1965 is an English Comedian, actor writer producer and director. (uncredited) Cate Blanchett as Janine (uncredited) London residents Peter Jackson as Father Christmas (uncredited) Joe Cornish as Bob Chris Waitt as Dave Sandford residents Stephen Merchant as Peter Ian Staker Rory McCann as Michael Armstrong Alice Lowe as Tina David Bradley as Arthur Webley Ben McKay as Peter Cocker (uncredited) Adam Buxton as Tim Messenger David Threlfall as Martin Blower Lucy Punch as Eve Draper Ron Cook as George Merchant Edgar Wright as Shelf Stacker (uncredited) Joseph McManners as Gabriel Graham Low as The Living Statue

While writing the script, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg intended to include Nick Frost as the partner for Pegg's character. Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett (born 14 May 1969 is an Academy Award -winning Australian Actress and Stage director. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing Joe Cornish (born Joseph Murray Cornish 20 December 1968) is an English Comedian who along with his long-time comedy partner Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974 is a British Comedy Award - BAFTA - Emmy - and Golden Globe -award winning British writer Alice Lowe (born April 1977 is an award-winning English Actress and Writer mainly in Comedy, from the Midlands. David Bradley (born 17 April 1942 is an English character actor Adam Offord Buxton (born 7 June 1969 is an English Comedian, who together with his comedy partner Joe Cornish wrote and presented the Channel 4 David Threlfall (born 12 October 1953, Manchester) is an English Actor and director best known for his role as Frank Lucy Punch (born 30 December 1977 in London) is an award-winning English actress best known for her roles in both the television show Ron Cook (born in 1948 is a British actor who has been active in the Theatre, Film and Television since the 1970s Edgar Wright (born 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset) is an English film and Television director. Joseph McManners (born December 3, 1992, in Canterbury, Kent) is an English Actor and Singer. Graham Low is a footballer, currently playing for Hartlepool United. Frost revealed that he would only do the film if he could name his character, and he chose "Danny Butterman". ^[3] Cast requirements included fifty people for speaking and non-speaking parts, and there were several casting calls for citizens of Wells to fill the roles, as the city was where the majority of the filming took place. Wells is a small Cathedral city and Civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, on the southern edge of the Mendip ^[3]

Cameos

British singer and actor Joseph McManners played a cameo role as a tearaway schoolboy, however his background story and an entire sub-plot surrounding his character were cut from the final version and can only be found within the DVD bonus features. Joseph McManners (born December 3, 1992, in Canterbury, Kent) is an English Actor and Singer. ^[4] Stephen Merchant also makes two appearances as Mr Peter I Staker, who reports the escaped swan, and in a brief appearance at the end of the film, reunited with the swan when Angel is offered his job back in London. Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974 is a British Comedy Award - BAFTA - Emmy - and Golden Globe -award winning British writer Director Edgar Wright revealed in an interview that Cate Blanchett was given her cameo role as a result of her being a fan of Shaun of the Dead. Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett (born 14 May 1969 is an Academy Award -winning Australian Actress and Stage director. ^[5] Jim Broadbent similarly revealed his interest for Shaun and requested a role while meeting with Simon Pegg at a BAFTA awards ceremony. James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949 is an English Academy Award -winning theatre film and television Actor. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation ^[6] Wright met with director Peter Jackson while he was filming King Kong, and Jackson suggested that he would be willing to do a cameo in the film. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing King Kong is a 2005 Remake of the 1933 film of the same name about a fictional giant ape called Kong. Edgar had Jackson wear a fake beard and pads to portray Father Christmas who stabs Nicholas Angel in the film's opening montage. Father Christmas is a name used in many English speaking countries for the gift-bringing figure of Christmas. ^[5]

Production

Script and locations

Ratings
Australia:	MA
Canada (Alberta):	14A
Canada (BC/SK):	14A
Canada (Ontario):	14A
Canada (Manitoba):	14A
Canada (Quebec):	13+
Finland:	K-15
France:	U
Germany:	16
Ireland:	15A
Malaysia:	18PL
Netherlands:	16
New Zealand:	R13
Singapore:	M18
Sweden:	11
United Kingdom:	15
United States:	R

Director Edgar Wright and star Simon Pegg spent eighteen months writing the script. 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Events The 1980s saw the continued rise of the blockbuster, an increased amount of Nudity in film and the increasing emphasis in the American industry on film Events Thousands of full-length Films were produced during the 1990s ^[8] In one interview Wright declared that he "wanted to make a title that really had very little meaning. . . like Lethal Weapon and Point Break and Executive Decision. Lethal Weapon is a 1987 Action film, the first in a series of American Films that were released in 1987 1989 Point Break is a 1991 Action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey Executive Decision is a 1996 Action film, directed by Stuart Baird and starring Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo " In the same interview, Pegg joked that when the many action films' titles were chosen that ". . . all those titles seem to be generated from two hats filled with adjectives and nouns and you just, ‘Okay, that'll do. ’"^[8]

In the 30 August, 2007 edition of film critic Roger Ebert's "Answer Man" column, John Weckmueller of Milwaukee wrote that he had "just listened to the commentary on the new DVD of Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. The filmmakers mention that while writing the screenplay they were reading your Little Movie Glossary book, which they referred to as 'essential reading'". ^[9])

During the latter half of 2005, Working Title approached several towns in South West England looking for an appropriate filming location. Working Title Films is a British film production company based in London, England. South West England is one of the Regions of England. It is the largest such region in terms of area and extends from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to Simon Pegg commented "We're both from the West Country so it just seemed like it was the perfect and logical thing to drag those kind of ideas and those genres and those clichés back to our beginnings to where we grew up, so you could see high-octane balls-to-the-wall action in Frome". The West Country is an informal term for the area of south western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region Frome ( (ˈfruːm is a medium-sized Town and Civil parish in Somerset, England, near the Mendip Hills. ^[10] Stow-on-the-Wold was considered amongst others, but after being turned away, the company settled upon Wells,^[11] Edgar Wright's hometown. Stow-on-the-Wold is a Market town and Civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. Wells is a small Cathedral city and Civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, on the southern edge of the Mendip Wright has commented "and Wells is very picturesque [. . . ] I love it but I also want to trash it". ^[12] The Wells Cathedral was digitally painted out of every shot of the village, as Wright wanted the Church of St. Wells Cathedral is a Church of England Cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. Cuthbert to be the centre building for the fictional town of Sandford;^[13] however, the Bishop's Palace is identifiable in some shots. The Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset, England is adjacent to Wells Cathedral and has been the home of the Bishops of the Diocese of Bath and Wells ^[14] Filming also took place at the Hendon Police College, including the driving school skid pan and athletic track. Hendon Police College, on Aerodrome Road Colindale, London NW4 is the principal training centre for the Metropolitan Police of London, England ^[15]

Homage

Wright has said that Hot Fuzz takes elements from his final amateur film, Dead Right, which he described as both "Lethal Weapon set in Somerset" and "a Dirty Harry film in Somerset". Dirty Harry is a 1971 Crime film produced and directed by Don Siegel. ^[12] He uses some of the same locations in both films including the Somerfield supermarket, where he used to work as a shelf-stacker. ^[12]

Various scenes in Hot Fuzz feature a variety of action film DVDs and scenes from Point Break and Bad Boys II. Point Break is a 1991 Action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey Bad Boys II is a 2003 action - Comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Martin Wright revealed that he had to get permission from every actor in each video clip to use the clips and for the use of the DVD covers had to pay for the rights from the respective studios. ^[16] The film parodies clichés used in other action movies. On the topic of perceived gun fetishes in these movies, Pegg has said "Men can't do that thing, which is the greatest achievement of humankind, which is to make another human, so we make metal versions of our own penises and fire more bits of metal out of the end into peoples heads [. . . ] It's our turn to grab the gun by the hilt and fire it into your face". ^[10] Despite this, Pegg maintains that the film is not a spoof in that, "They lack the sneer that a lot of parodies have that look down on their source material. Because we're looking up to it. "^[17] The film also includes various references to The Wicker Man. ^[18]

One scene sees Frost's character buying a Cornetto ice cream for Pegg's character, a deliberate reference to a similar scene Shaun of the Dead, where Pegg's character buys one for Frost's. Cornetto is a branded frozen Ice cream cone, manufactured by Unilever and marketed throughout the world under various different company names but with Pegg and Wright have jokingly referred to the two gory films as part of a "Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy", with each featuring a different flavour of Cornetto. ^[19]

Effects

Ten artists were used to develop the visual effects for the film. ^[20] To illustrate the destruction of the mansion as a result of the gas explosion, gas mortars were placed in front of the building to create large-scale fireballs. The wave of fire engulfs the camera, and to achieve that effect, gas mortars were used again but were fired upwards into a black ceiling piece that sloped up towards the camera. ^[20] When the sequence was shot at a high speed the flames appeared to surge across the ground. For one of the final scenes of the film, the Sandford police station is destroyed by an explosion. Part of the explosion was created by using a set model that showed its windows being blown out, while the building remained intact. The actual destruction of the building was depicted by exploding a miniature model of the station. ^[13]

Similar to the work in Shaun of the Dead, blood and gore was prevalent throughout the film and visual effects supervisor Richard Briscoe revealed the rationale for using the large amounts of blood: "In many ways, the more extreme you make it, the more people know it is stylized and enjoy the humour inherent in how ridiculous it is. Visual effects (commonly shortened to Visual F/X or VFX) are the various processes by which imagery is created and/or manipulated outside the context of a Live It's rather like the (eventually) limbless Black Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail. The Black Knight is a Fictional character in the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 film written and performed by the comedy group Monty Python ( Graham Chapman, John Cleese "^[20] The most time-consuming sequence involving gore was for when the reporter's head is crushed by a section of a cathedral. A dummy was used against a green screen and the head was detonated at the point when the object was about to impact the body. Chroma Key is the name under which ex- Dream Theater Keyboardist Kevin Moore records Over seventy gunfight shots were digitally augmented throughout the film and Briscoe also stated, "The town square shootout, for example, is full of extra little hits scattered throughout, so that it feels like our hero characters really do have it all going off, all around them. It was a great demonstration of [how] seemingly very trivial enhancements can make a difference when combined across a sequence. "^[20]

Preparation and filming

To prepare for their roles in the film, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost had to follow certain requirements. Pegg's contract stated that he had to adopt a strict diet and use three personal trainers to prepare him for the physically demanding scenes in the film. Frost was asked by Wright and Pegg to watch around twenty action films to warm him up for his role as a police officer, but he decided to only watch Bad Boys II. ^[21]

Filming commenced on March 19, 2006^[22] and lasted for eleven weeks. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[23] After editing, Wright ended up cutting half an hour of footage from the film. ^[24]

Promotion

The first two teaser trailers were released on October 16, 2006. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost maintained several video blogs which were released at various times throughout the production of the film. Video blogging, sometimes shortened to vlogging is a form of Blogging for which the medium is Video. ^[25] Wright and Frost held a panel at the 2006 Comic-Con convention in San Diego, California to promote Hot Fuzz, which included preliminary footage and a question and answer session. Comic-Con International San Diego, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre Fan convention founded as the Golden ^[26] The two returned to the convention again in 2007 to promote the U. S. DVD release. ^[27] Advanced screenings of the film took place on 14 February 2007 in the UK and the world premiere was on February 16, 2007. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The premiere included escorts from motorcycle police officers and the use of blue carpet instead of the traditional red carpet. red Carpet is traditionally used to welcome VIPs such as dignitaries and celebrities at formal events ^[28]

Reception

The movie received many positive reviews, and was rated as highly as Shaun of the Dead. ^[29] It has a 90% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes^[30] and has a Metacritic score of 81 (out of a possible 100). Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books. ^[31] Olly Richards of Empire said of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost: "After almost a decade together they’re clearly so comfortable in each other’s presence that they feel no need to fight for the punchline, making them terrific company for two hours". Empire is a British Film Magazine published Monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. ^[32] Johnny Vaughan of The Sun already called it the "most arresting Brit-com of 2007". Johnny Vaughan (born July 16 1966) is an English Broadcaster and Journalist. The Sun is a Tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland with the highest circulation of any daily English-language ^[33] Phillip French of The Observer, who did not care for Shaun of the Dead, warmed to the comedy team in this film. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The ^[34] The film also received positive reviews stateside. Derek Elley of Variety praised Broadbent and Dalton, "[who] are especially good as Angel's hail-fellow-well-met superior and oily No. 1 suspect". ^[35] As a homage to the genre, the film was well received by screenwriter Shane Black. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American Actor, Screenwriter and Film director. ^[24]

However, The Daily Mirror only gave Hot Fuzz 2/5, stating that "many of the jokes miss their target" as the film becomes more action-based. The Daily Mirror, often referred to simply as The Mirror, is a British Tabloid daily Newspaper founded in 1903 ^[36] Daily Mail also shared The Mirror's view, saying that "It's the lack of any serious intent that means too much of it is desperately unamusing, and unamusingly desperate". The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format ^[37] Anthony Quinn of The Independent said "The same impish spirit [as Spaced] is uncorked here, but it has been fatally indulged". The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. Spaced is a British Television Situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and ^[38]

The film generated £7. 1 million in its first weekend of release in the UK on February 14, 2007. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[39] In the April 20 US opening weekend, the film grossed $5. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. 8 million from only 825 theatres, making it the highest per-theatre average of any film in the top ten that week. ^[40] Its opening weekend take beat the $3. 3 million opening weekend gross of Pegg and Wright's previous film, Shaun of the Dead. In its second weekend of release, Rogue Pictures expanded the film's theater count from 825 to 1,272 and it grossed $4. Rogue Pictures is a division of Universal Pictures, which is a division of NBC Universal. 9 million, representing a 17% dip in the gross. ^[41] As of November 1, 2007, Hot Fuzz has grossed $79,791,231 worldwide. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[40] In nine weeks, the film earned nearly twice what Shaun of the Dead made in the US, and more than three times its gross in other countries. ^[42]

DVD release

The DVD was released on 11 June 2007 in the UK and 8 June 2007 in Ireland. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Over one million DVDs were sold in the UK in the first four weeks of its release. ^[43] Disc one of the two-disc set contains the feature film with four commentaries, outtakes, trailers, and TV spots, 'The Man Who Would Be Fuzz', 'Hot Funk' (a brief censored version of the film), Fuzz-o-meter, storyboards, and 'Flick Book: The Other Side'. The second disc contains 22 deleted scenes with optional commentary, a making of documentary, thirteen video blogs, featurettes, plot holes and comparisons, special effects feature, galleries, and some hidden easter eggs. A virtual Easter egg is an intentional Hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, Book The DVD also features Wright's last amateur film, Dead Right, which he described as "Hot Fuzz without the budget". A making of Dead Right is also included on the second disc. Due to the above release date, the movie arrived on region 2 DVD earlier than the theatrical release date in Germany on June 14, 2007. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[44] In the commentary with director Edgar Wright and fellow filmmaker Quentin Tarantino they discuss nearly 200 films[1].

The US DVD and HD DVD release of Hot Fuzz came out on July 31, 2007. not insert the publicly disclosed HD DVD key into this article for the time being Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. According to the official site, the HD DVD edition has more special features than the standard DVD release. The three-disc Collector's Edition was released on November 27, 2007. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Somerfield, whose Wells store was used for many sequences, promoted the release by offering a free copy of the DVD to its customers when they spent £20 in any of their stores for a limited period.

Soundtrack

Main article: Hot Fuzz (soundtrack)

The soundtrack album, Hot Fuzz: Music from the Motion Picture, was released on February 19, 2007 in the United Kingdom, and on April 17, 2007 in the United States and Canada. Hot Fuzz Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the 2007 British crime-comedy film Hot Fuzz. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The UK release contains 22 tracks, and the North American release has 14.

The film's score is by British composer David Arnold, who has scored the James Bond film series since 1997. David Arnold (born January 23, 1962) is a Grammy Award -winning English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films The James Bond film series are Spy films inspired by Ian Fleming 's novels about the fictional MI6 agent Commander James Bond (codename The soundtrack album's "Hot Fuzz Suite" is a compilation of excerpts from Arnold's score. ^[45]

Other music from the film is a mix of 1960s and 1970s British rock (The Kinks, T.Rex, The Move, The Sweet, The Troggs, Arthur Brown, Cozy Powell), New Wave (Adam Ant, XTC) and indie UK and American rock (The Fratellis, Eels). British rock and roll, or Brit rock, was born out of the influence of Rock and roll and Rhythm and blues from the United States, but added The Kinks were an English pop and rock group formed in 1963 and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band TRex (occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex) were an English rock band fronted by guitarist singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England, and were among the most popular British bands to not find any success Sweet (referred to as The Sweet on albums before 1974 and singles before 1975 were a popular 1970s British band. The Troggs are an English rock band from the 1960s that had a number of hits in Britain and the USA, including their most famous song " Arthur Brown (born Arthur Wilton 24 June 1942, Whitby, Yorkshire) is an English Rock and roll Singer Colin Flooks ( December 29, 1947 - April 5, 1998) better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard on 3 November 1954 is an English Musician, who gained popularity as the Lead singer of 1980s XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous The Fratellis are an Alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Eels (often typeset as eels or EELS) is an American rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, better known as A Man Called ^[45][46] The soundtrack album features dialogue extracts by Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and other cast members, mostly embedded in the music tracks. ^[47]

At times the music is diagetic in nature. Diegesis is the (fictional world in which the situations and events narrated occur and telling recounting as opposed to showing enacting For example when Timothy Dalton's character Skinner drives by the fatal collision scene of Blower and Draper (who had appeared on stage the previous evening as Romeo and Juliet), the Dire Straits song "Romeo and Juliet" is heard on Skinner's radio. Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946) is an English Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals his brother David Knopfler (guitar " Romeo and Juliet " is a song by the British Rock band Dire Straits, written by Dire Straits singer and lead guitarist Mark Knopfler. In another scene, involving the burning of George Merchant, Skinner drives by with his radio playing "Fire" by Arthur Brown. " Fire " is a 1968 song by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver and Peter Ker Arthur Brown (born Arthur Wilton 24 June 1942, Whitby, Yorkshire) is an English Rock and roll Singer

Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet" does not appear on the soundtrack album, but in his DVD commentary, director Edgar Wright notes the irony of having to pay the band to use the song after he had poked fun at them in his previous film, Shaun of the Dead. ^[13]

The song selection also includes some police-themed titles, including Supergrass' "Caught by the Fuzz" as well as "Here Come the Fuzz", which was especially composed for the film by Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion. Supergrass are an English Alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consists of brothers Gaz ( Guitar and Lead vocals " Caught by the Fuzz " was the first single by Britpop band Supergrass. Blues Explosion (formerly The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and sometimes abbreviated JSBX) is a New York -based Punk blues trio ^[13][45]

American film director Robert Rodriguez contributed to the film's score, and is acknowledged in the UK album's liner notes. Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20 1968 is an American director, writer, producer, Cinematographer, editor and Musician The liner notes also credit Nick Angel (the person whom the character is named after) and director Edgar Wright as executive producers, while British mashup and breakbeat DJ Osymyso is credited as soundtrack producer. A mashup or bootleg (also mash up and mash-up) is a song or composition created from the combination of the music from one song with the A cappella Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub- genres of Electronic music, usually characterized Osymyso (real name Mark Nicholson) is a musician and DJ from the United Kingdom who specializes in the genres of bastard pop and Breakbeat ^[48] Osymyso worked with Pegg and Wright on their previous film, Shaun of the Dead.

References

External links

• Official website
• Hot Fuzz at Working Title Films
  • Video Blogs at Working Title Films
• Hot Fuzz at the Internet Movie Database
• Hot Fuzz at Rotten Tomatoes
• Hot Fuzz at Metacritic
• Hot Fuzz BBC Microsite
• Filming Locations used in Wells, Somerset
• Nick Frost on Hot Fuzz
• Edgar Wright on Hot Fuzz

Edgar Wright (born 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset) is an English film and Television director. Working Title Films is a British film production company based in London, England. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books.

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