Zombieland (DVD)

Zombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer in his theatrical debut and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film follows a geeky college student (Jesse Eisenberg) making his way through a post-apocalyptic zombie apocalypse, meeting three strangers (Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin) along the way and together taking an extended road trip across the Southwestern United States in an attempt to find a sanctuary free from zombies.

The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2009, and was theatrically released on October 2, 2009, in the United States by Columbia Pictures. Zombieland was a critical and commercial success, grossing more than $60.8 million in 17 days and surpassing the 2004 film Dawn of the Dead as the top-grossing zombie film in the U.S. until World War Z in 2013. A sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap, was released in 2019.

Plot

Two months have passed since a strain of mad cow disease mutated into mad person disease that became mad zombie disease , which overran the entire United States (with the infection presumably spreading to the rest of the world), turning many Americans into vicious zombies. Survivors of the zombie epidemic have learned that growing attached to other survivors is not advisable because they could die at any moment, so many have taken to using their city of origin as nicknames.

Lonely college student Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is making his way from his college dorm in Austin, Texas, to Columbus, Ohio, to see whether his parents are still alive. He encounters Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), another survivor, who is particularly aggressive when killing zombies. Though he does not appear to be friendly, Tallahassee reluctantly allows Columbus to travel with him. Tallahassee mentions he misses his puppy, Buck that was killed by zombies, as well as his addiction to Twinkies, which he actively tries to find.

The pair meets Wichita (Emma Stone) and her younger sister Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) in a grocery store. The sisters turn out to be con artists and trick Tallahassee and Columbus into handing over their weapons by pretending that Little Rock is infected by the disease, then stealing their Escalade. The two men find a yellow Hummer H2 loaded with weapons and go after the sisters. However, the girls spring another trap for them and take them hostage. Tallahassee steals his gun back and has a stand-off with Wichita, until Columbus intervenes saying that they have bigger problems to worry about, resulting in an uneasy truce between them.

The sisters reveal that they are going to the Pacific Playland amusement park in Los Angeles, an area supposedly free of zombies. After learning his hometown has been destroyed, and his parents likely killed, Columbus decides to accompany the others to California. Along the trip, Columbus persists in trying to impress and woo Wichita.

When the group reaches Hollywood, Tallahassee directs them to the mansion of Bill Murray. Tallahassee and Wichita meet Murray himself, uninfected but disguised as a zombie so he can walk safely around town. Murray is killed when Columbus shoots him, mistaking him for a real zombie during a practical joke while watching Ghostbusters with Little Rock. Columbus realizes during a game of Monopoly that Buck was not Tallahassee s puppy, but his young son, who had become infected and died as a result. Wichita and Columbus become increasingly attracted to each other, and Tallahassee bonds with Little Rock, with whom he was previously feuding. Despite Wichita s attraction to Columbus, she fears attachment and leaves with Little Rock for Pacific Playland the next morning. Columbus decides to go after Wichita and convinces Tallahassee to join him.

At Pacific Playland, the sisters activate all the rides and lights so they can enjoy the park, only to unwittingly draw the attention of a multitude of zombies in the surrounding area. A chase ensues, and just as the sisters are trapped on a drop tower ride, Tallahassee and Columbus arrive. Tallahassee lures the zombies away, creating a distraction for Columbus to get to the tower ride; both using the attractions to their advantage. Tallahassee eventually locks himself in a game booth, shooting zombies as they arrive. Columbus successfully evades and shoots through several zombies to reach the tower and help the girls down, but not before changing one of his rules for survival to conquer his fear of clowns while facing off against a clown zombie. As a show of gratitude, Wichita kisses Columbus and reveals her real name: Krista. As the group leaves Pacific Playland, Columbus realizes that without relating to other people, one might as well be a zombie and that he now has what he has always wanted—a family.

The rules

A running gag (and a central theme throughout the film) is the list of rules Columbus comes up with for surviving in the zombie-infested world. By the end of the film, his list has 33 rules, yet only a few are mentioned. A series of promotional videos starring Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg expanded on the list presented in the film.

Wichita and Little Rock have their own rule: Trust no one. Just you and me.

Cast

• Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee, Columbus trusted partner. He despises zombies, and enjoys killing and torturing them.
• Jesse Eisenberg as Columbus, a young man who lived by himself in a beat-up apartment before becoming one of the few survivors of the zombie apocalypse. He lives by a strict set of rules to stay alive. The character is also the narrator of the film.
• Emma Stone as Wichita, Little Rock s older sister and Columbus s love interest. She is one of the few survivors of the zombie apocalypse, and overly protective of her little sister. Her real name is Krista.
• Abigail Breslin as Little Rock, Wichita s 12-year-old sister. She is sweet, but not that innocent and has had to grow up very quickly because of the apocalypse.
• Bill Murray as a fictionalized version of himself, still living in his Los Angeles home and regularly disguising himself as a zombie to travel around the area. The cameo role was originally written for Patrick Swayze, but he was battling pancreatic cancer at the time and was too sick to make it to set. Swayze died in September 2009. Other casting considerations included Sylvester Stallone, Dwayne Johnson, Matthew McConaughey, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Pesci, Mark Hamill, Kevin Bacon, and Dustin Hoffman.
• Amber Heard as 406, Columbus s ill-fated neighbor who becomes the first zombie he kills.

Character names

The main characters do not use each other s real names, but identify themselves using place names (Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock) that relate to them. This includes Columbus neighbor, named 406 after her room, and his fictional sexual conquest Beverly Hills, as well as Sister Cynthia Knickerbocker, whom Columbus identifies as a Zombie Kill of the Week winner, and whose surname is actually an obsolete term for a citizen or inhabitant of New York City. The one exception is Murray playing himself. At the end of the film, Wichita tells Columbus that her real name is Krista.

Production

Writing

Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick stated that the idea for Zombieland had lived in heads for four-and-a-half years. The story was originally developed in 2005 as a spec script for a television pilot in the summer of 2005. Wernick stated, We ve got a long brainstorming document that still to this day gets updated on a near-weekly basis with ideas . Director Ruben Fleischer helped develop the script from a series into a self-contained feature by providing a specific destination to the road story, the amusement park. Earlier versions of the script called the protagonists Flagstaff and Albuquerque, rather than Columbus and Tallahassee, and the female characters were called Wichita and Stillwater. The celebrity who would cameo as himself was written as a zombified, dancing Patrick Swayze, including references to highlights of Swayze s career, even including a recreation of the potter s wheel scene from Ghost. Later versions of the script considered Sylvester Stallone, Joe Pesci, Mark Hamill, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Jean-Claude Van Damme or Matthew McConaughey as the celebrity. The actor cast in the part dropped out a week before filming, and Harrelson made a few calls and was able to get Bill Murray to play the part instead. According to Harrelson most of the scene was improvised. Harrelson accepted the role on four conditions, two of which were about casting and crew. The third condition required the film to have an environmentally conscious set. The fourth condition required that the director not eat dairy products for a week, a task which Fleischer described was like for an alcoholic not to drink . He succeeded and maintained a vegetarian diet for 11 months.

Filming and design

Principal photography began February 2009 in Hollywood, California, with scenes being shot at Scream Fest Theme Park and other locations. Filming continued in March in Atlanta, Hapeville, Morrow, Decatur, Newnan and Powder Springs, Georgia, where actress Abigail Breslin celebrated her 13th birthday by adopting a shelter puppy. Zombieland was filmed in digital, using the Panavision Genesis digital camera and had a 41-day shooting schedule.

The theme-park scenes for the film s climax, Pacific Playland, were mostly shot in Valdosta s local theme park Wild Adventures Water and Theme Park. Some of the amusement rides prominently featured in the film include Pharaoh s Fury, the Double Shot (redubbed Blast Off ), the Rattler, the Aviator, and the Bug Out. A haunted-house facade was constructed at the theme park, but the interior was filmed on location at Netherworld Haunted House outside Atlanta.

Special effects makeup designer Tony Gardner, who helped Rick Baker create the signature look of Michael Jackson s music video Thriller and has contributed to other Hollywood films such as 127 Hours, Hairspray, and There s Something About Mary, was brought on to design the look of the film s zombies. Michael Bonvillain, who was Cloverfield s cinematographer, was brought on for the lively hand-held camerawork. Basically, it s the end of the world; the entire nation is zombies , stated Gardner. And are trying to get from the east coast to the west coast . For one shooting scene, Gardner said, There were 160 zombies, in prosthetics, on set in an amusement park . He said it is how you present yourself as a zombie that determines how people will react to you and that once the contact lenses go in , he thinks all bets are off .

Gardner said he was excited about working on the film with first-time filmmaker Ruben Fleischer, who gave him free rein in his zombie design. are just trying to be real extreme with it , stated Gardner, and trying to balance the scares out with the comedy . He described having to makeover physically attractive actors who usually benefit from their looks as a little off-putting after seeing some of them in their character makeup for the first time.

The zombies in Zombieland were described by the casting director as: Ferocious, infected people who move erratically. They are diseased, as opposed to undead. These are not the lumbering walking dead of Romero s zombie movies, but instead the super jacked up 28 Days Later/Dawn of the Dead zombies. They are scary, gnarly, and gross.

Harrelson had input into the wardrobe for his character, Tallahassee. I never worked so long and hard on an outfit in my life, he stated. What this guy wears is who he is. You want to get a sense of this guy as soon as you see him. So I pick out the necklaces, the sunglasses. But the hat? The minute you see that on Tallahassee, you buy him. He s real. And he s got a real cool hat . Harrelson s choice of headwear for Tallahassee came not just down to style, but also to his environmental passions: the distinctive hat is handmade in Brazil by a company called The Real Deal using recycled cargo-truck tarps and wire from old truck tires.

Shortly after finishing the filming of Zombieland, Harrelson had an altercation with a TMZ photographer at New York City s LaGuardia Airport. His defense was that he was still in character and thought the cameraman was a zombie.

Effects

The special-effects team created several visual elements, including The Rules for Survival , which appear on-screen as they are related to the audience by Columbus: Do cardio , Beware of bathrooms , Check the back seat , and so forth. The texts are rendered in three dimensions. When a previously stated rule becomes relevant—when nature calls, for instance—the relevant text pops up, occasionally getting splattered with blood. Slate s Josh Levin said, The pop-up bit works precisely because Zombieland unspools like a game—how can you survive a zombie horde armed with a shotgun, an SUV and a smart mouth?

Release

A trailer of Zombieland was released on June 18, 2009. Distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film was released on 2 October 2009, a week earlier than originally advertised.

Home media

Zombieland was released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on February 2, 2010, on Blu-ray and DVD. The film was released on March 15, 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK. Select Best Buy stores sold a special edition on both DVD and Blu-ray with an additional disc featuring two featurettes. It was also released as a film for the PSP UMD.

As of January, 2015, the film had sold 1,935,598 DVDs and 657,958 Blu-ray Discs, totalling $39,165,702 and $16,291,929, respectively, for a total of $55,457,631 in North America.

Zombieland was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 1, 2019, a few weeks before the sequel was released in theatres.

Reception

Box office

The film debuted at number one at the box office in North America, with ticket sales of $24,733,155 over its opening weekend, averaging about $8,147 from 3,036 theaters, matching its production budget. It was credited as having the second-highest-grossing start on record for a zombie film behind the 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake, and as the first American horror comedy in recent memory to find significant theatrical success . The film grossed $60.8 million in 17 days, becoming the top-grossing zombie film in history; the record was previously held by the Dawn of the Dead remake. It was later surpassed by Resident Evil: Afterlife which grossed over $290 million worldwide and World War Z which grossed over $540 million worldwide. Zombieland closed on December 13, 2009, with a final gross of $75,590,286 in North America and $26,801,254 in other territories for a worldwide gross of $102,391,540.

Critical response

Zombieland received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 89% based on reviews from 260 critics, with a rating average of 7.4/10. The website s consensus reads: Wickedly funny and featuring plenty of gore, Zombieland is proof that the zombie subgenre is far from dead. On Metacritic the film has a weighted average which assigns a normalized rating to reviews from mainstream critics, the film holds a score of 73 out of 100 based on 31 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews . Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore during the opening weekend, gave Zombieland an average grade of A− on an A+ to F scale.

Roger Ebert was surprised by Zombieland s ability to be significantly humorous while zombies remained the focus of the film, and felt that all of this could have been dreary, but not here. The filmmakers show invention and well-tuned comic timing . He credited Bill Murray s cameo appearance as receiving the single biggest laugh of the year and gave the film 3 out of 4 stars. Murray s cameo was called out for attention by other reviewers: Marc Savlov of the Austin Chronicle credited it as the single most outrageously entertaining unexpected celebrity cameo of any film—genre or otherwise— that he had seen in a long, long time and that while the film did little to advance the genre, its smart script and high action made it very enjoyable. Savlov categorized Zombieland as being dead set against being dead serious with its tonal pallor ha more in common with a foreshortened It s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World than with 28 Days or Weeks Later .

The film s witty use of dialogue and popular culture was also praised by Ty Burr of The Boston Globe, who said the film makes no claims to greatness , but that what it has instead—in spades—is deliciously weary end-of-the-world banter . Michael Ordona of Los Angeles Times praised director Fleischer for bring impeccable timing and bloodthirsty wit to the proceedings .

Some reviewers saw deeper levels in the plot and cinematography; cinematographer Michael Bonvillain was praised for capturing some interesting images amid the postapocalyptic carnival of carnage, as when he transforms the destruction of a souvenir shop into a rough ballet , while Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com said, the picture is beautifully paced and highlighted a halcyon middle section where, in what could be viewed as a sideways homage to Rebel Without a Cause, our rootless wanderers share a brief respite in an empty, lavish mansion .

Claudia Puig of USA Today said, underlying the carnage in Zombieland is a sweetly beating heart , and, This road movie/horror flick/dark comedy/earnest romance/action film hybrid laces a gentle drollness through all the bloody mayhem . Entertainment Weekly s Lisa Schwarzbaum concluded, At the bone, Zombieland is a polished, very funny road picture shaped by wisenheimer cable-TV sensibilities and starring four likable actors, each with an influential following .

Josh Levin of Slate drew parallels with Adventureland: in both films, Jesse Eisenberg tries to win over his dream girl, a girl who has been hardened by life, and both feature a theme park. He goes so far as to call the film an undead Adventureland—a Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for the Facebook generation .

Time s Richard Corliss described the film as an exhilarating ride, start to finish and reasoned Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg set a high bar for this subgenre with Shaun of the Dead, but Reese, Wernick, and Fleischer may have trumped them . This isn t just a good zombie comedy. It s a damn fine movie, period. And that s high praise, coming from a vampire guy , he stated.

Not all comparisons with Shaun of the Dead were favorable: Joshua Rothkopf of Time Out New York characterized the extra injection of pop-culture neuroticism as the one innovation of the film, declaring that while Zombieland was funny, it was not particularly scary and stated that it simply isn t as witty as Shaun of the Dead, forever the yuks-meet-yucks standard . Similarly, The Globe and Mail s Rick Groen said it s far more charming than chilling and way more funny than frightening , though he suggested that Rule No. 32 to enjoy the little things was worth observing for a light comedy. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times classified the film as minor diversion dripping in splatter and groaning with self-amusement and lamented the lack of a real plot more concrete than a series of comedy takes on zombie-slaying.

Accolades

List of awards and nominations

Award	Category	Recipients	Result
Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Comedy Movie	Zombieland	Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actor	Woody Harrelson	Nominated
	Best Ensemble	Abigail Breslin Jesse Eisenberg Woody Harrelson Amber Heard Bill Murray Emma Stone	Nominated
Empire Awards	Best Horror	Zombieland	Nominated
Golden Schmoes	Best Comedy of the Year	Zombieland	Nominated
	Best Horror Movie of the Year	Zombieland	Won
	Biggest Surprise of the Year	Zombieland	Nominated
	Coolest Character of the Year	Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson)	Nominated
	Best Action Sequence of the Year	Tallahassee vs. the Amusement Park	Nominated
	Most Memorable Scene of the Year	Bill Murray cameo	Won
	Best T&A of the Year	Emma Stone	Nominated
MTV Movie Awards	Best Scared-As-S**t Performance	Jesse Eisenberg	Nominated
	Best WTF Moment	Bill Murray?! A Zombie?!	Nominated
Saturn Awards	Best Horror Film	Zombieland	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Woody Harrelson	Nominated
Sitges Film Festival	Audience Award	Ruben Fleischer	Won
Scream Awards	Ultimate Scream	Zombieland	Nominated
	Best Horror Movie	Zombieland	Won
	Best Scream-Play	Rhett Reese Paul Wernick	Nominated
	Best Horror Actress	Emma Stone	Nominated
	Best Horror Actor	Woody Harrelson	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Abigail Breslin	Nominated
	Best Cameo	Bill Murray	Won
	Best Ensemble	Abigail Breslin Jesse Eisenberg Woody Harrelson Amber Heard Bill Murray Emma Stone	Won
	Best F/X	Zombieland	Nominated
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association	Best Comedy	Zombieland	Nominated
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	Emma Stone	Nominated
	Choice Movie: Breakout Actor	Jesse Eisenberg	Nominated

Soundtrack

The film s music was composed by David Sardy. The soundtrack was released on October 6, 2009, by Relativity Music Group.

The song For Whom the Bell Tolls by the band Metallica was used in the opening credits scene.

All music is composed by David Sardy.

No.	Title	Length
1.	Opening	2:52
2.	Cardio	2:30
3.	The Standoff	1:29
4.	Escalade Sting	0:34
5.	Hostess Truck	0:27
6.	406	2:11
7.	Carpush Manwich	1:41
8.	Grocery Store	2:10
9.	Marriagable	2:47
10.	Girls Abandon Guys	1:01
11.	Smash The Van	0:28
12.	Walk N Talk	1:04
13.	The Yellow Hummer	0:31
14.	Clown Dump	0:41
15.	H3lp	1:33
16.	Gas N Gulp	2:06
17.	The Quiet Game	1:09
18.	Zombie Kill Of The Week	0:12
19.	Zombie Kimosabe	0:54
20.	Searching The Murray House	1:03
21.	Zombie In The House	0:59
22.	Monopoly	1:06
23.	Pacific Playland (Pt.1)	2:53
24.	Pacific Playland (Pt.2)	2:03
25.	Columbus Alone	0:30
26.	Pacific Playland (Pt.3)	2:04
27.	Pacific Playland (Pt.4)	4:31
28.	Estasi Dell Anima	1:55
29.	Clown	1:30
30.	Rat Scare	0:37
31.	As Close As I ll Ever Get To Home	0:56
Total length:		46:27

Sequel

Due to the film s success, writers Reese and Wernick always planned a possible sequel, with many more ideas they wanted to explore. In August 2016, Reese and Wernick confirmed that they were working on Zombieland 2 and meeting with Woody Harrelson to discuss the film, while stating all the cast is pretty excited.

The film, Zombieland: Double Tap, featuring the return of the original cast, was released on October 18, 2019, the tenth anniversary of the original film s release, and was once again a critical and financial success.

Television series

In October 2011, it was reported that Fox Broadcasting Company and Sony Pictures were considering a television adaption of the series to be aired on CBS, with Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese writing the script, but with the main actors of the original film likely not returning. The television program was planned to begin in fall, 2012. These plans did not come to fruition. In January 2013, it was revealed that the casting call for the production just went out for the main characters, with a few changes to the movie for the show and the addition of two new characters, Atlanta and Ainsley.

In March 2013, it was announced that Amazon Studios had ordered a pilot episode. Reese, Wernick and Pollone were joined by Eli Craig, who directed the pilot. Tyler Ross plays Columbus, Kirk Ward plays Tallahassee, Maiara Walsh plays Wichita and Izabela Vidovic plays Little Rock. A new character named Detroit (voiced by Kendra Fountain) was introduced as an ex-OnStar operator, serving as the gang s navigator. The pilot was released in April 2013 on Lovefilm and at Amazon Video. On May 17, 2013, Rhett Reese, creator of the TV adaptation, announced that Zombieland: The Series would not be picked up to be a series by Amazon. Reese commented on the fan backlash, saying I ll never understand the vehement hate the pilot received from die-hard Zombieland fans. You guys successfully hated it out of existence.

Condition

New

Actor

Gavin Polone, Llc, Zombieland Productions

Publisher

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Published Date

2010-01-01

Rating MPA

R

Recording Length

88

Recording Studio

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Format

DVD

Brand

Sony Pictures Home Ent

Age Group

Adult

Amazon ASIN

B002WY65VU

UPC / EAN

043396331549

Model

CTR33154DVD

Year

2009

ReleaseDate

2009-10-02

RuntimeMins

88

RuntimeStr

1h 28min

Awards

Awards, 10 wins & 29 nominations

Directors

Ruben Fleischer

Writers

Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Stars

Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson

Produced by

Ryan Kavanaugh, Gavin Polone, Rhett Reese, Ezra Swerdlow, Paul Wernick

Music by

David Sardy

Cinematography by

Michael Bonvillain

Film Editing by

Alan Baumgarten

Casting By

John Papsidera

Production Design by

Maher Ahmad

Art Direction by

Austin Gorg

Set Decoration by

Gene Serdena

Costume Design by

Magali Guidasci

Makeup Department

Tammy Ashmore, Andrea C. Brotherton, Barney Burman, Leo Corey Castellano, Gabriel De Cunto, Tony Gardner, Lee Grimes, T.A. Henderson, Bill Johnson, Jamie Kelman, Sean Kenney, Rachel Kick, Carol Koch, Jonah Levy, Donna Martin, Sarah Mays, Bill McCoy, Stephen Prouty, Susan Ransom, Carol Raskin, Toby Sells, John Shea, Lilo Tauvao, Dawn Turner, Leigh Ann Yandle, Melissa Yonkey, Susan Buffington

Production Management

Nadia Paine, Regina Robb, Ezra Swerdlow, Vincent G. Scotti

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

G.A. Aguilar, Veronica A. Hodge-Hampton, Kim H. Winther, Heather Wusterbarth

Art Department

Jory Alvarado, Bil Barnes, Manuel Beccaro, Dwight Benjamin-Creel, Cristina Lucia Cesari, Donald K. Cochran, Chad R. Davis, Russ Dickerson, Daniel B. Foster, Shawn M. Gray, Fred Holloway, Chris Hunter, Holly Jordan, Mark Keever, Ellen L. Kerr, Nicole LeBlanc, Stacie McKinnon McAdam, Adam Miller, Ky Hoang Nguyen, Tripp Norton, Timothy David O Brien, Katrina Rice, Lee Ross, Grant Samson, Joey Sisson, Thomas Spencer, Andy G. Strauss, Gary Damian Thomas, Shannon Ford Thompson, Iain Thorpe, Bob Trevino, Joel Venti, John Weeks, Shauna Williams, Jay Womer, Roy Wooley, Marissa Zajack, Timothy Dolph, Mike Sullivan, James Vasilovic

Sound Department

Kami Asgar, Anita Cannella, Rich Crescenti, Michael Dressel, Kim Drummond, Mary H. Ellis, Jeff Gross, Vincent Guisetti, Scott G.G. Haller, Jake Head, Larry Hopkins, Pamela Kahn, Amy Kane, Tateum Kohut, Mark Larry, Herwig Maurer, Sean McCormack, Greg Orloff, Drew Ponder, Eryne Prine, Jacob Riehle, Will Riley, Kyle Rochlin, Tim Tuchrello, Seto Tuncboyaciyan

Special Effects by

Manuel Beccaro, André Freitas, Jonathan Gording, Glen Hanz, Anthony Lamont Jacobs, Sarah Jo, Eric A. Martin, Matt Neel, Lisa Reynolds, Toby Sells, Bob Shelley, Thom Shepard, Shelby Stong, Darrin Tilton, Timothy Huizing

Visual Effects by

Dave Isaac Santos Abuel, Trevor Adams, Rex Alerta, Brian J. Alvarez, Jon Anastasiades, Bekah Baik, Nancy Mott Basi, Romain Bayle, Chris Bloomer, Raoul Bolognini, Mary Jane Bolton, Joey Bonander, Steve Bowen, Peter Bowmar, Julien Brami, Kristen Branan, Mark Breakspear, Phillip Broste, Aaron Brown, Daniel Bryant, Daniel Cairnie, Joseph Carson, Margo Catalina, Sun Chung, R. Kevin Clarke, Ben Conrad, Joshua Cortopassi, Darren Cranford, Matthew G. Donnan, Jason Dowdeswell, Peter Dudley, Daniel Dupre, Syd Dutton, Christian Emond, Arlend Engar, Adam Estey, Changsoo Eun, Ristra Fajarwaty, Cat Rowe Farquharson, Julien Forest, Ben Funk, Patti Gannon, Neil Safeer Ghaznavi, Peter Hart, Graham Herbster, Nathaniel Holroyd, Peter Hunt, Travis Wade Ivy, Stephen James, Chris John Jones, Annabelle Kent, Pency Kinnard, Michelle Korczak, Stéphan Kosinski, Erik LaPlant, Seung Hyung Lee, Paul Linden, Dan Lopez, Andy Lyon, Darren MacKay, Carolyn Martin, Fumi Mashimo, Riley McDougall, Brian McIntyre, Kurt McKeever, Stu McRae, Marta Mintenko, Jesse Morrow, Thierry Muller, Christina M. Murguia, Sam Nixon, Leon Nowlin, Marlo Pabon, Danny Padron, Earl Paraszczynec, Rocco Passionino, Stephan Perreault, Chi Pham, Lee Pierce, Mike Rhone, Casey Rolseth, Mathew Rotman, Harrison Rutherford, Tiago Santos, Robert Scifo, Kevin Shapiro, Scott Siegal, Nik Slotiuk, Doug Spilatro, Kevin Stein, Kevin Struckman, Ahren Thomas, Alfredo Tognetti, Guy Trevers, James Turek, Alexei Tylevich, Terry Ververgaert, Benoit Vincent, Jessica Wan, Juicy Wang, Rodrigo Washington, Vincent Wauters, Vivian Wei, Stephen Wilson, Janet Yale, Tong Zhou, Dan Everson, Jeremy Jozwik, Goran Kocov, David Langtry, Deanna Louie, Patrick Mooney, Justin Rosen

Stunts

G.A. Aguilar, Elle Alexander, Bobby Beckles, Brent Bernhard, Kacie Borrowman, Matt Brockman, Jill Brown, Scott Burik, Nicole Callender, John Casino, Chris Cenatiempo, John Cenatiempo, John Copeman, Blaise Corrigan, William Cote, Stacy Courtney, Douglas Crosby, Alan D Antoni, Scott Dale, Chris Daniels, Peter Epstein, Mark Fichera, Aja Frary, Dale Frye, Tim Gallin, Matt Gammon, Lex D. Geddings, Jeffrey Lee Gibson, Meegan Godfrey, Derek Graf, Damita Jane Howard, Lisa Hoyle, Bill Humphries, Cal Johnson, Bobby Jordan, Jason Kehler, Keone Kim, Martin Klebba, Drew Leary, Rick LeFevour, Samantha MacIvor, Raymond Mamrak, Anderson Martin, Johnny Martin, T. Ryan Mooney, Kimberly Shannon Murphy, Haley Nott, Victor Paguia, Lacy Parish, Jay Pearson, Dave Pope, Stephen A. Pope, Ming Qiu, Steven Ritzi, J.C. Robaina, Luci Romberg, Michelle Sebek, D.J. Surgent, Trampas Thompson, Russell Towery, Tim Trella, Aaron Vexler, Caroline Vexler, Nancy Wetzel, Guss Williams, Joe Nin Williams

Camera and Electrical Department

Rob Acox, Reid Andrews, Chris Antignane, Tom Barrett, Giovanni Bommarito, Frank Boone, Scott Brinson, Clyde E. Bryan, Alex Calderon, J. Christopher Campbell, Stephen Campbell, Brigidlynn Capelletti, Mark Carlile, Stephen Crowley, Mike DeGrazzio, Marc Dobiecki, Allen Evans, Eddie Evans, Michael Fedack, Stanley Fernandez Jr., Terry Fitzpatrick, Ian Forsyth, Donny Fowler, William Frazier, Larry Gianneschi IV, John Grubb, Josh Hancher, Thirl Haston, Marvin Haven, Richard Hempton, Gary Holmes, Lukasz Jogalla, Jay Kemp, Mike Laird, Halley Manning, Dan Marrero, Jim Mayo, Nathan McConnell, Jamie Moreno, Greg Morse, Jack Mullins, Matthew Austin Murray, Neal Norton, Pierre O Halloran, Gary Oldknow, Derek Page, David Parker, Jean-Philippe Pasquier, Meiklejohn Pate, Max Patrucco, Mike Pearce, Patrick Redmond, Mike Robertson, Ted Sapp, Mike Satterfield, Chad Schroeder, James Selph, Thom Shepard, Steve Sudge, Adam Sumner, Tom Tcimpidis, Newton TerMeer, Mike Torino, German Valle, Robert Veliky, Art Villasenor, Craig Vogel, Glen Wilson, Steve Zigler, Bob Campi

Casting Department

Janella Bersabal, Jennifer Cram, Norman Durance, Brandi S. Hawkins, Patrick Ingram, Dylan Jury, Shaun Michael Lynch, Nathan Wright

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Susan Antonelli, Shilla Benning, Pablo Borges, Conan Castro Jr., Daniel George, Askia Won-Ling Jacob, Sally Kruse, Esther Marquis, Melanie Mascioli, Candace Rice, Patrick Rofoli, Jayne Rogers, Iliana Sanchez, Barnaby Smith, Joulles Wright, Tracie Leaphart

Editorial Department

Zahida Bacchus, Steve Bowen, Paul Doogan, Mo Henry, Scott Janush, Reza Amidi, Tyler Binkley, John Petersen, Benjamin Sutor

Location Management

Norman Bielowicz, Mark Cottrell, Granville Greene, Hodge Grigsby, Andrew C. Kirk, Darrin Lipscomb, Ben McIver, Tina Marie Sauls, Paul Schreiber, Brad Smith, Jason R. Williams, Stephan Roux, Jim Small, R. Bryan Wright

Music Department

Cameron Barton, Ryan Castle, Alec Gomez, Carlton Kaller, John O Mahony, Isac Walter, Christopher Kaller

Script and Continuity Department

Gail Hunter

Transportation Department

Morris Aroesti, Samuel Wayne Beitz, Dennis G. Carter, John Clayden, Keith N. Collis, Jack Prince, Windi Robinson, Randy Southerland, Hank Van Apeldoorn, Susan Van Apeldoorn, Oranz Walker, David Carlton White, Michael Young, Penny Young

Additional Crew

Lauren Aparicio, Jampier Arias, Marie Barnas, Colbert Bernard, Kristine Bochum, Justin Bones, David Champion, John Charles, Ben Conrad, Stitch Crisp, Allison Daly, Likkia Davis, Dennis Dawson, Michelle A. De Mayo, D.R. Farquharson, Sam Felman, Nicholas Giancola, Larry Gilbert, Charles Guanci Jr., David Heffler, Hsanni Henry, Lucy Herrera, Nina Hodge, Jonathan Hoover, Pat Jackson, Kenyea Johnson, Carmen K. Jones, Amir R. Khan, Michael Klastorin, Sedrick Lakpa, Shaun Michael Lynch, Rhyan A. Minter, Shawn Monos, Nicole Oguchi, Stacy Owens, Laura Pearson-Smith, Lauren Pfeiffer, Bob Riley, Crystle Roberson, Jill Rosenblatt, Trevor Rubatzky, Erin Santini, Trevor Schliefer, Christopher Scott, Robert Severance, Hakim Shakoor, Keleigh Slaight, Robin Spears, Stan Swofford, L. Dillon Thomas, Flávia Toledo, Carol Tresan, Greg Tresan, Alexei Tylevich, Christoph Vogt, Courtney Nordessa Ward, Richard W. Welch, Tucker Wells, John Beteag, Gale Hansen, Branislav R. Tatalovic

Thanks

Matt Furey

Genres

Action, Comedy, Horror

Companies

Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Pariah

Countries

USA

Languages

English, Spanish, French

ContentRating

R

ImDbRating

7.6

ImDb Rating Votes

572298

Metacritic Rating

73

Short Description

Zombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer in his theatrical debut and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film follows a geeky college student (Jesse Eisenberg) making his way through a post-apocalyptic zombie apocalypse, meeting three strangers (Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin) along the way and together taking an extended road trip across the Southwestern United States in an attempt to find a sanctuary free from zombies.

The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2009, and was theatrically released on October 2, 2009, in the United States by Columbia Pictures. Zombieland was a critical and commercial success, grossing more than $60.8 million in 17 days and surpassing the 2004 film Dawn of the Dead as the top-grossing zombie film in the U.S. until World War Z in 2013. A sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap, was released in 2019.

Box Office Budget

$23,600,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$24,733,155

Box Office Gross USA

$75,590,286

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$102,392,080

Keywords

Zombie,amusement park,zombie spoof,twinkie,human versus zombie