Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7198 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-09-17
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Dutch, French
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 89 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Possessed of startlingly fresh performances and a visual style of genuine panache, Shallow Grave was deservedly a BAFTA Best Film winner in 1994. This was clearly a film that deserved attention. Sure enough, the principal talents involved (Director Danny Boyle, Producer Andrew Macdonald, Writer John Hodge and actors Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor) have gone on to huge successes both together (Trainspotting) and apart. The thriller's plot is simple enough: three flatmates take on a fourth (Keith Allen) who unexpectedly dies, leaving a mountain of cash behind. Who are your friends? Who can you trust? How far would you go for money? These are the questions facing Juliet (Kerry Fox), David (Eccleston) and Alex (McGregor) as the scenario spirals out of control around them. Somehow no matter what they do, the decisions seem to lead to one gruesome event after another. The film's often breakneck pace--backed by tunes from Leftfield--quickly became a much-copied style. Most agree that the copies pale beside the original, and this ice-cold morality poser remains the best view of post-80s greed on screen.

On the DVD: Although presented in widescreen anamorphic format, both picture and sound are not much better than an average video playback. Add a static menu and just one trailer and this release will probably disappoint today's DVD collector. --Paul Tonks

Special Features
1.85 Wide Screen
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
French
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Surround English French
Dolby Digital Surround
Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Menu Screens
Chapter Selections
Dutch\French

Synopsis
After three Edinburgh roommates (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox) finally choose a new roommate they can live with, they find him dead on the floor with a suitcase full of cash. While trying to remove the body and extricate themselves from the situation, they wade hip-deep into a world of drugs, greed, and madness. Danny Boyle's first feature film is a delightfully circuitous, nail-biting, and unpretentious noir, with the director--and screenwriter John Hodge--focusing on the gradual psychological disintegration of the roommates. Boyle and Hodge would gain even greater acclaim across the Atlantic with their hit follow-up, TRAINSPOTTING. Eccleston would go on to appear in films such as ELIZABETH and THE OTHERS. McGregor, of course, would become Renton in TRAINSPOTTING and eventually Obi-Wan Kenobi, among many other screen roles.

Customer Reviews

Very entertaining Brit flick
Has a lot wrong with it, mainly credibility wise, but the dialogue is sharply written and the roles are sharply played by up and coming actors who make their presence known here. Also has that edgy feel of an ambitious new wave cinema piece. Very watchable.

Christopher Eccleston rocks.
Every time I'm about to watch this film, I can't stop thinking how great Christopher Ecclesson is. I know people think I'm weird but their is something about this sarcastic ,intelligent and charismatic actor, I almost forget Ewan Mcgregor and Kerry Fox is in it as well. It's on the same level as Trainspotting and if you like that you will love Shallow Grave. A couple of students living together when one dies and they find a stash of money belonging to him. The dark comedy is what happens next, when they decide to get rid of the body and what to do with the money. After watching this I never took in a lodger or had a roomate again, watch it and you will understand why.

Tosh
I only started watching this film because it had my favourite actor in it, but what a load of tosh!! It was totally unbelievable, a really flimsy plot and I found myself fast-forwarding chunks of it in the hope of getting to the point, which never materialised! A waste of time.