UPDATE: UK Event | 28 Jan 2023 | ‘Shaun of the Dead’ & ‘Life Is Sweet’ Double Bill with Edgar Wright
UPDATE: Wednesday 25th January, 2012.
I’m afraid there’s some good news, bad news for attendees of the London Comedy Festival this weekend.
I am currently in LA writing my next movie with Simon Pegg and we are both working furiously around his duties on the Starship Enterprise. So sadly I can no longer attend the event in person on London as originally planned.
So I guess the good news is that writing is going very well, the bad news is that I was really hoping to be back in London and see you all.
Instead I plan to make it up to the crowd with a Q&A by Skype and with a VERY SPECIAL GUEST IN TOW. No prizes for guessing who.
Myself and my surprise guest will also be interviewed by Empire magazine’s Chris Hewitt, who will field questions from the live audience and via Twitter.
So, huge huge apologies for those ticket holders who had been promised the doubled with me in person. I will be there very much in spirit and am already planning to doing a second bonus event in person with LoCo and the BFI.
Tickets holders can contact the BFI box office if you do need a refund, though I hope you will still come along to enjoy the film and the Skype Q&A. Box office number is 020 7928 3232.
The good folks at the BFI can also let any ticket holders when the future in-person event will be and make sure you’re the first to know. More details here.
Again, my profound apologies. But I promise to answer all your questions this Saturday!
Edgar
LoCo presents: The London Comedy Film Festival
LoCo is delighted to welcome Edgar Wright as our first LoCo Hero, an annual celebration of the finest contemporary comedy film-makers. As director of Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World; as co-writer of Tintin; and as co-producer of Attack The Block and Sightseers, Edgar is one of the most influential and inspiring figures in British cinema. Join us to celebrate his career with this unique double bill, chosen by Edgar himself, twinning his brilliant breakthrough feature with Mike Leigh’s Life Is Sweet.
Edgar proved his gift for parody in his Channel 4 series Spaced. But, like An American Werewolf in London, Shaun of the Dead is both a parody and a terrific example of its genre. It’s also full of great performances, not just from Frost and Pegg but also Bill Nighy and Kate Ashfield, who shows a sweet, bewildered tenderness as Liz. Join Edgar for a unique celebration of his breakthrough rom-zom-com. And don’t forget to kill Philip. The screening will be followed by a Q&A.
Join LoCo, Edgar Wright and friends in the benugo Bar and Kitchen 8pm - midnight.
Shaun of the Dead + Edgar Wright and guests
The acclaimed comedy director introduces a screening of his debut feature film.
Full listings and tickets available here.
Edgar Wright introduces a screening of Mike Leigh’s tragi-comic family drama
One of the triumphs of Shaun of the Dead is the way it combines spectacular zombie action with a witty, well observed portrait of contemporary London life; in Edgar’s own words: “what if zombies attacked in the middle of a Mike Leigh film?”. A key inspiration for Shaun of the Dead, Life Is Sweet tells one family’s story over a hot London summer. Andy is a chef who dreams of freedom and has just bought a decrepit burger van. Wendy has taken a job at the world’s worst French restaurant. And Nicola is having sex with David Thewlis, smeared with chocolate spread. Love, ambition, liver and lager come together in one of Mike Leigh’s best-loved films.
Join LoCo, Edgar Wright and friends in benugo Bar and Kitchen 8pm - midnight.
