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Shallow Grave

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Shallow Grave	label	Shallow Grave
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Shallow Grave	comment	Shallow Grave (1994) is a British crime thriller film and Black Comedy starring Ewan McGregor in his first major film role, alongside Christopher Eccleston and Kerry Fox. Danny Boyle's directorial debut, the movie follows three friends who share a flat in Edinburgh. When their new flatmate, Hugo, dies suddenly of a drug overdose, they discover that the suitcase he brought contained a very large amount of cash. They decide to keep the money, disposing of the late Hugo in a shallow grave, and all seems well, until some of Hugo's associates come looking for him...
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Shallow Grave / int_127fc252	type	Creator Cameo
Shallow Grave / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo: Writer John Hodge appears in the role of Detective Constable Mitchell, whose main duty appears to be writing: "Make a note of that, Mitchellâ€¦ Write it down."
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Shallow Grave / int_13e1c444	type	Plot-Triggering Death
Shallow Grave / int_13e1c444	comment	Plot-Triggering Death: The story kicks off when Hugo is found dead of an overdose. The trio's problems really start once they've disposed of his corpse.
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Shallow Grave / int_222dc873	type	Black Comedy
Shallow Grave / int_222dc873	comment	Black Comedy: The film starts off as a dramedy about three roommates who put out a classified ad for a fourth person to fill in an empty spot in their flat. They heckle most of the applicants, until finding Hugo, whom they all agree would make a fine roommate. Or so they thinkâ€¦ Turns out, he's a criminal who has murdered before; and shortly after he moves in, the three find him dead in his room by drug overdose with a large briefcase full of cash lying next to him. They decide not to report the crime, dismember the body, and keep the money for themselves. Hilarity (and psychopathy) ensue.
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Shallow Grave / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Shallow Grave / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The bundle of newspapers with "Triple Corpse Horror" on the headline, with the front page story written by Alex.
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Shallow Grave / int_26f68115	type	Art Imitates Art
Shallow Grave / int_26f68115	comment	Art Imitates Art: The color scheme for the flat was based on Edward Hopper's painting Hotel Lobby.
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Shallow Grave / int_2854b56d	type	Uncertain Doom
Shallow Grave / int_2854b56d	comment	Uncertain Doom: While Word of God confirms that Alex is still alive, getting impaled/pinned to the floor isn't exactly a rosy picture either since there's little way for the cops/medical personnel to get him off the floor without him bleeding to death.
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Shallow Grave / int_2e8441c9	type	The Bad Guy Wins
Shallow Grave / int_2e8441c9	comment	The Bad Guy Wins: Alex, barring getting stabbed, gets away with the money, seemingly scot-free.
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Shallow Grave / int_2f226fee	type	You Didn't Ask
Shallow Grave / int_2f226fee	comment	You Didn't Ask: Inverted. Unlike their previous victims, Alex instantly told where the money is to the two thugs. The one beating him with a crowbar is somewhat shocked (if not disappointed), because he didn't even start asking questions and got the answer.
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Shallow Grave / int_33029735	type	Dies Wide Open
Shallow Grave / int_33029735	comment	Dies Wide Open: Both Hugo and David. Hugo's eyes are seen staring back at David as he's about to smash his face in. When David is later stabbed, his eyes remain open even as he is taken to the mortuary.
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Shallow Grave / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
Shallow Grave / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Used by all three of the characters to some extent, but David takes the dog biscuit.
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Shallow Grave / int_35b241c0	type	Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Shallow Grave / int_35b241c0	comment	Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Christopher Eccleston's Scottish accent is passable, but still cracks from time to time.
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Shallow Grave / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
Shallow Grave / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: Alex starts as a Jerkass, Juliet is somewhere around Team Mom and David is male version of Shrinking Violet. Where they end as, howeverâ€¦
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Shallow Grave / int_3f7a958b	type	Secret Test of Character
Shallow Grave / int_3f7a958b	comment	Secret Test of Character: Alex pulled one on Juliet when he's Hint Dropping. He didn't say a single word while being pinned to the floor with a knife in his shoulder.
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Shallow Grave / int_421ae215	type	Mysterious Past
Shallow Grave / int_421ae215	comment	Mysterious Past: It's never explained exactly where Hugo got the money from, how the two criminals are related to him, and exactly what criminal enterprises he is involved in (other than murdering a man at a cashpoint). Although an audio feature in Trainspotting suggests he is a drug dealer, this is circumspect, and particularly for people who saw the film when it first came out, the mystery was particularly glaring, since Trainspotting would not come out for another two years.
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Shallow Grave / int_424c9a9b	type	Cold-Blooded Torture
Shallow Grave / int_424c9a9b	comment	Cold-Blooded Torture: With emphasis on the "Cold" part. When trying to track down Hugo, the criminals drown one of his associates in a bathtub full of bloody water, then locks another in a freezer while trying to get information on his whereabouts from them. When they finally locate the flat where Hugo spent his final moments, they introduce themselves to Alex by smashing both his shins with a crowbar.
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Shallow Grave / int_4a2059bf	type	Gold Fever
Shallow Grave / int_4a2059bf	comment	Gold Fever: A suitcase full of cash turns the trio into cold blooded murderers.
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Shallow Grave / int_4c583974	type	A MacGuffin Full of Money
Shallow Grave / int_4c583974	comment	A MacGuffin Full of Money: The suitcase full of cash. The plot involves the main trio trying to keep said money.
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Shallow Grave / int_5e032315	type	One-Book Author
Shallow Grave / int_5e032315	comment	One-Book Author: The part of the man being drowned required a "really good" swimmer. As a result, this was Glen Glendinningâ€™s only acting job.
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Shallow Grave / int_62434fe2	type	Sanity Slippage
Shallow Grave / int_62434fe2	comment	Sanity Slippage: David's is set off when he must dismember Hugo's corpse, and it worsens as the film progresses. Alex and Juliet undergo a downplayed case of this as greed-fueled paranoia and distrust get the better of them. They still hold things together much better than David, though.
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Shallow Grave / int_6654b17b	type	Facial Horror
Shallow Grave / int_6654b17b	comment	Facial Horror: David has removed Hugo's hands and feet. But the dental records need to be removed. Up comes the hammer, then down again, off-screen.
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Shallow Grave / int_6de71c57	type	Disc-One Final Boss
Shallow Grave / int_6de71c57	comment	Disc-One Final Boss: The criminals who spend the first half of the film tracking down the money are disposed of with frightening ease by the film's most truly dangerous character around the halfway mark.
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Shallow Grave / int_7ac1f1e5	type	Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist
Shallow Grave / int_7ac1f1e5	comment	Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist: Inspector McCall and Constable Mitchell are tasked to investigate the mystery surrounding the shady dealings and disappearance of Hugo. McCall, in particular, deduces that the trio know more than they let on and is suspicious of them throughout.
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Shallow Grave / int_7fbe9a30	type	Freak Out
Shallow Grave / int_7fbe9a30	comment	Freak Out: Mild-mannered David completely loses it after being coerced into dismembering Hugo's corpse and rendering his face unrecognizable with a hammer.
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Shallow Grave / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
Shallow Grave / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: The trio tormenting candidates for potential roommates and laughing sadistically once out the door and out of earshot collectively establishes how unlikable they are.
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Shallow Grave / int_82b4f38e	type	Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
Shallow Grave / int_82b4f38e	comment	Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: All three of them.
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Shallow Grave / int_83a8d697	type	Oblivious Guilt Slinging
Shallow Grave / int_83a8d697	comment	Oblivious Guilt Slinging: When the three corpses are discovered, a constable graphically details what information is necessary to the pressâ€¦ including Alex, who was sent by his paper to cover the story.
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Shallow Grave / int_8504b817	type	Where the Hell Is Springfield?
Shallow Grave / int_8504b817	comment	Where the Hell Is Springfield?: The opening voiceover states that "this could have been any city," though wherever it is, it's apparently in Scotland. Word of God says it is set in Edinburgh. Though quite a bit of it was filmed in Glasgow.
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Shallow Grave / int_8bff32a8	type	Creepy Doll
Shallow Grave / int_8bff32a8	comment	Creepy Doll: The crawling baby doll which Alex and Juliet mount the camcorder on.
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Shallow Grave / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Shallow Grave / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: After discovering too late that the case she thinks contains the money only has shredded newspapers, Juliet is seen absolutely freaking out in her car before staggering through an airport check-in with a look of dead-eyed blank despair on her face.
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Shallow Grave / int_9591377d	type	Heel Realization
Shallow Grave / int_9591377d	comment	Heel Realization: Alex has an implied one when he's assigned to cover the discovery of the bodies by his paper, and hears his fellow reporters' horrified reaction to the grisly details provided by the officer.
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Shallow Grave / int_96709930	type	Posthumous Narration
Shallow Grave / int_96709930	comment	Posthumous Narration: The film is narrated by David, the only one of the three main characters to die in the film.
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Shallow Grave / int_96a33f11	type	Riddle for the Ages
Shallow Grave / int_96a33f11	comment	Riddle for the Ages: Since David had the Briefcase Full of Money with him at all times, when did Alex switch it out for the newspapers? It's made quite clear he does it on the night that Juliet and David are in bed together. At that point David doesn't have the briefcase with him, since he thinks Alex doesn't know it has been submerged in the water tank.
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Shallow Grave / int_980647af	type	Visible Boom Mic
Shallow Grave / int_980647af	comment	Visible Boom Mic: There's a boom mic reflected in the car window when Alex pushes Hugo's car into the lake.
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Shallow Grave / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
Shallow Grave / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: David starts the film as a terribly meek and bookish accountant, until he's forced to chop up Hugo (see Freak Out above). He soon starts threatening strangers with violence, kills two murderous thugs who are looking for Hugo and tries to kill Alex.
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Shallow Grave / int_9dab0a6e	type	Continuity Nod
Shallow Grave / int_9dab0a6e	comment	Continuity Nod: Implied in an audio commentary for Danny Boyle's second film Trainspotting. Keith Allen, who played Hugo, played a dealer who received a suitcase filled with money by the main characters in Trainspotting, which suggests that that dealer was Hugo.
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Shallow Grave / int_a698ad42	type	City with No Name
Shallow Grave / int_a698ad42	comment	City with No Name: The film is set in an unnamed Scottish city. Both Edinburgh and Glasgow were used for exterior shots.
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Shallow Grave / int_a7aef9ff	type	Obfuscating Stupidity
Shallow Grave / int_a7aef9ff	comment	Obfuscating Stupidity: Alex uses this to great effect.
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Shallow Grave / int_ab1064b3	type	Modesty Towel
Shallow Grave / int_ab1064b3	comment	Modesty Towel: In one scene, Juliet wears a towel around her waist, rather defeating the purpose.
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Shallow Grave / int_abad35b4	type	Soundtrack Dissonance
Shallow Grave / int_abad35b4	comment	Soundtrack Dissonance: Andy Williams doesn't exactly gel with the ending.
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Shallow Grave / int_aca32000	type	Armor-Piercing Response
Shallow Grave / int_aca32000	comment	Armor-Piercing Response: The one David delivers to Alex over dinner is so literally stomach churning that nobody can finish their meal.
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Shallow Grave / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Shallow Grave / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Andy, who has spent the film gleefully beating and torturing Hugo's location out of people (and violently mugged a complete stranger at a cash machine), is reduced to frozen terror while trying to turn the light on in the loftâ€¦ with good reason.
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Shallow Grave / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Shallow Grave / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Alex definitely seems to be having more fun than David or Juliet. Then again, he is played by Ewan McGregor so it was pretty much inevitable that he'd be this. Inspector McCall is like this as part of his trade; it throws everyone off balance and leaves them at his mercy.
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Shallow Grave / int_b0e81c37	type	A Simple Plan
Shallow Grave / int_b0e81c37	comment	A Simple Plan: Zig-Zagged. The plan itself goes smooth and our trio is relatively safe even during police investigation. It's their mounting paranoia that starts to complicate things.
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Shallow Grave / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
Shallow Grave / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: David has no qualms about cutting people up (after the first instance), but he can't bring himself to watch Juliet undress.
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Shallow Grave / int_b4fb830c	type	Smarter Than You Look
Shallow Grave / int_b4fb830c	comment	Smarter Than You Look: Alex. "As smart as you are you're going to need some help".
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Shallow Grave / int_b6738eed	type	Hint Dropping
Shallow Grave / int_b6738eed	comment	Hint Dropping: When David tries to escape with the suitcase full of money, Alex suggests to Juliet that they should "let him take it all". This leaves her to discover far too late that Alex has replaced the cash with newspaper.
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Shallow Grave / int_b7cd068f	type	Skilled, but Naive
Shallow Grave / int_b7cd068f	comment	Skilled, but Naive: The trio when they meet Hugo. They have no problems mocking and humiliating other potential flatmates, but are unable to bother Hugo in the slightest. This is most obvious when David tries to needle Hugo by asking him if he has ever killed someone: Hugo has a flashback to a murder he committed, but calmly denies it. The flatmates are completely unused to someone running rings around them, and don't pick up on the warning signs around him.
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Shallow Grave / int_b8e2279c	type	Crowbar Combatant
Shallow Grave / int_b8e2279c	comment	Crowbar Combatant: Andy, one of the two hitmen looking for Hugo, likes to use a crowbar to beat information out his victims.
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Shallow Grave / int_c660bc15	type	Fan Disservice
Shallow Grave / int_c660bc15	comment	Fan Disservice: No one needed to see Keith Allen's dead, pasty, corpulent nudity.
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Shallow Grave / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Shallow Grave / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: According to the commentary, David's look was inspired by David Cronenberg.
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Shallow Grave / int_c93a6560	type	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Shallow Grave / int_c93a6560	comment	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Alex gets nailed to the floor with a knife through his shoulder, but apparently survives.
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Shallow Grave / int_ca3a6dbd	type	Informed Ability
Shallow Grave / int_ca3a6dbd	comment	Informed Ability: Alex is smarter than everyone and Mitchell, the younger inspector, is a rising star. The first one is proven to be true in the end.
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Shallow Grave / int_ca855eaf	type	Love Letter Lunacy
Shallow Grave / int_ca855eaf	comment	Love Letter Lunacy: Juliet's love-letters, which were definitely not written by Alex:
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Shallow Grave / int_d45bdfee	type	Locked in a Freezer
Shallow Grave / int_d45bdfee	comment	Locked in a Freezer: The two men looking for Hugo use this as an interrogation tactic on someone whom they suspect knows his whereabouts.
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Shallow Grave / int_da06866e	comment	Old Cop, Young Cop: Detective Inspector McCall and Detective Constable Mitchell, whose main duty appears to be writing the interview notes for his senior partner: "Make a note of that, Mitchellâ€¦ Write it down."
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Shallow Grave / int_e65d7f25	comment	Drawing Straws: Alex, Juliet, and David do this to decide who shall dismember Hugo's body. This turns out to be possibly the worst idea Alex ever had.
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Shallow Grave / int_e7ae07f5	comment	Briefcase Full of Money: Hugo has a suitcase full of money that serves as the MacGuffin for the film though the exact amount is never revealed.
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Shallow Grave / int_e8cae797	type	Freudian Trio
Shallow Grave / int_e8cae797	comment	Freudian Trio: Id: Alex. Superego: David. Ego: Juliet.
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Shallow Grave / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Alex, at least to begin with. Though none of the three could be considered particularly likeable, even before the money is found.
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Shallow Grave / int_ed581814	type	Dismembering the Body
Shallow Grave / int_ed581814	comment	Dismembering the Body: David draws the short straw and is tasked with dismembering Hugo's body in order to conceal his death and allow the three flatmates to keep his money.
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Shallow Grave / int_f6b2bfb7	comment	Gold Digger: Juliet decides to try and get back on David's good side by sleeping with him. This is lampshaded by Alex: "I'd try the same thing, only I'm not his type".
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Shallow Grave / int_f75cf3bd	type	Terrible Interviewees Montage
Shallow Grave / int_f75cf3bd	comment	Terrible Interviewees Montage: Inverted when the three roommates interview potential lodgers. The interviewees are regular people, while the roommates take the opportunity to grill them with sadistic and bizarre questions and make them uncomfortable for no reason other than their own amusement. Simon Cowell could have been taking notes.
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Shallow Grave / int_f910567	type	This Is a Drill
Shallow Grave / int_f910567	comment	This Is a Drill: David threatens Alex with one, leaving a small bloody dot on his forehead.
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Shallow Grave / int_fadf1efc	type	Happy Flashback
Shallow Grave / int_fadf1efc	comment	Happy Flashback: The film ends with Happy Heart by Andy Williams rolling over a repeated sequence of the three flatmates earlier in the movie, laughing and hugging. Wham.
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Shallow Grave / int_fc45bac0	type	Wouldn't Hit a Girl
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100 Scariest Movie Moments	seeAlso	Shallow Grave
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