The World's End (2013)
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- Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing Edgar Wright's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
- Many of the practical effects used in the climax were achieved without any CGI.
- Edgar Wright originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
The World's End is a 2013 British science fiction comedy directed by Edgar Wright, the final installment of the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. Simon Pegg stars as Gary King, a middle-aged alcoholic desperately clinging to the memory of an epic pub crawl he and his four best friends attempted as teenagers in their hometown of Newton Haven โ a twelve-pub marathon called the Golden Mile that they never completed. Gary convinces his reluctant, successful, grown-up friends โ including Nick Frost as Andy โ to return and finish the crawl, only to discover that the town has been taken over by alien robots who have replaced most of the population with blue-blooded "blanks." Edgar Wright's signature dense, layered comedy was in full effect โ the five friends' pub crawl structure provided a perfect framework for escalating chaos, and the metaphor of a man who can't stop drinking literally encountering a town that has been made artificially "better" gave the comedy genuine thematic weight.
The World's End earned $46 million worldwide on a $20 million budget.
