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World War Z

Year:

2013

Duration:

116 min | 123 min (Unrated Edition)

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

IMDB rate:

Director:

Marc Forster

Awards:

4 wins & 18 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2013-06-21

Filming Locations: Lulworth Cove, Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $190,000,000

Opening Weekend: $66,411,834 (USA) (23 June 2013)

Gross: $202,359,711 (USA) (15 October 2013)

Cast

Actor

Character

Brad Pitt

World War Z

Grégory Fitoussi

Mireille Enos

Karin Lane

Daniella Kertesz

Segen

James Badge Dale

Captain Speke

Ludi Boeken

Jurgen Warmbrunn

Matthew Fox

Parajumper

Fana Mokoena

Thierry Umutoni

David Morse

Ex-CIA Agent

Elyes Gabel

Andrew Fassbach

Peter Capaldi

W.H.O. Doctor

Pierfrancesco Favino

W.H.O. Doctor

Ruth Negga

W.H.O. Doctor

Moritz Bleibtreu

W.H.O. Doctor

Sterling Jerins

Constance Lane

Abigail Hargrove

Rachel Lane

Fabrizio Zacharee Guido

Tomas

David Andrews

Naval Commander

John Gordon Sinclair

Navy SEAL Commander

Jane Perry

UN Delegate (as Jane Elizabeth Perry)

Lucy Russell

UN Delegate

Mark Holden

UN Delegate

Tim Berrington

UN Delegate (as Timothy James Baerrington)

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Russian Fighter

Michiel Huisman

Ellis

Lee Nicholas Harris

Camp Humphrey's Soldier (as Mustafa Harris)

Ann Ogbomo

Camp Humphrey's Soldier

Jonathan Howard

Camp Humphrey's Soldier

Mike Noble

Camp Humphrey's Soldier

Ernesto Cantu

Tomas' Father

Vicky Araico

Tomas' Mother

Graham Hornsby

Market Attacker (as Graham Anthony Hornsby)

Nick Bartlett

Market Attacker

Kevin Kiely Jnr

Motorcycle Cop (as Kevin Kiely)

Ruari Cannon

Pharmacy Helper

Ryen Perkins-Gangnes

Philadelphian Zombie

Khalid Laith

Thierry's Aide

Noa Bodner

Israeli Camp Soldier (as Noa Paulina Bodner)

Asaf Haim Ben Shimon

Israeli Camp Soldier

Gil Cohen-Alloro

Israeli Camp Soldier

Yaniv Rokah

Israeli Camp Soldier

Shaul Ezer

Israeli Camp Soldier

Linoy Aynesaz

Israeli Camp Singer

Efrat Avni

Israeli Camp Singer

Maisam Masri

Israeli Camp Refugee

Renu Setna

Israeli Camp Refugee

Ori Pfeffer

Israeli Camp Refugee

Julia Levy-Boeken

Israeli Camp Refugee

Imran Mraish

Israeli Camp Refugee

Yousef Hayyan Jubeh

Israeli Camp Refugee

Josh Wingate

Argus Sergeant

Troy Glasgow

Argus Sailor

Richard Thomson

Argus Sailor (as Richard Thompson)

Ewan Ross

Technician

Song Xuan Ke

Korean Doctor

Christian Wong

Korean Patient

Denis Ischenko

Airline Pilot

Nikola Djuricko

Airline Pilot

Elen Rhys

Flight Attendant

Paula Videniece

Airline Passenger

Doron Davidson

Airline Passenger

Lee Colley

Airline Passenger

Michael Jenn

W.H.O. Vault Zombie

Sarah Amankwah

W.H.O. Lab Zombie

Anna Biczik

Zombie (Cardiff sequence)

Gábor Czap

Zombie (Cardiff sequence)

Katalin Dombi

Zombie (Cardiff sequence)

Enikö Fülöp

Zombie (Cardiff sequence) (as Aniko Fulop)

Istvan Karikas

Zombie (Cardiff sequence)

Andrea Meszaros

Zombie (Cardiff sequence)

Gergely Mészáros

Zombie (Cardiff sequence) (as Gergely Mezaros)

Peter Molnár

Zombie Cardiff sequence) (as Peter Molnar)

Lambert Tóth

Zombie (Cardiff sequence) (as Lambert Toth)

Roland Tzafetás

Zombie (Cardiff sequence) (as Roland Tzefetas)

Jeno Radi

Zombie (Cardiff sequence)

Adam Zambryzcki

Zombie (Cardiff sequence)

Lucy Aharish

Palestinian Woman (uncredited)

Tim Ahern

Opening Scene Co Pilot (uncredited)

Emmanuel Akintunde

Zombie (uncredited)

Bethany Apedaile

Civilian (uncredited)

Lee Asquith-Coe

U.S Marine Helicopter Soldier

Féodor Atkine

(uncredited)

James Ayling

Soldier (uncredited)

Mark Badham

Zombie (uncredited)

Peter Basham

Harrison (uncredited)

Péter Behan

Russian sniper (uncredited)

Ulrika Belogriva

Russian Passenger

Kingsley Ben-Adir

Officer Hawkins

Kristopher James Blair

Civilian (uncredited)

Katia Bokor

Lobo Worker Aleftyina (uncredited)

Jerome Boyle

SWAT Officer (uncredited)

Michael Anthony Brown

Briefing Room Person 5 (uncredited)

Paul Burt

Extra (uncredited)

Ian James Cameron

Cpl. Butler (uncredited)

Martin Carroll

U N Refugee (uncredited)

Raun Carswell

Russian Refugee (uncredited)

Christian Contreras

Medic (uncredited)

Joe Corrigall

Officer 1 (uncredited)

James Cotter

Soldier (uncredited)

Graham Curry

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Alan Del Castillo

Zombie (Glasgow sequence) (uncredited)

Aren Devlin

Kemi (uncredited)

Philippe Durand

Henri (uncredited)

Katinka Egres

Journalist (uncredited)

John Grady

Zombie (uncredited)

Roman Green

Troop Ship Freedom Fighter Amputee (uncredited)

Jason Gregg

Deck Crew (uncredited)

Mark Hampton

Technician (uncredited)

Salem Hanna

Plane passenger (uncredited)

John Harding

Russian Troopship (uncredited)

Daniel Harland

Zombie (uncredited)

Mustafa Harris

Lincoln (uncredited)

Shane Hart

Navy Officer Lt Matthews (uncredited)

Ryan Hartwig

Teen Zombie Bait (uncredited)

Pete Buzzsaw Holland

Special Ops Soldier (uncredited)

Alex Humes

Russian Soldier #1 (uncredited)

Jeremy Hurst

Petty Officer USN (uncredited)

Lewis James

U.S Soldier (uncredited)

Maddox Jolie-Pitt

Zombie (uncredited)

Michio Kaku

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Oleg Kalninsh

Alexey (uncredited)

Iván Kamarás

Gambling Soldier (uncredited)

Julia Kay

Woman on airliner (uncredited)

Darren Kendrick

Zombie (uncredited)

Hrvoje Klecz

Zombie (uncredited)

Aggy Kukawka

Russian Girl (uncredited)

Michael Lanchbury

Ship Trooper (uncredited)

John Macmillan

Officer (uncredited)

Jim Main

USN ChPO Pearson (uncredited)

Colin Matthews

U.N. Representative (uncredited)

Joseph Andrew Mclean

Office Worker (uncredited)

Vander McLeod

American Soldier (uncredited)

Eric Michels

Staff Sargeant James (uncredited)

Alastair Thomson Mills

Wiles - Journalist / Zombie (uncredited)

Jeremiah Molina

Boy Running for Supplies (uncredited)

Alex Moore

U.S. Soldier (uncredited)

Kiera Morgan

Gerry Lane's Recruit (uncredited)

David Morrison

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Okezie Morro

Putnam (uncredited)

Stuart Mower

National Guard Soldier (uncredited)

Cristian Nicolae

Sean (uncredited)

Leroy Osei-Bonsu

Refugee 3 (uncredited)

Freddie Lee Peterkin

Looter (uncredited)

Gino Picciano

Zombie (uncredited)

Faruk Pruti

Garry's Recruit (uncredited)

Evelyn Rei

Person in Briefing Room (uncredited)

Geoffrey Robe

Flight Deck Crew (uncredited)

Barnabás Réti

Specnaz (uncredited)

Basher Savage

Vityok (uncredited)

Jurgen Schwarz

Columbian Refugee (uncredited)

Santi Scinelli

Looter (uncredited)

Julian Seager

Russian Zombie Killer (uncredited)

Sarah Sharman

Zombie (uncredited)

Sharon Sheehan

United Nations Security Council (uncredited)

Marcus Sinclair

U.S. Soldier (uncredited)

Frank Soldato

Military Prisoner (uncredited)

Aaron Tavaler

Person in Briefing Room 1 (uncredited)

Hugh Terry

Cookie Cotter (uncredited)

Sami Tesfay

Thug (uncredited)

Katrina Vasilieva

Valentina (uncredited)

Paul Warren

Russian Zombie (uncredited)

Eric West

Jason (uncredited)

Daniel Westwood

Zombie (uncredited)

Trevor White

C-17 Pilot (uncredited)

Gillean Young

Family Man's Wife in Car (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In the beginning of the trailer released in March 2013, while Gerry's family is having breakfast the radio in the background mentions a flight which landed without permission before martial law is declared in Russia. This is likely the infamous Flight 575 alluded to in the book. Before Flight 575, a few people were able to smuggle infected loved ones out of China, where the authorities were rounding up the afflicted to control the disease. Some unspecified zombie disaster befalls Flight 575, leading to greatly increased scrutiny and restrictions. (In J. Michael Straczynski's script, the pilots lose contact with the cabin, but don't know that it's because the plane is overrun with zombies. They make an emergency landing in the US, and an unsuspecting SWAT team is overwhelmed as soon as they open the cabin door.)

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J. Michael Straczynski's early draft of the script stayed closer to the source material. That version followed Gerry Lane, a UN worker tasked with investigating the failures that led to the outbreak so that they can be avoided in the future. The bulk of the narrative consisted of interviews with prominent figures and flashbacks to their role in the initial outbreak, largely taken from the book. This was framed by Gerry's journey around the globe to meet these individuals, showing the current condition of the human race, and flashbacks to the Lane family's struggle to survive in the wilderness in the early days of the war.

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Damon Lindelof and Drew Goddard rewrote the screenplay in the middle of the production to create a whole new different third act.

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Goofs

The airplane that Gerry Lane travels in repeatedly switches between an Antonov An-12 and a Lockheed C-130 Hercules.

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In the Lane's kitchen they have a UK Pure DAB radio, which wouldn't work and is not available in the USA.

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When they are done refueling the plane in Korea, the navy seal pulls the hose off like it is a snap on, when in actuality it is a D-1 nozzle which has a lock that has to be turned and then the nozzle itself has to be turned counter clockwise before being taken off.

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Quotes

Gerry Lane: You're letting people in!

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W.H.O. Doctor: You can't make a dead person sick.

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Faq

Where was the origin of the outbreak?

In the film, nobody knows where the origin of the infectious outbreak started, so it remains a mystery to the audience. It is suggested that the origin was in India. In the book and in a deleted scene,it is suggested that the origin was in China.

How is the pandemic finally halted? What happens to the infected around the world?

The movie's protagonist, Gerry, remembers a couple of key moments when he was fleeing with his family & when he was behind the wall in Jerusalem: he saw a wino on the street whom the infected did not attack. In Israel, he saw a boy whom the infected did not attack and even ran around. What Gerry correctly theorizes is that those individuals were stricken with some sort of serious illness themselves and were not desirable victims for infected people; the infected were somehow able to detect the illnesses in them. The story's epilogue explains how the plague was finally turned in humanity's favor: a vaccine was developed from samples of diseases and distributed to the world's population. Other countries like Russia fought back with military force and were able to halt the pandemic within their own borders.

Why do the soldiers call an infected person 'Zeke'?

Perhaps due to an on-line comic called 'Zeke is Hungry', which deals about a man-turned-zombie, who nevertheless leads a normal life (if possible) with friends and family. It's likely due to the word 'zombie' beginning with the letter 'Z'. The common phonetic spelling for the letter 'Z' is 'Zulu' but the soldiers may have altered it to 'Zeke' to avoid confusion should they need to use the official letter. American soldiers during the Vietnam war referred to the Vietcong as 'V.C.' or phonetically as 'Victor Charlie' (often shortened to simply 'Charlie') so that was likely the soldier's intention. Also during the Vietnam War & subsequent wars the distance of 1 kilometer is referred to as a "click".

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