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John Dies at the End

Year:

2013

Duration:

99 min

Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Don Coscarelli

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2013-01-25

Filming Locations: Hot N Tot Cafe - 2347 Pacific Coast Hwy, Lomita, California, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $12,467 (USA) (27 January 2013)

Gross: $141,307 (USA) (7 April 2013)

Cast

Actor

Character

Chase Williamson

Dave

Rob Mayes

John

Paul Giamatti

Arnie Blondestone

Clancy Brown

Dr. Albert Marconi

Glynn Turman

Detective

Doug Jones

Roger North

Daniel Roebuck

Largeman

Fabianne Therese

Amy

Jonny Weston

Justin White

Jimmy Wong

Fred Chu

Tai Bennett

Robert Marley

Allison Weissman

Shelly

Ethan Erickson

Sergeant McElroy

Kevin Michael Richardson

Korrok (voice)

Riley Rose Critchlow

Girl with Rastafarian

Pat McNeely

Old Woman

Angus Scrimm

Father Shellnut

Brett Wagner

Reanimated Dead Guy

Bark Lee

Himself

Helena Mehalis

Dr. Marconi Assistant

Maria Mehalis

Dr. Marconi Assistant

Felix Jerry Droz

Mustache Cop

Cesare Gagliardoni

Meat Monster

Headmaster Ernesto

Meat Monster Voice (voice)

Daniel Schweiger

Suspicious Diner

Aaron Godfred

Bullet Factory Worker

Mike Mangan

Hardware Store Clerk

Michael Q. Schmidt

Mmm Bacon

Megan Nicole Koscki

Child in Ruins

Jennifer MacKenzie

They China Food! Waitress

David Hill

Officer Johnson

Steve Crest

Officer Steve

Linda Wolvek

Woman with Officer

Kevin Starai

Hot Dog Vendor

Bob Ivy

Largeman Follower

Kim Robert Koscki

Largeman Follower (as Kim Koscki)

Chuck Williams

Largeman Follower

Timothy E. Goodwin

Largeman Follower

Andrew Ritter

Largeman Follower

Nathan Johnson

The Bearded Scientist

David Hartman

Spider Victim

Kathleen Hartman

Spider Victim

Vivienne Hartman

Spider Victim

D.T. Carney

Spider Victim

Michael Sasso

HLA Officer

Andrew Coscarelli

Three Arm Sally Band

Tennessee Hamilton

Three Arm Sally Band

Aidan Kassel

Three Arm Sally Band

Archie Archambo

Largeman Follower (uncredited)

Cole Coleman

Alien (uncredited)

Jamie Goucher

Rasta (uncredited)

Shane Schoeppner

Largeman Follower (uncredited)

Ethan Wolvek

Main Suit (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The character of Amy Sullivan in the movie is an amalgam of two characters from the book. In the book, there's an additional female character named Jennifer "Jen" Lopez, who only shares the name with the famous singer. She became Dave's girlfriend and has tried the "Soy Sauce" herself, although she refuses to acknowledge any effects it may or may not have had on her.

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Unlike the book, the film divulges where the story takes place. In the novel, the town was referred to as Undisclosed by the lead character/narrator, David Wong. In the film, as Dave is going through John's things at the beginning and finds the FedEx address slip, it states the setting as Sherwood, Illinois.

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Director Don Coscarelli stumbled on David Wong's novel as a result of an email product recommendation: "True story: I received an email from a robot on Amazon.com, and it told me if I liked the zombie book I just read, that I would like John Dies at the End. I read the little logline, and it was just amazingly strange. I thought, 'Well this might even make a good movie.' Plus, it had arguably the greatest title in motion picture history."

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Goofs

When David meets Arnie in the Chinese restaurant, Arnie takes out a notebook. He opens it on the first page, with several ripped out pages. In the next scene, when he starts writing, the missing pages are gone and he is writing somewhere in the middle of the notebook. Later, the notebook is again shown with ripped out pages.

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When Dave pours gasoline on the bloodstained couch in Robert Marley's trailer, in the next shot there is no blood on the couch.

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Quotes

John: Uhhhh... check between the sausage and the bun. You should find a hundred dollar bill rolled up in there.

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Roger North: Do the bees know they make the honey for you, or do they work tirelessly because they think it is their own choice?

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Robert Marley: Time is an ocean, not a garden hose. Space is a puff of smoke, a wisp of cloud. Your mind... is a flying corn snake hovering through all the possibilities.

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