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The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse poster
Directed by
Steve Bendelack, Mel Smith
Genre
comedy horror
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
15
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 94 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The characters from the fictional town of Royston Vasey cross over into the real world and meet the actors who play them. Meanwhile their town faces a series of apocalyptic disasters.

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What happens

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse is a 2005 disaster horror comedy film based on the British television series The League of Gentlemen. It is directed by Steve Bendelack at his directorial debut and written by the series' cast along with Jeremy Dyson. Starring Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, who reprise their roles from the TV series, along with Michael Sheen, Victoria Wood, David Warner, Alan Morrissey, Bruno Langley, Bernard Hill, Simon Pegg and Peter Kay who appear in guest roles, the film follows the series' characters as they enter the real world and meet their creators while the setting, the fictional town of Royston Vasey, is facing a series of apocalyptic events. It is a British-Irish venture produced by FilmFour, Tiger Aspect Films and Universal Pictures. The film was released on 3 June 2005 in the United Kingdom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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