The ABCs of Death
2013
26 directors, 26 ways to die.
Directed by Adam Wingard, Adrián García Bogliano, Anders Morgenthaler, Andrew Traucki, Angela Bettis, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Ben Wheatley, Bruno Forzani, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Hélène Cattet, Jake West, Jason Eisener, Jon Schnepp, Jorge Michel Grau, Kaare Andrews, Lee Hardcastle, Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo, Noboru Iguchi, Simon Rumley, Srđan Spasojević, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Ti West, Timo Tjahjanto, Xavier Gens, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Yudai Yamaguchi
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An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.
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- Directors
- Adam Wingard, Adrián García Bogliano, Anders Morgenthaler, Andrew Traucki, Angela Bettis, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Ben Wheatley, Bruno Forzani, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Hélène Cattet, Jake West, Jason Eisener, Jon Schnepp, Jorge Michel Grau, Kaare Andrews, Lee Hardcastle, Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo, Noboru Iguchi, Simon Rumley, Srđan Spasojević, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Ti West, Timo Tjahjanto, Xavier Gens, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Yudai Yamaguchi
- Written by
- Adrián García Bogliano, Bruno Forzani, Hélène Cattet, Jake West
- Produced by
- Andrea Quiroz Hérnandez, Andrew Starke, Ant Timpson
- Composers
- Aria Prayogi, Benjamin Schoos, Fajar Yuskemal, Graham Reznick, Jammes Luckett, Jammes Luckett, Jarome Harmsworth, Joel Harmsworth, Johannes Ringen, Jon Schnepp, Julio Pillado, Kevin Riepl, Kō Nakagawa, Nobuhiko Morino, Phillip Blackford, Rocco, Simon Boswell, Yasuhiko Fukuda
- Cinematographers
- Antoine Marteau, Chayse Irvin, Chris Hilleke, Ernesto Herrera, Harris Charalambous, Jon D. Domínguez, Jon Schnepp, Karim Hussain, Laurie Rose, Magnus Flåto, Manuel Dacosse, Milton Kam, Nemanja Jovanov, Nicolás Ibieta, Shu G. Momose, Yasutaka Nagano
- Makeup FX
- Franklin Sepúlveda
- Sound Designer
- Tim Atkins
- Studios
- Drafthouse Films, Timpson Films, Magnet Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Production countries
- New Zealand, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Language
- English
- TMDB
- 4.9/10 (641 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 40% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 43/100
- IMDb
- 4.7/10 (21,271 votes)
Cast
Ingrid Bolsø Berdal
Frau Scheisse (voice)
Erik Audé
Beat Down Dude (segment "D is for Dogfight")
Iván González
Bobo (segment "X is for XXL")
Kyra Zagorsky
Lainey (segment "V is for Vagitus")
Peter Pedrero
Hooded Man (segment "S is for Speed")
Dallas Malloy
Female Boxer (segment "D is for Dogfight")
Lee Hardcastle
Dad (segment "T is for Toilet") (voice)
Lucy Clements
Lulu (segment "S is for Speed")
Darenzia
Roxanne (segment "S is for Speed")
Arisa Nakamura
Yoshie (segment "F is for Fart")
Matías Oviedo
Bruno (segment "Cycle")
Chems Dahmani
A Bad Guy (segment "X is for XXL")
Takashi Nishina
Executioner (segment "J is for Jidai-geki")
Hiroko Yashiki
Female Detective (segment "Z is for Zetsumetsu")
Demo Tanaka
Salaryman 4 (segment "Z is for Zetsumetsu")
Fraser Corbett
Nezbit (segment "V is for Vagitus")
Miguel Insua
Man (segment "A is for Apocalypse")
Sarah Bonrepaux
The Girl (segment: XXL)
Crew
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