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'{{distinguish|text=the Killers album [[Hot Fuss]]}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2012}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox film | name = Hot Fuzz | image = HotFuzzUKposter.jpg | border = yes | alt = Film poster of two men dressed as British police officers. The man on the left is looking down and is holding a shotgun and a handgun. The man on the right is behind the man on the left with a shotgun and toothpick in his mouth and a explosion behind them. Poster has the films title and the main stars names. | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Edgar Wright]] | producer = {{Plainlist| *[[Nira Park]] *[[Tim Bevan]] *[[Eric Fellner]] }} | writer = {{Plainlist| *Edgar Wright *[[Simon Pegg]] }} | starring = {{Plainlist| *Simon Pegg *[[Nick Frost]] *[[Jim Broadbent]] <!-- per poster --> }} | music = [[David Arnold]] | cinematography = [[Jess Hall]] | editing = [[Chris Dickens]] | studio = {{Plainlist| *[[StudioCanal]] *[[Working Title Films]] *[[Big Talk Productions]] }} | distributor = {{Plainlist| *[[Universal Pictures]] {{small|(International)}} *[[Rogue Pictures]] {{small|(United States)}} }} | released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|02|16|United Kingdom|2007|04|20|United States|2007|07|18|France}} | runtime = 121 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 120:41--><ref>{{cite web|title=''HOT FUZZ'' (15)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/hot-fuzz-9|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=2 February 2007|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> | country = {{Plainlist| *United Kingdom<ref name="BFI">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz (2007)|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b8bc34e9d|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|accessdate=2 June 2014}}</ref> *France<ref name="BFI" /> *United States<ref name="BFI" /> }} | language = English | budget = US$12 million<ref>Collins, Andrew (19 July 2013). [http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-07-19/simon-pegg-the-worlds-end-is-4-million-shy-of-double-what-hot-fuzz-cost "Simon Pegg: The World's End is $4 million shy of double what Hot Fuzz cost"]. ''[[Radio Times]]''.</ref> | gross = $80.7 million<ref name="BOM"/><!--MEXICO'S GROSS WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE FILM'S MAIN PAGE ON THE SITE (ONLY ON THE "FOREIGN" TAB; THIS TOTAL WAS CALCULATED MANUALLY--> }} '''''Hot Fuzz''''' is a 2007 [[buddy cop]] [[Action film|action]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Edgar Wright]], written by Wright and [[Simon Pegg]], and starring Pegg and [[Nick Frost]]. The three and the film's producer [[Nira Park]] had previously worked together on the television series ''[[Spaced]]'' and the 2004 film ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/hot-fuzz-v344571|work=Allmovie|title=Hot Fuzz|accessdate=10 November 2012|author=Buchanan, Jason}}</ref> Pegg and Frost play police officers attempting to solve a series of mysterious deaths in Sandford, a village in the [[West Country]]. Over a hundred action films were used as inspiration for developing the script. Filming took place over eleven weeks in early 2006, and featured an extensive cast along with various uncredited cameos. Visual effects were developed by ten artists to expand on or add explosions, gore, and gunfire scenes. The film debuted on 14 February 2007 in the United Kingdom and 20 April in the United States, grossing US$80 million worldwide. Two different soundtracks were released in the UK and US. The film is the second in Wright and Pegg's ''[[Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy]]'' and was preceded by 2004's ''Shaun of the Dead'' and followed by 2013's ''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]'', each of them featuring a different flavour of [[Cornetto (ice cream)|Cornetto]] ice cream.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7642129.stm|title=Interview with Simon Pegg |accessdate=1 October 2008 |work=BBC Website |date=1 October 2008}}</ref> It is also the most financially successful film in the trilogy. ==Plot== <!-- Please review [[WP:FILMPLOT]] before adding material. Plot summaries should not exceed 700 words. --> [[Constable#United Kingdom|PC]] Nicholas Angel is an over-achieving officer of the London [[Metropolitan Police Service]], whose arrest record is 400% higher than average. His jealous colleagues arrange for him to be "promoted" to work as a [[Sergeant]] — in the village of Sandford, [[Gloucestershire]], a crime-free idyll and regular winner of 'Village of the Year' award, that is watched over by the [[Neighbourhood Watch|Neighbourhood Watch Alliance]] (NWA). Angel is frustrated to find the local police service lazy and complacent. His new partner is PC Danny Butterman, a fan of [[action film|action]] and [[buddy cop film]]s and son of [[Inspector]] Frank Butterman, Angel's new superior. Angel also meets Simon Skinner, the manager of the local supermarket. After a local performance of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', the lead actors Martin Blower and Eve Draper are murdered by a cloaked figure, who disguises it as an automobile accident. Angel is the only officer who suspects foul play. When sent to resolve a neighbourhood dispute, Angel discovers a stash of illegal weapons, including an old [[naval mine]], and locks them in the police station's evidence room. Later, Angel and Danny escort George Merchant, a wealthy land developer, home from the pub. Angel slowly warms to Danny, and they [[binge-watch]] action movies at Danny's home. That night, Merchant is killed in a gas explosion that destroys his mansion. Angel begins to suspect that the killings are connected to a recent property deal. ''Sandford Citizen'' editor Tim Messenger approaches Angel at a church, claiming to have information regarding Merchant, only for the cloaked figure to strike again and cave in Messenger's head with falling masonry. Angel later speaks to Leslie Tiller, the village florist, who discusses her plans to move away and sell her house to Merchant's business partners. While Angel is distracted, she is murdered by the cloaked figure. Angel gives chase but loses the killer. Angel persuades Frank that Tiller was murdered and suspects Skinner on the grounds that the property deal would have opened a rival supermarket, but Skinner's alibi is backed up by the supermarket's surveillance footage. Angel then theorises that there are multiple killers, but Frank dismisses the idea. Returning to his hotel room, Angel is attacked by Michael Armstrong, one of Skinner's supermarket employees. Angel knocks him out and learns of a secret NWA meeting at Sandford Castle. Angel confronts the NWA, who reveal that they carried out the five murders, as each of their victims posed minor threats to Sandford's chances of winning the Village of the Year award. Frank reveals himself as their founder and leader, having vowed to make Sandford the best village to honor his wife, who committed suicide when they lost the first Village of the Year because of wayward travelers. Outnumbered, Angel flees and falls into the castle's catacombs, where he finds the bodies of the NWA's previous victims. Danny appears and fakes killing Angel. Pretending to dispose of the body, Danny drives Angel away and urges him to return to London for his own safety. The next day, Angel returns to Sandford's outskirts and destroying the van belonging to James Reaper, the local farmer, before he could alert the town to Angel's presence. Angel then proceeds to knock him out seconds before Reaper's aging mother intervened, and proceeded to try to kill Angel with her shotgun, only to be easily knocked out by Angel. He then locks them up at the station and arms himself with the confiscated guns before he and Danny engage in a shootout with the NWA. When Frank sends the other officers to arrest them, Angel and Danny convince them that Frank is the culprit behind the murders. Frank flees and the officers besiege the supermarket, with Skinner fleeing in a car with Frank. After the subsequent car chase, Angel fights and defeats Skinner, while Frank is caught after being attacked by a swan. Angel's former superiors ask him to return to London, as the crime rate has risen heavily in his absence, but Angel decides to remain in Sandford. The officers are filling out the paperwork concerning the arrests of the NWA when Tom Weaver, the last NWA member, bursts into the police station. He shoots at Angel, but Danny jumps in front. In the resulting struggle, Weaver accidentally activates the sea mine, killing himself and destroying the station. One year later, Angel has been promoted to Inspector and head of the Sandford police. Danny is revealed to have survived and has been promoted to Sergeant. After visiting Danny's mother's grave, the two drive off to their next crime scene. <!-- Please review [[WP:FILMPLOT]] before adding material. Plot summaries should not exceed 700 words. --> ==Cast== {{colbegin}} <!-- closing title cards --> * [[Simon Pegg]] as Nicholas Angel, a police constable who is promoted to sergeant and is transferred from London to Sandford * [[Nick Frost]] as {{abbr|PC|Police Constable}} Danny Butterman, a young cop who loves [[buddy cop]] films * [[Jim Broadbent]] as Inspector Frank Butterman, Daniel's father and the police inspector at Sandford * [[Paddy Considine]] as {{abbr|DS|Detective Sergeant}} Andy Wainwright, Sandford Police * [[Timothy Dalton]] as Simon Skinner, the manager of the supermarket at Sandford * [[Bill Nighy]] as Met Chief Inspector, from the Metropolitan Police in London * [[Billie Whitelaw]] as Joyce Cooper, runs the hotel where Nicholas stays * [[Edward Woodward]] as Tom Weaver, a professor who represents the Neighborhood Watch Alliance and looks over the town with a number of surveillance cameras <!-- four at a time --> * [[Bill Bailey]] as Sergeant Turner, both twin-brother desk sergeants at Sandford * [[David Bradley (English actor)|David Bradley]] as Arthur Webley, a farmer at Sandford who has a huge stockpile of weapons and a sea mine * [[Adam Buxton]] as Tim Messenger, journalist at the ''Sandford Citizen'' * [[Olivia Colman]] as {{abbr|PC|Police Constable}} Doris Thatcher, the sole female police officer at Sandford * [[Ron Cook]] as George Merchant, a land developer who has a large mansion at Sandford * [[Kenneth Cranham]] as James Reaper, a farmer at Sandford * [[Julia Deakin]] as Mary Porter, Roy's wife who runs a pub called The Crown at Sandford * [[Kevin Eldon]] as Sergeant Tony Fisher, Sandford Police * [[Martin Freeman]] as Met Sergeant, from the Metropolitan Police in London * [[Paul Freeman (actor)|Paul Freeman]] as Rev. Philip Shooter, a cleric in Sandford * [[Karl Johnson (actor)|Karl Johnson]] as {{abbr|PC|Police Constable}} Bob Walker, the oldest officer in the Sandford police * [[Lucy Punch]] as Eve Draper, an actress and a city council member at Sandford * [[Anne Reid]] as Leslie Tiller, a florist at Sandford * [[Rafe Spall]] as {{abbr|DC|Detective Constable}} Andy Cartwright, Sandford Police * [[David Threlfall]] as Martin Blower, an actor * [[Peter Wight (actor)|Peter Wight]] as Roy Porter, runs a pub called The Crown at Sandford * [[Stuart Wilson (actor)|Stuart Wilson]] as Dr. Robin Hatcher, the town's doctor <!-- end title cards, others are per closing credits --> <!-- These are minor credited roles * [[Robert Popper]] as 'Not' Janine * [[Joe Cornish]] as Bob * [[Chris Waitt]] as Dave * [[Eric Mason]] as Bernard Cooper, Joyce's husband, runs the hotel * Tom Strode Walton as Underage Drinker #1 * Troy Woollan as Underage Drinker #2 * Rory Lowings as Underage Drinker #3 * Trevor Nichols as Greg Prosser * Elizabeth Elvin as Sheree Prosser * [[Lorraine Hilton]] as Amanda Paver * Kevin and Nicholas Wilson as Butcher Brothers, the butchers at the grocery store * Sampson as Saxon, the Sandford Police dog * Graham Low as The Living Statue, a local menace in Sandford * [[Patricia Franklin]] as Annette Roper, the headmistress at Sandford Primary Academy * [[Stephen Merchant]] as Peter Ian Staker, an informant * Elvis as The Swan * [[Tim Barlow]] as Mr. Treacher * [[Ben McKay (actor)|Ben McKay]] as Peter Cocker, an amateur robber. * [[Rory McCann]] as Michael Armstrong, also known as Lurch, Simon's houseboy at the grocery store * [[Alice Lowe]] as Tina * Colin Michael Carmichael as Heston Services Clerk * [[Maria Charles]] as Mrs. Reaper, James Reaper's aging mother * Alexander King as Aaron A. Aaronson ---- These are uncredited roles ---- * [[Steve Coogan]] (''uncredited'') as Metropolitan Inspector * [[Peter Jackson]] (''uncredited'') as a criminal dressed as Father Christmas (UK English article) * [[Cate Blanchett]] (''uncredited'') as Janine * [[Garth Jennings]] (''uncredited'') as a crack addict * [[Edgar Wright]] (''uncredited'') as a shelf stacker<ref>{{cite web|last1=Toppel|first1=Fred|title=Hot Fuzz cameos.|url=http://www.canmag.com/nw/7400-hot-fuzz-wright-cameos|website=CanMag.com|accessdate=6 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Hot Fuzz|url=http://www.ifc.com/2014/11/15-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-hot-fuzz|website=IFC.com|accessdate=6 August 2017}}</ref> --> {{colend}} ==Production== ===Writing=== Director [[Edgar Wright]] wanted to write and direct a cop film because "there isn't really any tradition of cop films in the UK... We felt that every other country in the world had its own tradition of great cop action films and we had none."<ref name="NYP">{{cite news|title="Hot Fuzz" Q&A: Flushing Birthday Cakes with Edgar Wright and Nick Frost|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|last=Christianson|first=Emily|url=http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/movies/news/n12889.htm |accessdate=6 September 2009 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071225020858/http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/movies/news/n12889.htm |archivedate = 25 December 2007}}</ref> Wright and Pegg spent eighteen months writing the script.<ref name="Gather">{{cite web|title=Hot Interview with Director/Screenwriter Edgar Wright and Actor Nick Frost of Hot Fuzz|work=[[Gather.com]]|last=Wilson|first=Stevie|url=http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977070586|accessdate=23 March 2009|date=31 July 2007|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012130637/http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977070586|archivedate=12 October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The first draft took eight months to develop, and after watching 138 cop-related films for dialogue and plot ideas and conducting over fifty interviews with police officers for research, the script was completed after another nine months.<ref name="Gather"/><ref name="BFB">{{cite web| title=Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost talk Hot Fuzz | work = BigFanBoy.com | last = Murray | first = Gary | url = http://www.bigfanboy.com/pages/interviews/hotfuzz/hf.html | accessdate =23 March 2009 }}</ref> The title was based on the various two-word titles of action films in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="About.movie">{{cite web | title = Interview with the Stars of Hot Fuzz - Simon Pegg and Nick Frost | work = [[About.com]] | last = Topel | first = Fred | url = http://movies.about.com/od/hotfuzz/a/hotfuzzsp041307.htm | accessdate = 23 March 2009 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090125200921/http://movies.about.com/od/hotfuzz/a/hotfuzzsp041307.htm | archivedate = 25 January 2009 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In one interview Wright declared that he "wanted to make a title that really had very little meaning... like ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' and ''[[Point Break]]'' and ''[[Executive Decision]]''." In the same interview, Pegg joked that many action films' titles "seem to be generated from two hats filled with adjectives and nouns and you just, 'Okay, that'll do.'"<ref name="About.movie" /> While writing the script, the film's director and writer, Edgar Wright, as well as Pegg, intended to include Frost as the partner for Pegg's character. Frost revealed that he would do the film only if he could name his character, and he chose "Danny Butterman".<ref name="CinemaReview2">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz-Production Notes p.2|work=CinemaReview|url=http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=4056|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> ===Preparation and filming=== [[File:Hotfuzzfilming.jpg|right|thumb|alt=A man in a purple jumpsuit is at the right of the image walking down a street. On the left is a man dressed as a police officer following him. At the far right is a man seated on the back of a golf cart filming them. Storefronts can be seen in the background.|Simon Pegg filming in [[Wells, Somerset]].]] During the latter half of 2005, [[Working Title Films]] approached several towns in [[South West England]] looking for an appropriate filming location. Pegg commented, "We're both [Pegg and Wright] from the [[West Country]] so it just seemed like it was the perfect and logical thing to drag those kind of ideas and those genres and those clichés back to our beginnings to where we grew up, so you could see high-octane balls-to-the-wall action in [[Frome]]".<ref name="culture">{{cite episode|title=Week Four 2007|series=''The Culture Show''|serieslink=The Culture Show|network=[[BBC Two]]|airdate=10 February 2007}}</ref> [[Stow-on-the-Wold]] was considered amongst others, but after being turned away, the company settled upon [[Wells, Somerset|Wells]] in [[Somerset]], Wright's hometown,<ref name="CotswoldJournal">{{cite web|title=Thank God we did screen film event!|work=Cotswald Journal|url=http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/874709.thank_god_we_did_screen_film_event/|date=11 August 2006|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> of which he has said "I love it but I also want to trash it".<ref name="comedy map">{{cite episode|title=Around the West Country and into Wales|series=The Comedy Map of Britain|network=[[BBC Two]]|airdate=3 February 2007}}</ref> [[Wells Cathedral]] was digitally painted out of every shot of the [[cathedral city]], as Wright wanted the [[Church of St Cuthbert, Wells|Church of St Cuthbert]] to be the centre building for the fictional town of Sandford;<ref name="HotFuzzDVD">{{cite video | title = Hot Fuzz commentary | medium = DVD | publisher = Universal Pictures }}</ref> however, the [[Bishop's Palace, Wells|Bishop's Palace]] is identifiable in some shots (and was itself used as the setting for some scenes).<ref name="HFFilmLocations">{{cite web|url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/h/hotfuzz.html|title=Film locations for Hot Fuzz|accessdate=23 March 2009|work=Worldwide guide to movie locations}}</ref> While shooting scenes in their uniforms, Pegg and Frost were often mistaken for genuine police officers and asked for directions by passers-by.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.sky.com/the-other-guys/buddy-cop |title=Best Buddy Cop Movies - A Celebration - Sky Movies HD |publisher=Movies.sky.com |date= |accessdate=18 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104102241/http://movies.sky.com/the-other-guys/buddy-cop |archivedate=4 November 2011 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Filming also took place at the [[Hendon Police College]], including the driving school skid pan and athletic track.<ref name="MLG">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz Filming Locations|work=Movie Locations Guide.com|url=http://www.movielocationsguide.com/Hot_Fuzz/filming_locations|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> Next to Hendon is [[Mill Hill]] where Finchley Nurseries is located which is where the flower shop scene was filmed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-film-locations.com/scene-wc/Hot-Fuzz-2007 |title=Hot Fuzz (2007) - The Flower Shop |publisher=British Film Locations |accessdate=2 June 2018 }}</ref> Filming commenced on 19 March 2006 and lasted for eleven weeks.<ref name="WTFilms">{{cite web|title=Filming Under Way on Hot Fuzz|work=Working Title Films|url=http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/newsArticle.php?newsID=115|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060321051218/http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/newsArticle.php?newsID=115|archivedate=21 March 2006|date=20 March 2006|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref><ref name="Channel 4 Film">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz|work=Channel 4 Film|url=http://www.channel4.com/apps26/film/reviews/film.jsp?section=indepth&id=159113&page=3 |accessdate=23 March 2009 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070327051917/http://www.channel4.com/apps26/film/reviews/film.jsp?section=indepth&id=159113&page=3 |archivedate = 27 March 2007}}</ref> After editing, Wright ended up cutting half an hour of footage from the film.<ref name="IGN">{{cite web| title = Interview With Edgar Wright | work=IGN | last=Kolan | first = Patrick | url = http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/14/interview-with-edgar-wright | date=13 March 2007 | accessdate=23 March 2009 }}</ref> ===Outside references=== ====Self-references==== Wright has said that ''Hot Fuzz'' takes elements from his final amateur film, ''[[Dead Right (film)|Dead Right]]'', which he described as both "''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' set in Somerset" and "a ''[[Dirty Harry]]'' film in Somerset".<ref name="comedy map"/> He uses some of the same locations in both films, including the [[Somerfield|Somerfield supermarket]], where he used to work as a shelf-stacker.<ref name="comedy map"/> References to ''Shaun of the Dead'' are also present in the film. In one scene, Nicholas wants to chase a shoplifter by jumping over garden fences; however, Danny is reluctant. Nicholas says, "What's the matter, Danny? You never taken a shortcut before?" He smiles assuredly before jumping over three in a row (according to the DVD commentary, Pegg vaulted over three fences, and a stunt man did a [[back flip]] over the fourth). When Danny attempts it, he trips and falls through the fence. This is almost identical to a scene in ''Shaun of the Dead'', including the fall-through-fence gag, albeit with the pratfalling role reverse: in ''Shaun of the Dead'' it happens to Pegg's character rather than Frost's, and he falls over the fence rather than through it. The DVD commentary says that Frost purposely looked back at the camera after crashing through the fence, to show that he had done the stunt rather than someone else. Frost's characters (Danny in ''Hot Fuzz'', Ed in ''Shaun of the Dead'') have a liking for [[Cornetto (ice cream)|Cornetto]] ice cream.<ref name="ZombiesParty">{{cite news | title = Simon Pegg and Nick Frost | publisher=CraveOnline | url = http://www.craveonline.com/lifestyle/articles/157660-simon-pegg-and-nick-frost|date=9 April 2007|accessdate=6 September 2009 }}</ref> Pegg and Wright have referred to ''Hot Fuzz'' as being the second film in "[[Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy]]" with ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' as the first and ''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]'' as the third.<ref name="BloodIce">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7642129.stm|title=Interview with Simon Pegg|accessdate=23 March 2009|publisher=BBC | date=1 October 2008}}</ref><ref name="BloodIceSavour">{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/apr/03/news.uk | last = Brown | first = Mark | title = Spaced duo savour sweet taste of success | accessdate =23 March 2009 | date = 3 April 2008 | work=[[guardian.co.uk]] }}</ref> ====Other films==== Various scenes in ''Hot Fuzz'' feature a variety of action film DVDs such as ''[[Police Story 3: Super Cop]]'' and scenes from ''[[Point Break]]'' and ''[[Bad Boys II]]''. Wright revealed that he had to get permission from every actor in each video clip, including stunt men, to use the clips and for the use of the DVD covers had to pay for the rights from the respective studios.<ref name="MWEb">{{cite web|title=Interview: Edgar Wright Tackles Hot Fuzz|work=Movie Web|last=Chupnick|first=Steven|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/57/19157.php|date=17 April 2007|accessdate=23 March 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423025620/http://www.movieweb.com/news/57/19157.php|archivedate=23 April 2007}}</ref> The film parodies clichés used in other action movies. On the topic of perceived gun fetishes in these movies, Pegg has said, "Men can't do that thing, which is the greatest achievement of humankind, which is to make another human, so we make metal versions of our own penises and fire more bits of metal out of the end into people's heads... It's our turn to grab the gun by the hilt and fire it into your face."<ref name="culture" /> Despite this, Pegg maintains that the film is not a spoof, in that "They lack the sneer that a lot of parodies have that look down on their source material. Because we're looking up to it."<ref name="EWBrit">{{cite news|last=Collis|first=Clark|title=Brits and Giggles|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=13 April 2007|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20034733,00.html|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> The film also includes various references to ''[[The Wicker Man (1973 film)|The Wicker Man]]'', in which [[Edward Woodward]] had played a policeman tough on law and order.<ref name="WickerMan">{{cite news|last=Stratton|first=David|title=Hot Fuzz|publisher=At the Movies|url=http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1863475.htm|accessdate=6 September 2009}}</ref> ===Effects=== To illustrate the destruction of the mansion as a result of the gas explosion, gas mortars were placed in front of the building to create large-scale fireballs. The wave of fire engulfs the camera, and to achieve that effect, gas mortars were used again but were fired upwards into a black ceiling piece that sloped up towards the camera.<ref name="VFX">{{cite news|title=Hot Fuzz: A Cop Spoof CG Investigation|work=VFXWorld|last=Bielik|first=Alain|url=http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=1e242f07&atype=articles&id=3253|date=20 April 2007|accessdate=23 March 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502141934/http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=1e242f07&atype=articles&id=3253|archivedate=2 May 2007}}</ref> When the sequence was shot at a high speed, the flames appeared to surge across the ground. For one of the final scenes of the film, the Sandford police station is destroyed by an explosion. Part of the explosion was created by using a set model that showed its windows being blown out, while the building remained intact. The actual destruction of the building was depicted by exploding a miniature model of the station.<ref name="HotFuzzDVD" /> Similar to the work in ''Shaun of the Dead'', blood and gore was prevalent throughout the film. [[Visual effects]] supervisor Richard Briscoe revealed the rationale for using the large amounts of blood: "In many ways, the more extreme you make it, the more people know it is stylised and enjoy the humour inherent in how ridiculous it is. It's rather like the (eventually) limbless [[Black Knight (Monty Python)|Black Knight]] in [''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'']."<ref name="VFX" /> The most time-consuming gore sequence involved a character's head being crushed by a section of a church. A dummy was used against a [[Chroma key|green screen]] and the head was detonated at the point when the object was about to impact the body. Throughout the film, over seventy gunfight shots were digitally augmented; Briscoe's rationale for adding the additional effects was that "The town square shootout, for example, is full of extra little hits scattered throughout, so that it feels like our hero characters really do have it all going off, all around them. It was a great demonstration of [how] seemingly very trivial enhancements can make a difference when combined across a sequence."<ref name="VFX" /> ==Promotion== The first two [[Trailer (promotion)|teaser trailers]] were released on 16 October 2006. Wright, Pegg, and Frost maintained several [[video blogging|video blog]]s, which were released at various times throughout the production of the film.<ref name="JoBlo">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz Con Blogs|work=JoBlo.com|last=Frey|first=Jonathan|url=http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=12379|date=7 August 2006|accessdate=23 March 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060812123320/http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=12379|archivedate=12 August 2006}}</ref> Wright and Frost held a panel at the 2006 [[San Diego Comic-Con International|Comic-Con]] convention in [[San Diego]], [[California]] to promote ''Hot Fuzz'', which included preliminary footage and a question and answer session.<ref name="JoBlo2">{{cite web|title=Con:Hot Fuzz|work=JoBlo.com|author=JoBlo|url=http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=12242|date=27 July 2006|accessdate=23 March 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907054430/http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=12242|archivedate=7 September 2006}}</ref> The two returned to the convention again in 2007 to promote the US DVD release.<ref name="M&C">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz's Edgar Wright and Nick Frost at Comic-Con|work=MonstersandCritics.com|last=Reilly|first=Maura|url=http://dvd.monstersandcritics.com/features/article_1340092.php/Hot_Fuzz%92s_Edgar_Wright_and_Nick_Frost_at_Comic-Con |archive-url=https://archive.is/20071012150030/http://dvd.monstersandcritics.com/features/article_1340092.php/Hot_Fuzz%92s_Edgar_Wright_and_Nick_Frost_at_Comic-Con |dead-url=yes |archive-date=12 October 2007 |date=7 August 2007|accessdate=23 March 2009 }}</ref> Advance screenings of the film took place on 14 February 2007 in the UK and the [[Film premiere|world premiere]] was on 16 February 2007. The premiere included escorts from motorcycle police officers and the use of blue carpet instead of the traditional [[red carpet]].<ref name="WTF">{{cite web|title="Hot Fuzz" World Premiere|work=Working Title Films|url=http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/newsArticle.php?newsID=164|date=16 February 2007|accessdate=23 March 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070801195447/http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/newsArticle.php?newsID=164|archivedate=1 August 2007}}</ref> ==Release== ===Critical reception=== ''Hot Fuzz'' received critical acclaim. The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported a 91% approval rating with an average rating of 7.7/10 based on 203 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "The brilliant minds behind ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' successfully take a shot at the buddy cop genre with ''Hot Fuzz''. The result is a bitingly satiric and hugely entertaining parody."<ref>{{cite web |title=Hot Fuzz (2006) |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hot_fuzz/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=8 February 2014 }} </ref> It has a [[Metacritic]] score of 81 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz|work=[[Metacritic]]| url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/hot-fuzz|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> Olly Richards of ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' praised the chemistry between Pegg and Frost, saying: "After almost a decade together, they're clearly so comfortable in each other's presence that they feel no need to fight for the punchline, making them terrific company for two hours".<ref name="Empire">{{cite magazine|title=Hot Fuzz (TBC)|magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|last=Richards|first=Olly|url=http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=10243|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> [[Johnny Vaughan]] of ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' already called it the "most arresting Brit-com of 2007".<ref name="The Sun">{{cite news|title=The plod couple|work=[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/movie_reviews/article1343878.ece|date=16 February 2007|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> Phillip French of ''[[The Observer]]'', who did not care for ''Shaun of the Dead'', warmed to the comedy team in this film.<ref name="Guardian Unlimited">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz|work=[[guardian.co.uk]]|last=French|first=Philip|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/feb/18/comedy.thriller|date=18 February 2007|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> The film also received positive reviews in the United States. Derek Elley of ''Variety'' praised Broadbent and Dalton as "especially good as Angel's [[hail fellow well met|hail-fellow-well-met]] superior and oily No. 1 suspect".<ref name="Variety">{{cite magazine|title=Hot Fuzz|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Elley|first=Derek|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/hot-fuzz-1200510204/|date=20 February 2007|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> As an homage to the genre, the film was well received by [[screenwriter]] [[Shane Black]].<ref name="IGN" /> On [[Spill.com]], it got their 2nd-highest rating of 'Full Price!!'. ''[[Daily Mirror|The Daily Mirror]]'' gave ''Hot Fuzz'' only 2/5, stating that "many of the jokes miss their target" as the film becomes more action-based.<ref name="The Mirror">{{cite news|title=Hot Fuzz |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]] |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/entertainment/movies/tm_headline=hot-fuzz%26method=full%26objectid=18621717%26siteid=89520-name_page.html |date=16 February 2007 |accessdate=23 March 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218092947/http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/entertainment/movies/tm_headline%3Dhot-fuzz%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D18621717%26siteid%3D89520-name_page.html |archivedate=18 February 2007 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ''[[Daily Mail]]'' also shared ''The Mirror''{{'}}s view, saying, "It's the lack of any serious intent that means too much of it is desperately unamusing, and unamusingly desperate".<ref name="Daily Mail">{{cite news|title=It aims. It fires. And yet somehow it misses|newspaper=[[Daily Mail]]|last=Tookey|first=Chris|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-436569/It-aims-It-fires-And-misses.html|date=20 February 2007|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> Anthony Quinn of ''[[The Independent]]'' said, "The same impish spirit [as in ''[[Spaced]]''] is uncorked here, but it has been fatally indulged".<ref name="The Independent">{{cite news|last=Quinn|first=Anthony|title=Hot Fuzz (15)|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|url=http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/reviews/article2272682.ece |date=16 February 2007|accessdate=23 March 2009 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070227050531/http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/reviews/article2272682.ece |archivedate = 27 February 2007}}</ref> ===Box office=== The film generated £7.1 million in its first weekend of release in the United Kingdom on 14 February 2007.<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite news|title=Hot Fuzz heats up UK box office|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6379441.stm|date=20 February 2007|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> In the 20 April US opening weekend, the film grossed $5.8 million from only 825 cinemas, making it the highest per-cinema average of any film in the top ten that week.<ref name="BOM">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz (2007)|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hotfuzz.htm|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> Its opening weekend take beat the $3.3 million opening weekend gross of Pegg and Wright's previous film, ''Shaun of the Dead''. In its second weekend of release, [[Rogue Pictures]] expanded the film's cinema count from 825 to 1,272 and it grossed $4.9 million, representing a 17% dip in the gross.<ref name="BOM2nd">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz-Weekend Box Office|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=hotfuzz.htm|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> Altogether, ''Hot Fuzz'' grossed $80,573,774 worldwide.<ref name="BOM" /> In nine weeks, the film earned nearly twice what ''Shaun of the Dead'' made in the US, and more than three times its gross in other countries.<ref name="BOM2">{{cite web|title=Shaun of the Dead|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shaunofthedead.htm|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> ===Home media=== The [[DVD]] was released on 11 June 2007 in the UK. Over one million DVDs were sold in the UK in the first four weeks of its release.<ref name="Cinematical">{{cite news|title=Comic-Con: Hot Fuzz on DVD Today, Play the Shootout Game Now!|publisher=Cinematical|last=Kelly|first=Kevin|url=http://www.cinematical.com/2007/07/31/comic-con-hot-fuzz-on-dvd-today-play-the-shootout-game-now/|date=31 July 2007|accessdate=23 March 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903055605/http://www.cinematical.com/2007/07/31/comic-con-hot-fuzz-on-dvd-today-play-the-shootout-game-now/|archivedate=3 September 2007}}</ref> The two-disc set contains the feature film with [[audio commentary|commentaries]], [[outtake]]s, [[storyboard]]s, [[deleted scene]]s, a making-of documentary, [[video blogging|video blog]]s, featurettes, galleries, and some hidden [[easter egg (media)|easter eggs]]. The DVD also features Wright's last amateur film, ''Dead Right'', which he described as "''Hot Fuzz'' without the budget". Due to the above release date, the film arrived on region 2 DVD earlier than the theatrical release date in Germany on 14 June 2007.<ref name="Kino.de">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz - Zwei abgewichste Profis|work=Kino.de|url=http://www.kino.de/kinofilm/hot-fuzz-zwei-abgewichste-profis/103220|language=German|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> In the commentary with director Wright and fellow filmmaker [[Quentin Tarantino]], they discuss nearly 200 films.<ref name="Tysto">{{cite web|title=Every film mentioned by Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino in their Hot Fuzz commentary track|work=Tysto.com|url=http://tysto.com/articles08/q1/20080114hotfuzz.shtml|date=14 January 2008|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> The US DVD and [[HD DVD]] release was on 31 July 2007. It opened at #2 at the American DVD sales chart, selling 853,000 units for over $14m in revenue. 1,923,000 units have been sold, acquiring revenue of $33.3 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/HTFUZ-DVD.php |title=Movie Hot Fuzz - DVD Sales |publisher=The Numbers |date= |accessdate=18 August 2012}}</ref> The HD DVD edition has more special features than the standard DVD release. A three-disc collector's edition was released on 27 November 2007 and a [[Blu-ray]] edition on 22 September 2009.<ref name="BluRay">{{cite news|last=Ault|first=Susanne|title=Best Buy receives Blu-ray exclusives|publisher=Video Business|url=http://www.videobusiness.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6617869&articleid=CA6686496|date=28 August 2009|accessdate=6 September 2009}}</ref> ==Soundtrack== {{Main|Hot Fuzz (soundtrack)}} The soundtrack album, ''Hot Fuzz: Music from the Motion Picture'', was released on 19 February 2007 in the United Kingdom, and on 17 April 2007 in the United States and Canada. The UK release contains 22 tracks, and the North American release has 14. The film's score is by British composer [[David Arnold]], who scored the [[James Bond (film series)|James Bond film series]] from 1997 to 2008. The soundtrack album's "Hot Fuzz Suite" is a compilation of excerpts from Arnold's score.<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|title=Hot Fuzz [Cherry Tree] Review|work=[[AllMusic]]|last=Phares|first=Heather|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/hot-fuzz-cherry-tree-mw0000747010|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> According to the DVD commentary, the scenes where Nicholas Angel is at a convenience store, while leaving Sandford, and his return to the police station while arming for the final shootout (found in the track "Avenging Angel"), were scored by Robert Rodríguez, who did not see the rest of the film while writing the music. Other music from the film is a mix of 1960s and 1970s [[British rock]] ([[The Kinks]], [[T. Rex (band)|T.Rex]], [[The Move]], [[The Sweet|Sweet]], [[The Troggs]], [[Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown]], [[Cloud 69]], [[Cozy Powell]], [[Dire Straits]]), [[New wave music|new wave]] ([[Adam Ant]], [[XTC]]) and a Glaswegian [[Independent music|indie]] band ([[The Fratellis]]).<ref name="Allmusic" /><ref name="Soundtrack Collector">{{cite web|title=Soundtrack details: Hot Fuzz|work=Soundtrack Collector|url=http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=78929|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> The soundtrack album features dialogue extracts by Pegg, Frost, and other cast members, mostly embedded in the music tracks.<ref name="SoundtrackNet">{{cite web|last=Ruiz|first=Rafael|title=Hot Fuzz soundtrack|work=SoundtrackNet |url=http://www.soundtrack.net/album/hot-fuzz/|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> The song selection also includes some police-themed titles, including [[Supergrass]]' "[[Caught by the Fuzz]]" as well as "Here Come the Fuzz", which was specially composed for the film by [[Blues Explosion|Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion]].<ref name="HotFuzzDVD" /><ref name="Allmusic" /> ==See also== * [[List of British films of 2007]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Wikiquote}} * {{IMDb title|0425112}} * {{mojo title|hotfuzz}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|hot_fuzz}} * {{metacritic film|hot-fuzz}} * {{British Comedy Guide|film|hot_fuzz}} * [http://filmmakermagazine.com/1260-edgar-wright-hot-fuzz/#.UvvcsPldWZU The Director Interviews: Edgar Wright, ''Hot Fuzz''] at ''Filmmaker Magazine'' {{Edgar Wright}} {{Simon Pegg}} {{Empire Award for Best Comedy}} {{Good article}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hot Fuzz}} [[Category:2007 films]] [[Category:2000s action comedy films]] [[Category:2000s buddy comedy films]] [[Category:2000s buddy cop films]] [[Category:2000s parody films]] [[Category:2000s satirical films]] [[Category:2000s serial killer films]] [[Category:Best Comedy Empire Award winners]] [[Category:British action comedy films]] [[Category:British buddy films]] [[Category:British films]] [[Category:British parody films]] [[Category:British satirical films]] [[Category:British serial killer films]] [[Category:Buddy comedy films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:Films scored by David Arnold]] [[Category:Films directed by Edgar Wright]] [[Category:Films produced by Eric Fellner]] [[Category:Films produced by Tim Bevan]] [[Category:Films set in Gloucestershire]] [[Category:Films set in London]] [[Category:Films shot in London]] [[Category:Films shot in Somerset]] [[Category:Rogue (company) films]] [[Category:Relativity Media films]] [[Category:2000s police comedy films]] [[Category:Screenplays by Simon Pegg]] [[Category:Screenplays by Edgar Wright]] [[Category:StudioCanal films]] [[Category:Wells, Somerset]] [[Category:Working Title Films films]]'