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Burke & Hare is a 2010 British black comedy film, loosely based on the Burke and Hare murders of 1828. Directed by John Landis from an original screenplay by Nick Moorcroft and Piers Ashworth, the film stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as William Burke and William Hare respectively.
Sep 9, 2011 · Burke and Hare: Directed by John Landis. With Bill Bailey, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Smiley, Tim Curry. A black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.
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- Comedy, Crime, History
- John Landis
- 2011-09-09
R Released Sep 9, 2011 1h 31m Comedy Mystery & Thriller List. 32% Tomatometer 60 Reviews 35% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings. Two 19th-century opportunists (Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis) become serial...
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- John Landis
- R
- Simon Pegg
Sep 9, 2011 · Burke and Hare soon found murder to be a more efficient source of bodies than death by natural causes. The real-life history has been twisted into a romantic black comedy here, the facts...
- John Landis
In bleak 1828 Edinburgh, Scotland, the infamous duo of hapless ne'er-do-wells William Burke (Simon Pegg) and William Hare (Andy Serkis) realize that the relentless competition between Dr. Robert Knox (Tom Wilkinson) and Dr. Alexander Monro (Tim Curry) could work to their advantage.
Sep 9, 2011 · Burke & Hare is adark comedy/thriller staring Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Curry and Isla Fisher as the unfortunate denizens of 19th century Edinburgh, a setting rife with murder, theft, prostitution, corpse snatching, experimental medicine, and of course Shakespeare.
WILLIAM BURKE (Simon Pegg) and WILLIAM HARE (Andy Serkis) are scratching out a living in 1820s Edinburgh. After yet another failed business venture, they return to Hare's...
