# Battle of the Bone > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Battle_of_the_Bone > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Battle_of_the_Bone.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bone > Source revision: 1339110154 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Battle of the Bone | image = Battle of the Bone DVD cover.jpg | alt = | caption = DVD cover | director = George Clarke | producer = {{plainlist| * George Clarke * Andrew Mawhinney }} | writer = George Clarke | starring = {{plainlist| * [Shane Todd](/source/Shane_Todd) * Alan Murray Crawford * Laura Jenkins * Lindsey Mitchell }} | music = Chris Logan | cinematography = George Clarke | editing = Jonny Kirk | studio = Yellow Fever Productions | distributor = Yellow Fever Productions | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|07|17|United Kingdom}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland) | language = English | budget = £10,000 | gross = }} '''''Battle of the Bone''''' is a 2008 Northern Irish [independent](/source/independent_film) [zombie film](/source/zombie_film) written and directed by [George Clarke](/source/George_Clarke_(filmmaker)), and is claimed as [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland)'s "first ever" [kung-fu](/source/kung-fu) zombie movie.{{cite web | url=http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/zombies_now_set_to_rampage_city_walls_1_2126541 | title=Zombies now set to rampage City Walls! | publisher=[Derry Journal](/source/Derry_Journal) | date=16 June 2008 | accessdate=12 September 2011 | author=staff | archive-date=14 June 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614040750/http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/zombies_now_set_to_rampage_city_walls_1_2126541 | url-status=dead }} == Plot == As rival mobs battle it out on the streets of [Belfast](/source/Belfast), three friends are caught in the middle and have to contend not only with the rioters but a horde of marauding [zombies](/source/zombie_(fictional)). == Partial cast == {{Cast listing| * [Shane Todd](/source/Shane_Todd) as David * Alan Murray Crawford as Scott * Laura Jenkins as Jill * Lindsey Mitchell as Dr. Death * Roddy Conlon as SWAT 1 * Phil Barnhill as SWAT 2 * Andrew Brown as SWAT 3 * Tommy Martin as SWAT 4 * Jamie McGrath as SWAT 5 * Logan Bruce as Zombie Logan * John Gallagher as Zombie John * Dena Montgum-Brown as Zom }} == Production == Both the film's title and its plot timeline being set on 12 July, stem from [King William III](/source/William_III_of_England)'s 12 July 1690 [Battle of the Boyne](/source/Battle_of_the_Boyne). Created on a budget of £10,000, the filmmaker chose [The Troubles](/source/The_Troubles) as the film's inspiration and stated that he saw the movie as a means to address the issue of division with a twist that shows the two sides of the Belfast community joining to deal with a common threat.{{cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/the-zombie-movie-set-at-an-ulster-flashpoint-13488801.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419195132/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/the-zombie-movie-set-at-an-ulster-flashpoint-13488801.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2013 |title=The zombie movie set at an Ulster flashpoint |work=[Belfast Telegraph](/source/Belfast_Telegraph) |date=29 October 2007 |accessdate=12 September 2011 |author=Lesley-Anne Henry }}{{cite web | url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/2406/my-cultural-life-george-clark | title=My Cultural Life: George Clark | publisher=Culture Northern Ireland | date=12 September 2008 | accessdate=12 September 2011 | archive-date=13 January 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113143218/http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/2406/my-cultural-life-george-clark | url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://www3.u.tv/news/genEntertainment/index.asp?sel=3&sel2=1&local=1&id=13780&pt=e |title=UTV – Battle of the Bone premiere |date=18 July 2008 |publisher=UTV |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028105805/http://www3.u.tv/news/genEntertainment/index.asp?sel=3&sel2=1&local=1&id=13780&pt=e |archivedate=28 October 2008}} Filming took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland at locations such as the Downshire psychiatric hospital.{{Cite web|last=Ireland|first=Culture Northern|date=2008-03-10|title=Battle of the Bone|url=https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/film/battle-bone|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Culture Northern Ireland|language=en|archive-date=20 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220093058/https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/film/battle-bone|url-status=dead}} Per the ''[Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)'', the movie was "one of the biggest low-budget features to have been made in the city" and employed over 500 extras. Clarke and crew utilized various means to keep the film under budget, such as using a wheelchair as a makeshift dolly-rig and a cherry picker for aerial shots.{{Cite news|title=Munching season|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/munching-season-1.915050|access-date=2022-02-20|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}} == Release == The film first screened in [Belfast](/source/Belfast), on 17 July 2008,{{cite news|date=18 July 2008|title=Belfast Zombies Unleashed in Cinema|work=[Belfast Telegraph](/source/Belfast_Telegraph)|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/belfast-zombies-unleashed-in-cinema-13912044.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420022439/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/belfast-zombies-unleashed-in-cinema-13912044.html|archive-date=20 April 2013|accessdate=23 July 2008}}{{cite news | url=http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/local/zombies_in_july_12_rampage_1_1870255 | title=Zombies in 12 July rampage | work=[News Letter](/source/News_Letter) | date=22 May 2008 | accessdate=12 September 2011 | author=staff}} and was followed by a DVD release on 23 October 2008. == Reception == [Peter Dendle](/source/Peter_Dendle) covered the film in the second volume of ''The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia,'' noting that it was "too low budget to come across to most general audiences as much more than friends having fun around some local buildings and streets, but George Clarke's impassioned zombie pic gained immediate attention both for some vivaciously choreographed action sequences and for its political overtones."{{cite book|title=The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000–2010|last=Dendle|first=Peter|authorlink=Peter Dendle|publisher=[McFarland & Company](/source/McFarland_%26_Company)|year=2012|pages=29–30|isbn=978-0-7864-6163-9}} The director later noted that the film did not go over well with mainstream critics but that it appealed to the genre fans that viewed it.{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/hope-and-gory-14658429.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420062641/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/hope-and-gory-14658429.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 April 2013 |title=Hope and gory |work=[Belfast Telegraph](/source/Belfast_Telegraph) |date=29 January 2010 |accessdate=12 September 2011 |author=staff }} === Awards === * Audience Choice Award at the Freak Show Horror Film Festival (2008, won){{Cite web |url=http://www.freakshowfilmfest.com/2008freakywinners.html |title=Freaky Award Winners 2008 |accessdate=10 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030063221/http://www.freakshowfilmfest.com/2008freakywinners.html |archivedate=30 October 2008}} == References == {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} == External links == * {{IMDb title|1785299}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Battle Of The Bone}} Category:2008 films Category:Films from Northern Ireland Category:Films set in Belfast Category:2008 horror films Category:Martial arts horror films Category:British independent films Category:British zombie films Category:2008 independent films Category:Films shot in Belfast Category:2008 English-language films Category:2008 British films Category:English-language horror films Category:English-language independent films --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Battle of the Bone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bone) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bone?action=history)). 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