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Unit photography by Laurie Sparham, courtesy of Focus Features. Additonal photos courtesy of Jake Polonsky. Lighting diagram by John Colley.

Opposite: Five
friends share a
drink in their
hometown in a
scene from The
World’s End. This
page, left: Gary
(Simon Pegg) holds
up a map of “The
Golden Mile,” a
pub crawl he
and his friends
attempted in
their youth.
Middle: Sam
(Rosamund Pike)
and her brother,
Oliver (Martin
Freeman). Bottom:
Director Edgar
Wright (left),
cinematographer
Bill Pope, ASC
(center) and Pegg
review a scene
on set.

A

t first glance, The World’s End
appears to be a charming English
comedy about five 40-something
friends coming together in their
old hometown to revisit their youthful
glory days. Led by Gary King (Simon
Pegg), the men (also played by Paddy
Considine, Martin Freeman, Nick Frost
and Eddie Marsan) plan to accomplish
“The Golden Mile,” hitting 12 pubs in
one night and imbibing a pint at each.
The setup allows just enough time for
the characters and the audience to feel
nostalgic before making a sharp turn off
Memory Lane and into left field.
“What starts as a film about old friends
in a small town suddenly becomes a
story about aliens taking over the town
and replacing everyone with robots,”
says Bill Pope, ASC. “Once they realize
what’s going on, Gary and his friends
have to fight aliens while continuing
their pub crawl, which they think gives
them a safe cover.”
The World’s End is Pope’s second
collaboration with director Edgar
Wright, and he says their bond was
immediate on the first, Scott Pilgrim vs.
the World (AC Aug. ’10). “Edgar and I
have a similar sensibility — I just know
where he’s coming from,” says the cinematographer.
“We have similar tastes in
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