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Dawn of the Dead [Blu-ray]

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Dawn of the Dead [Blu-ray] Blu-Ray DVD Cast & Features Cast:
Ted Bank, Tony Buba, Sharon Ceccatti, Pan Chatfield, Jim Christopher, David Crawford, Jese del Gre, Daniel Dietrich, David Earle, Howard K. Smith, Rod Stouffer, Jay Stover, James A. Baffico, Fred Baker, Pasquale A. Buba, George A. Romero, Christine Forrest, Richard France, Randy Kovitz, Patrick McCloskey, Clayton McKinnon, Taso N. Stavrakis, John Harrison, Marty Schiff, John Rice, Scott H. Reinger, Scott Reiniger, Ken Foree, David Emge, Gaylen Ross, Tom Savini

Director(s): George A. Romero

Features:
Audio Commentary With Writer/Director George A. Romero, Special Make-Up Effects Artists Tom Savini, Assistant Director Chris Romero and DVD Producer Perry Martin
Fast Film Facts
The Dead Will Walk Featurette
On-Set Home Movies
Monroeville Mall Tour
U.S. & International Trailers
U.S. & U.K. TV Spots
U.S. Radio Spots
Monroeville Mall Commercial.

Dawn of the Dead [Blu-ray] Blu-Ray DVD Details

Video:
Theatre Wide-Screen
Audio:
Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
PCM stereo

Running Time: 127
Genre: Horror Sci-fi Fantasy
Item Weight: 1
UPC: 013138300881
Product Code: ANCH3008BR
Format: Blu-Ray DVD
Year:1978
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay

Dawn of the Dead [Blu-ray] Blu-Ray DVD Summary Director George A.

Romero's epic sequel to his legendary Night of the Living Dead has firmly established itself as the equal of its ground-breaking predecessor.

Though shot in 1978 -- ten years after the first films' release -- Dawn's story begins as if the events in Night had happened only a few months before: after shambling armies of the recently-dead take over every major city -- seeking warm human flesh for food -- the U.

S.

government imposes a state of martial law, sending in special National Guard units to attack and destroy zombie infestation where they find it.

Two members of one such unit, Peter (Ken Foree) and Roger (Scott Reiniger) have been tasked to overthrow a nest of zombies in a Pittsburgh housing project (one of the film's most explicitly gory scenes).

When the job turns ugly and Peter is forced to terminate his own berserk, racist commanding officer, the pair decide to split the outfit with the help of his friend Stephen (David Emge), a traffic pilot for WGON-TV, and the station's floor manager, Stephen's girlfriend Frances (Gaylen Ross).

Together they steal the station's helicopter and head for less-populated areas, but after some narrow scrapes with flesh-hungry redneck ghouls in the country outside Harrisburg, they opt for a more secure hideout.

Eventually they find the perfect solution: a massive, sprawling shopping mall.

After the lengthy process of purging the building of zombies is complete, the four secure themselves snugly in the miniature city, consigned to live out their lives in a dull but cushy consumer's paradise.

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but the arrival of a menacing gang of nomadic bikers proves that this is not to be.

With their survival instincts weakened by a mallful of toys and trinkets, the crew are again forced to face grim reality as they face both living and undead foes in a final battle.

Romero's excellent, multi-layered story combines high-adventure heroics, three-dimensional characters and explicit gore (by the always masterful Tom Savini, who plays a small role as a leering biker) to excellent effect.

The subtext comparing the glassy-eyed behavior patterns of the ghouls to those of American consumers is clear, but not overdone: "It's some kind of instinct," Stephen comments, observing the zombies' attraction to the mall; "This was an important place in their lives.

" Despite the glimmer of hope offered by the film's closing scene, the outlook for humankind is grim.

Perhaps it is Frannie who best expresses Dawn's outlook for humanity: "We're not gonna make it, are we?" Several versions of this film are available on video, including a faster-paced European version edited by overseas distributor Dario Argento and a "Director's Cut" with a great deal of exposition restored (though Romero is quoted as having preferred the unrated cut released initially to U.

S.

theaters).

The shooting script also contains a more downbeat ending, which was never filmed.