Dawn Of The Dead – U.S. Theatrical Cut

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	David Emge	Stephen
	Ken Foree	Peter
	Scott H. Reiniger	Roger
	Gaylen Ross	Francine
	David Crawford	Dr. Foster
	David Early	Mr. Berman
	Richard France	Scientist
	Howard Smith	TV Commentator
	Daniel Dietrich	Givens
	Fred Baker	Commander
	James A. Baffico	Wooley
	Rod Stouffer	Young Officer on Roof
	Jese del Gre	Old Priest
	Clayton McKinnon	Officer in Project Apt.
	John Rice	Officer in Project Apt.
	Ted Bank	Officer at Police Dock
	Randy Kovitz	Officer at Police Dock
	Patrick McCloskey	Officer at Police Dock
	Joseph Pilato	Officer at Police Dock
	Pasquale Buba	Motorcycle Raider
	Tony Buba	Motorcycle Raider
	Butchie	Motorcycle Raider
	Dave Hawkins	Motorcycle Raider
	Tom Kapusta	Motorcycle Raider
	Rudy Ricci	Motorcycle Raider

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Director	George A. Romero
Writer	George A. Romero
Producer	Claudio Argento, Dario Argento, Billy 'Silver Dollar' Baxter, Alfredo Cuomo, Richard P. Rubinstein, Donna Siegel, Herbert R. Steinmann
Musician	Dario Argento, Goblin, Agostino Marangolo, Massimo Morante, Fabio Pignatelli, Donna Siegel, Herbert R. Steinmann, Claudio Simonetti
Photography	Michael Gornick

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Story Synopsis:
George A. Romero’s original "Dawn Of The Dead" is the sequel to the 1968 hit "Night Of The Living Dead." The dead have returned to life and are attacking the living. Four survivors (Emge, Foree, Reinenger & Ross) take refuge in an abandoned shopping mall -- only to find they have yet another battle with the undead shoppers inside. Fans of the genre will thrill at the endless assault of zombies and red paint blood splatterings in this two hour-plus classic horror fest. (Suzanne Hodges)

DVD Picture:
This new anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD exhibits a picture that surpasses the poor quality of the previously released, non-anamorphic DVD (Issue 30). The color scheme exhibits satisfying balance, with accurate fleshtones, bluish “deadtones,” and deep blacks. Images are generally sharp and detailed, though finer details and definition are still wanting. Some scenes are still quite smeared. There is some annoying edge enhancement present in the picture, as well as some pixelization. There is some dirt inherent in the source element. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The remastered Divimax™ Dolby® Digital and DTS® Digital Surround™ 5.1-channel soundtracks sound excellent. There is some dated fidelity, but this is understandable due to the original audio elements being over 25 years old. The overall tonality of the dialogue is quite natural with some very minor audible distortion to the music and sound effects. Chapter 9 had some nice channel separation with gunshot sounds ricocheting in each of the five loudspeakers. Most of the audio information is spread across the front three screen channels with the surrounds contributing very minimal, but effective, atmosphere. The LFE channel is pretty much absent throughout. The DTS version sounds more open and refined than that of the Dolby Digital soundtrack. The 5.1-channel version virtually fills the listening space with an immersive audio experience, whereas listening to the older version is like listening to this DVD through a television set (circa a TV set in the late 1970s). (Jeffrey Kern)

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