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Director:
Roy Frumkes
Writer:
Roy Frumkes
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Release Date:
21 June 1985 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Documentary | Horror See more »
Plot:
A documentary about George A. Romero's films, with a behind scenes look at Dawn of the Dead. | Add synopsis »
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Cast

 
John Amplas ... Himself
Carl Augenstein ... Himself
Steve Bissette ... Himself
David Emge ... Himself

Ken Foree ... Himself
Christine Forrest ... Herself (as Christine Romero)
Roy Frumkes ... Himself
Michael Gornick ... Himself
Joe Kane ... Himself (as The Phantom of the Movies)
Nicole Potter ... Narrator (voice)

Scott H. Reiniger ... Himself

George A. Romero ... Himself
Richard P. Rubinstein ... Himself

Tom Savini ... Himself

Susan Tyrrell ... Narrator (voice)
Gahan Wilson ... Himself

Groucho Marx ... Ronald Kornblow (uncredited) (archive footage)
Gaylen Ross ... Francine Parker (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Roy Frumkes 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Roy Frumkes 

Produced by
Len Anthony .... executive producer
Paul Borghese .... co-executive producer
Roy Frumkes .... producer
Sukey Raphael .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Rick Ulfik 
 
Cinematography by
Reeves Lehman 
 
Film Editing by
Gary Cooper 
Dennis Werner 
 
Production Management
Wellington Fung .... production manager
 
Art Department
Robert De Bellis .... art director: New York
Kathleen Hoffmann .... calligraphy
Al Kilgore .... one sheet art
Nicole Potter .... title graphics
 
Sound Department
Jim Brewelhide .... sound recordist: Pittsburgh
Tom Clancey .... sound recordist: Pittsburgh
Rick Dior .... sound mixer
Howard Hirsch .... sound
Sal Yannotti .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Dan Brosnan .... stop-motion director of photography
James Callanan .... second camera operator
Thomas Coash .... camera operator: New York
Dennis Daniel .... still photographer: Pittsburgh
Richard Dwyer .... camera operator: Pittsburgh (as Zout Dwyer)
Grant Fritchey .... gaffer
K.S. Kolbert .... still photographer
Larry Merz .... still photographer: New York
Tom Savini .... still photographer
Ralph Vituccio .... camera operator: Pittsburgh
 
Animation Department
Henry Jones .... animator
Carl Paolino .... animation director
 
Editorial Department
Noëlle Penraat .... negative matcher
Michael Schweitzer .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Ted Bonnitt .... production assistant
Elizabeth Malcolm .... production assistant: Pittsburgh shoot
 
Thanks
Claudio Argento .... special thanks
Dario Argento .... special thanks
Tom Brown .... thanks: Zanesville
Tony Ceglia .... thanks
Carl Devito .... thanks
Tom Dubensky .... thanks
Christine Forrest .... special thanks (as Chris Romero)
David Franklin .... thanks
Alana Frumkes .... thanks
Christopher Frumkes .... thanks
Lewis Frumkes .... thanks
Michael Gornick .... thanks
Harriet Hall .... thanks
Robert A. Harris .... thanks
Charles Hirsch .... thanks
Reeves Lehman .... thanks
Victor Petrashevic .... thanks
Sukey Raphael .... thanks
David Rhodes .... thanks
Silas Rhodes .... thanks
George A. Romero .... special thanks
Richard P. Rubinstein .... special thanks
Tom Savini .... special thanks
Rocco Simonelli .... thanks
Sidney Tager .... thanks
Lynn Vandewater .... thanks
Joe Violante .... thanks (as Joey Violante)
Robert James Winston .... thanks
Ramy Zada .... thanks
 

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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor) | Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M | USA:Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Footage from Dawn of the Dead (1978) contains dialogue not found in the theatrical cut or the director's cut.See more »
Quotes:
Roy Frumkes:[about "Day of the dead] Is this the end?
George A. Romero:The zombies are developing, and I'm getting dumber by the minute.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Making Slime (1998) (V)See more »

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6 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
The D(ead)-Files., 28 September 2006
Author: Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls

Well, the one thing I learned from this documentary is that George A. Romero smokes a lot and that he apparently can't give an interview without holding a cigarette in his fingers, whether it's lit or not. Apart from that, this documentary doesn't feature any groundbreaking news or memorable information. I guess that, as usually the case with footage like this, it's a lot more fun to make it than to actually watch it as an extra feature on the DVD. Roy Frumkes probably had the time of his life following and interviewing horror idols like George Romero, Ken Foree and Tom Savini (especially since he was still a student at the time) but for other viewers it's not that interesting. The introduction is rather ingenious, as it shows a comical sketch of the Marx-brothers mocking Pittsburgh (the place where all Romero's movies are set) and than it's just a whole lot of interviews and sequences from "Night", "Dawn" and the modern vampire movie "Martin". The documentary explains how Romero was influenced by the news events of that time and that he's a truly gifted filmmaker with a sixth sense for imaginative camera angles. Stuff we all knew already, in other words. There's some nice trivia about the mall where "Dawn of the Dead" was shot, like for instance, filming was interrupted during the month of December because of the Christmas decoration that couldn't feature in the film. The parts with Tom Savini are also a lot of fun to watch, because he clearly loves his job and was offered a lot of creative freedom by Romero for his zombie make-up in "Dawn". There surely are worse ways to spend 60 minutes of your life, but overall this documentary is not really worth bothering for.

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