The Dead Will Walk (2004) (V)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Perry Martin

Writer:

Perry Martin (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Feature documentary produced for the "Dawn of the Dead : Ultimate Edition" DVD set which profiles both the film and the career of director George A...

Cast

Claudio Argento	...	Himself
Dario Argento	...	Himself
Pasquale Buba	...	Himself
Pat Buba	...	Himself
Tony Buba	...	Himself
Sharon Ceccatti	...	Herself
Zilla Clinton	...	Herself
David Crawford	...	Himself
David Early	...	Himself
David Emge	...	Himself
Ken Foree	...	Himself
Christine Forrest	...	Herself (as Chris Romero)
Michael Gornick	...	Himself
John Harrison	...	Himself
Clayton Hill	...	Himself
Christopher Hvizdak	...	Monroeville Mall Tour Zombie Fan
Jim Krut	...	Himself
Leonard Lies	...	Himself
Neal O'Hara	...	Monroeville Mall Tour Zombie Fan
Scott H. Reiniger	...	Himself (as Scott Reiniger)
George A. Romero	...	Himself
Gaylen Ross	...	Herself
Richard P. Rubinstein	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Richard Rubinstein)
Tom Savini	...	Himself
Claudio Simonetti	...	Himself

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Company:

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Trivia:

This documentary is featured on the 4-Disc Ultimate Edition for Dawn of the Dead (1978), released in 2004.

Movie Connections:

Features Frankenstein (1931)

Incredible trip back.

Having recently seen Romero's new Land of the Dead I decided to go back and check out some of the extra features included on the massive Ultimate DVD collection of Dawn of the Dead, which I didn't like. I remember being amazed at the sickness of Dawn of the Dead, which I consider to be by far the goriest of the trilogy. I remember being hugely unimpressed by the 1978 version of Dawn of the Dead (and surprisingly impressed by the 2004 remake), so it was great to see the cast and crew talking about making the movie in this wonderful documentary.

One of my favorite individual moments in this documentary was when Tom Savini talked about how he had planned to put make-up on all of the zombies to make them look gray but that it turned out to be a bad idea because they came out so many different colors –green, blue, etc, and just didn't look right. This was, if I remember correctly, one of the things that most bothered me about the 1978 Dawn because, being the first film in the trilogy to be filmed in color, the ineffective make-up was a big problem for me.

For a movie that was made nearly three decades ago, I was really surprised at how much detail they were able to get into this documentary, as well as how many of the original cast, many of them almost obscure zombies from the film, they were able to get together for interviews to talk about their experiences in making the movie. It was great to see how the town of Pittsburgh really came together to help make the movie, having been so impressed by the original film, and how much of a fun fiasco the making of the movie was for so many of the extras and for the cast.

This entire DVD collection is a wonderful compilation of information about the making of the movie and the movie itself, and even if you didn't love the film itself, as I didn't, this is definitely something to check out. I have often noticed that documentaries and other supplemental materials included with DVDs can vastly improve your opinion of a movie, and this one is no exception. Don't miss this one.