Talk:Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)/Archive 2

Director's cut original music
"The version of Dawn released on video in the mid-nineties under the label "Director's Cut" does not use the Goblin tracks, as they had not been completed at the time of that edit."

This information is incorrect. In Director's cut/Cannes version there was LESS music by Goblin, but some of the Goblin tracks were completed for this version.

References to use

 * Please add to the list references that can be used for the film article.



Suggestions to improve
Well, here are some suggestions. First, it was a great idea to move pop culture references and soundtrack information to a separate article! It would help, however, if a minor summary of those forked articles are shown here rather than just, "Dawn of the Dead is referenced in pop culture, click here." Also, as has already been mentioned, include EVERY cast member including ALL extras, the production information is waaaay too long, and makes the article clunky and difficult to read. The good start is that there are subheadings, so that helps. But, try to trim the wording down and ADD SOURCES! If sources can't be found, the info is not useful here, even if it is true. I'm also wondering if a small subsection should be added about the remake, focusing on the differences between the two? I've seen film articles that have done that before (but, of course, none come to mind so I have no examples). Oh, and even just one screenshot would be a huge help! --Midnightdreary 13:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, I found a decent example for summarizing a remake. Check out the article for The Hitcher. --Midnightdreary 20:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I have recently cleaned up, wikified, and cited several sections of the article, but there are a lot of sections still needing a look-through and cleaning up. I may get to the following sections in the next week or so, but someone who knows more or can provide some citations for the following areas would be best-suited to improve the article here:
 * * Alternate versions section could be removed, with information on the German cut and perhaps any other censored versions being mentioned in the Post production and releases section.
 * * Production deserves to be the longest portion of the Development section, but it is still too long, uncited, and not wikified.
 * * The sections on make-up, effects, and music could be moved into the Production section. This is why Production is the section needing the most work, as there is a lot of information that could be removed or added.
 * --WTStoffs (talk) 05:55, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:41, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Major Plot Summary Rewrite
I just did a major rewrite of the plot summary. I'm working on an analysis paper on this film, and I wanted to utilize this document, but I found that the plot summary was in pretty bad shape. As I wrote my own plot segmentation, I rewrote the plot summary here. I might have given it too much detail, but at least the facts and orders are correct now. Later, I hope to pair the whole thing down a bit.

Obsessiveatbest (talk) 05:26, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Minor Correction
The OEP is stated in the plot summary as being a 'fictional organization'. The Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP) existed at the time of this film's creation as a federal entity. It has since been merged with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service after the restructuring of FEMA and the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the wake of the terror attacks September 11th, 2001. - 72.51.185.68 (talk) 14:55, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Canonical Error
The article states that a "plague" has caused the dead to re-animate. This is incorrect. The Living Dead series never specifies the force behind re-animation. The closest implication occurs in the first film, when the news mentions an irradiated space probe. The disease passed by the bite of the zombie merely kills people; this is reinforced in Land of the Dead, where the broadcasts in the opening credits affirm that all dead people become zombies. The line in question should therefore read something along the lines of "...an unknown force re-animates the undead...".--Woerkilt (talk) 01:12, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

The article states that "Dawn of the Dead" is known as Zombi internationally. This is incorrect, it was released in Italy as "Zombi". The movie "Zombi" by Lucio Fulci was released internationally as "Zombie 2" and was falsely billed as a sequel to "Dawn of the Dead". A subtle difference but one worth noting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.244.245.69 (talk) 22:27, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Also "Dawn of the Dead" was originally released in the UK as "Zombies", (distributed by Target International Films) although cinema posters for the film used Dawn of the Dead as a subtitle, only Zombies appeared as the title on the actual film prints.81.111.124.190 (talk) 23:14, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Music stuff
I just made a note to the music section re: the so-called "director's cut." I don't really know how to source properly on wikipedia, but the source for all of the information is the Elite Entertainment laserdisc of Dawn's audio commentary by Romero, Savini, and Christine Romero. This is a different audio commentary than those currently available on DVD, and I do not know offhand if the information is duplicated there.75.64.191.225 (talk) 22:24, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Is Dawn of the Dead an Italian co-production?
Italy was removed from the infobox and lead. Here's what I've been able to find with a bit of searching:


 * In Nightmare Movies, Kim Newman says that Dawn of the Dead is an Italian co-production:.
 * Contemporary American Cinema by Linda Ruth Williams and Michael Hammond says it's an Italian co-production:
 * Baseline says its American:.
 * The British Film Institute says its American:
 * Allmovie says it's an American production:

There doesn't seem to be a review cataloged at Variety's website, and I don't see any entry at the American Film Institute. I cheated on some of the results, because I didn't know how else to find information on whether it was an Italian co-production without putting that in the search terms. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:47, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * American Film Institute's Cultural Center lists it as a US/Italy co-production here and here. And IMDb does also (for whatever that is worth). Due to the needed funding by Italian investors and co-producing by Claudio Argento, the film seems to be considered an Italian-American film. — Cactus Writer (talk) 16:48, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
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