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(aka "Zombi" or "Zombie: Dawn of the Dead")
directed by George A. Romero
USA/Italy 1978
The living dead were born October 2, 1968, in
Pittsburgh, when a group of commercial directors
decided to make a horror film, which in turns should
become amongst the best and most influential horror
films ever: “Night of the Living Dead”. But due to
creative differences, John Russo and George Romero
broke up. They decided that Russo kept the rights to
“living dead” and that Romero would henceforth use
“dead”. |
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Theatrical Release: 2 September 1978 - Italy
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DVD Review: Arrow Video (Arrow 2010 4-disc Edition) - Region 0 - PAL
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Arrow Video Region 0 - PAL |
Disc 1 - Theatrical | Disc 2 - Director's Cut | Disc 3 - Argento Cut | |
Runtime | 2:01:44 (4% PAL speedup) | 2:19:20 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:59:00 (4% PAL speedup) |
Video |
1.78:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1.82:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1.82:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 5.1; English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo; English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono | English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono | English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono |
Subtitles | none | English, none | English, none |
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Release Information: Studio: Arrow Video Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 12 |
Release Information: Studio: Arrow Video Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 12 |
Release Information: Studio: Arrow Video Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 12
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NOTE: Eric has matched the captures to the older Anchor Bay DVD versions compared on DVDBeaver HERE. This should bear out that the Arrow set is visually superior. (ed.) Arrow's 2010 4 disc SD-DVD set reproduces the contents of their 3-disc 2009 Blu-ray/DVD combo (theatrical version and some extras on Blu-ray disc 1, the director's cut and Argento cut and other extras on SD discs 2 and 3). Arrow's theatrical cut on disc 1 is framed at 1.78:1 while the Anchor Bay was framed at 1.85:1. Since they likely come from the same master, it appears that AB added the 1.85:1 matte as there is a sliver of information present on the top and bottom of the Arrow image not present on the AB but 1.85:1 would have been the aspect ratio for projection in the US. Anchor Bay's bitrate is slightly higher but some of that is taken up by the half-bitrate DTS track. The commentaries on the theatrical cut disc have been ported over from the the Anchor Bay Ultimate Edition. The Theatrical Cut (actually Romero's director's cut but the label has been applied to the extended Cannes cut out of contractual obligation dating back to the Elite laserdisc edition) on the AB set featured the Romero commentary (the Arrow setup menu only mentions Romero even though Tom Savini and Christine Romero also appear on the track) while the producer commentary was featured on the extended cut so it has likely been trimmed to fit the theatrical version). The previous 2004 Arrow single disc edition (HERE) of the theatrical cut featured these two commentary tracks (the 2010 edition adds a 2.0 original mono - mislabeled 1.0 mono - track to the remixes; the original mono track was not included on the Arrow Blu-ray edition) and the "Dead Will Walk" documentary as its substantial extra. Disc 2 features the Cannes cut which is also known as the
extended version or the director's cut (see above). The image on
this longer version is interlaced and the running time suggests
that it is an NTSC-PAL standards conversion. For some reason,
Arrow has supplied English subtitles for this version and the
Argento cut so that could be considered a bonus. The bitrate is
lower than theatrical cut because of the presence on this disc
of the 75 minute DEAD WILL WALK documentary (also present on the
AB set) but the standards conversion issue (and the fact that
the element for this pre-release version was not as well-cared
for as the other versions) already means it's not going to look
its best here. The inclusion of the Rubinstein commentary here
in its full form rather than trimmed to fit the theatrical cut
on disc 1 might have made this a better disc. The volume name of Disc 4 is actually "DAWN_OF_THE_DEAD_DISC_TWO"
which suggests that if Arrow puts out a subsequent 2 disc
edition of the theatrical cut, this will likely be the same
extras disc. All of the extras on this disc were SD-resolution
extras that shared space on the BluRay disc of the
aforementioned 2009 Arrow 1x BluRay 2x DVD set. The 84 minute
Roy Frumkes documentary DOCUMENT OF THE DEAD is ported over from
the US Synapse Films release along with the deleted scenes from
the documentary (the Anchor Bay release had the Frumkes
documentary but not the deleted scenes or optional commentary).
Although there is an option labeled DOCUMENT OF THE DEAD: THE
LOST INTERVIEW & DELETED SCENES, Arrow has not carried over the
20 minute "The Lost Interview" segment which was present on
their Blu-ray edition (this option only features the 7 1/2
minutes of deleted scenes and a title search does not reveal the
interview segment as being present anywhere on the disc). It is
perhaps appropriate that it is not included because it was shot
on the set of
TWO EVIL EYES and was not part of the original
assembly (but the menu option suggests it was not intentionally
left off). The optional Frumkes commentary (ported from the
Synapse US release) was not present on Arrow's Blu-ray edition
nor Anchor Bay's Ultimate Edition. FAN OF THE DEAD is a
documentary by French fan Nicolas Garreau who talks about the
film, visits the locations, and interviews some of the cast (the
interviews are in English while Garreau speaks French with
English subtitles). The Garreau documentary is not on the US
set. |
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1) Theatrical Cut TOP 2) Director's Cut - MIDDLE 3) Argento Cut - BOTTOM |
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1) Theatrical Cut TOP 2) Director's Cut - MIDDLE 3) Argento Cut - BOTTOM |
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1) Theatrical Cut TOP 2) Director's Cut - MIDDLE 3) Argento Cut - BOTTOM |
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1) Theatrical Cut TOP 2) Director's Cut - MIDDLE 3) Argento Cut - BOTTOM |
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1) Theatrical Cut TOP 2) Director's Cut - MIDDLE 3) Argento Cut - BOTTOM |
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1) Theatrical Cut TOP 2) Director's Cut - MIDDLE 3) Argento Cut - BOTTOM |
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