Land of the Dead

Land of the Dead (2005)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Release date

2005-06-18

Country

Canada, United States, France

Production

Universal Pictures, Wild Bunch, Atmosphere Entertainment MM, OMDC, Romero-Grunwald Productions, Rangerkim

Genre

Horror, Science Fiction

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$46 770 602

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Director

George A. Romero

Actors

Robin Ward, Bryan Renfro, Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy, Eugene A. Clark, Joanne Boland, Tony Nappo
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Scenario

Producer

Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann, Peter Grunwald, Dennis E. Jones, Lynwood Spinks, Ryan Kavanaugh, Steve Barnett

Operator

Mirosław Baszak

Composer

Johnny Klimek

Artist

Rob Ballantyne

Audition

Marci Liroff

Editing

Michael Doherty
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• George A. Romero was so impressed with last year's British parody film "Shaun of the Dead" that he invited Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright to participate in his fourth film dedicated to the theme of the living dead.
• "Dead Reckoning" was the loudest working title for the film. This is exactly how George Romero wanted to name it, but he feared confusion with the 1947 Humphrey Bogart film of the same name. In addition to this title, the film had two other working titles: "Dead City", "Night of the Living Dead: Dead Reckoning".
• The original script included a scene with sewer rats turning into zombies.
• Suzanne Vlozina, a correspondent for USA Today, took part in the film, playing one of the undead. In a single scene, she interviewed her zombie colleagues. Suzanne spent about 100 minutes in makeup before she could go on set.
• Asia Argento, who played one of the main roles in the film, is the daughter of the famous Italian horror master Dario Argento. Dario was one of the co-producers of Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" (1978).
• George Romero wanted to pay tribute to his hometown of Pittsburgh and conduct the entire filming process within the city. However, the producers insisted that filming take place in Toronto. As is well known, filming is much more cost-effective in Canada due to lower taxes.
• In fact, the film became the fourth in George Romero's series dedicated to the struggle of a handful of survivors against hordes of bloodthirsty zombies (“Night of the Living Dead” – 1968, “Dawn of the Dead” – 1978, “Day of the Dead” – 1985). Thus, the break between the last works was exactly 20 years.
• "Land of the Dead" was the first film in Romero's zombie series to use computer special effects.
• George Romero's daughter Tina made a cameo in the film (she shoots a zombie “stuck” in an electric fence).
• The film is partially based on the original script for “Day of the Dead” (1985).
• The director's cut of the film has a runtime of 97 minutes.
• The film was banned from distribution in Ukraine by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.