Dawn of the Dead (and zombies in general: just for fun)

[BW Haggar]

Currently biting my lip and *not* pre-ordering this one, despite having waited years for a decent blu-ray version of 'Dawn..'.

I'm sure that whatever pleasure I'd gain when it drops on the doormat would soon be nullified by my wife's reaction when I try to persuade her we're watching 'Dawn of the Dead' for the third consecutive weekend ("..but it's a different cut", etc).

Soundtracks are nice bonuses, but to be honest I already have all that stuff in my mp3 library and never listen to it, and for the money saved here, I could probably pick up a nice vinyl copy of the Goblin score, should I wish to. I'd be interested to check out the novelisation, but... not £70-worth of interested. Will wait it out for a standard edition.

[agent999]

I wasn't going to, but I've ordered the UHD set. I was going to wait for a standard release, but what the hell. I've bought this bastard so many times already.

It better improve on the underwhelming Italian UHD that I have or it's going on Ebay.

[Matt H.]

I wonder what the aspect ratio will be. I've always found 1.85:1 to be a little tight; 1.66:1 would be ideal.

EDIT: Region B? Eat my shit.

[Ian Jane]

Pre-order pages are up for those in the UK.

https://secondsightfilms.co.uk/colle...h-october-2020

Director: George A Romero
Starring: Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, David Emge

'When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.'

With the U.S. in the grip of a zombie apocalypse, four desperate survivors find refuge in a shopping mall. But the flesh-eating hordes, still possessed by an instinctive desire to consume, are drawn to the same destination. What follows is a nail-biting fight for survival.

George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead remains one of the greatest horror films ever made, often imitated but never equalled, and is now presented in a brand new restoration.

Special Features

UHD DISC 1: THE THEATRICAL CUT

New 4K scan and restoration of the Original Camera Negative by Second Sight at Final Frame New York and London supervised and approved by DoP Michael Gornick
Presented in HDR10+
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono - New restoration of the original OCN Optical / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Commentary by George A Romero, Tom Savini, Christine Forrest
NEW commentary by Travis Crawford
New optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired

UHD DISC 2 - THE EXTENDED ('CANNES') CUT

Produced using 4k scan of the Theatrical Cut Original Camera Negative and 4K scan of the Extended Cut Colour Reversal Internegative
DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
Presented in HDR10+
Commentary by Richard P Rubinstein
New optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired

UHD DISC 3 - THE ARGENTO CUT

4K scan of the Interpositive by Michele De Angelis at Backlight Digital, Rome
Audio: DT-HD Master Audio Mono 1.0 / Surround 5.1 / Stereo 2.0
Commentary by Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, David Emge
New optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired

BLU-RAY DISC 4: SPECIAL FEATURES

NEW Zombies and Bikers: with John Amplas, Roy Frumkes, Tom Savini, Christine Forrest, Tom Dubensky, Tony Buba, Taso Stavrakis and a whole host of zombies and bikers! (59 mins)
NEW Memories of Monroeville: a tour of the mall with Michael Gornick, Tom Savini, Tom Dubensky and Taso Stavrakis (34 mins)
NEW Raising the Dead: The Production Logistics: with Michael Gornick, Christine Forrest, John Amplas, Tom Dubensky (23 mins)
NEW The FX of Dawn with Tom Savini (13 mins)
NEW Dummies! Dummies!: An interview with Richard France (12 mins)
NEW The Lost Romero Dawn Interview: previously unreleased archive interview (20 mins)
Super 8 Mall Footage by zombie extra Ralph Langer with option of archive commentary by Robert Langer and new commentary by Ralph Langer (13 mins)
Document of the Dead: The Original Cut with optional commentary by Roy Frumkes (66 mins)
Document of the Dead: The Definitive Cut (100 mins)
The Dead Will Walk 2014 Documentary (80 mins)
Trailers, TV and Radio Spots (TBC)
Limited Edition Contents

AUDIO CD DISC 1

The Goblin Soundtrack - 17 tracks including Alternate and Bonus Tracks

AUDIO CD DISC 2

The Complete De Wolfe Library Cues Part 1

AUDIO CD DISC 3

The Complete De Wolfe Library Cues Part 2

Rigid box with lid featuring the original iconic artwork
2 inner digipaks
150 page hardback book featuring 16 new essays, archive article, archive George A Romero interview and rare Behind-The-Scenes stills
Dawn of the Dead: The novelisation book by George A Romero and Susanna Sparrow with exclusive artwork

Catalogue number: 2NDBR4123
Certificate: TBC
Region: UHD Discs Region Free / Blu-ray Disc Region B

[Derrick King]

Final specs are going to be announced on Tuesday, but Second Sight has said that the price will be £69.99 for the Blu-ray set and £79.99 for the 4K UHD set

[Ian Jane]

[JLG]

Travis Crawford is a relative of someone in Dawn of the Dead?

looks like i'll buy this. again

[Ian Jane]

[Derrick King]

Wise,and expected decision. But, you know, I think the initial plan to charge for pre-orders on something that is like half a year out was a real dick move.

[Ian Jane]

Probably just as well under the circumstances.

[Ian Jane]

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[Ian Jane]

Second Sight announced that the scan for DOTD is done, they've got about 4 weeks of frame by frame color correction and HDR work to do and that they're still working on extras. They're shooing for a Feb. release date.

[Ian Jane]