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

[Ian Jane]

[JLG]

[Ian Jane]

[JLG]

[Ian Jane]

From Second Sight...

Following its recent announcement on the acquisition of UK Home Video and VOD rights to George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead and Martin from New Amsterdam Entertainment, Second Sight Films is delighted to confirm further details on its plans for the seminal films.

The company is grateful to producer Richard P Rubinstein for granting them access to the films' original elements, including an original camera negative for Dawn of the Dead and a dupe negative for Martin, which will be used to create brand new 4K scans for its UK releases.

Dawn of The Dead is set to be released as a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with HDR and will feature George A Romero's Original, Unrated US Theatrical Release Cut (2:07), Romero's Pre-US Release Cannes Cut (2:17) and the foreign edition edited by Dario Argento. There will also be a standard Blu-ray together with a Blu-ray release of Martin.
The scanning, colour grading and restoration of both films will be managed by Final Frame under the supervision of Director of Photography Michael Gornick.
The mastering and encoding will be handled by one of the entertainment technology industry's most experienced specialists, David Mackenzie of Fidelity in Motion.
Slated for release late summer 2019, complete with brand new special features and more, Second Sight Films will announce further news via its social media channels.

Celebrating a quarter of a century as a UK distributor of classic and cult films on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD, Second Sight Films has earned a reputation as one of the most respected experts in its field and continues to distribute high quality in-demand cult classics in premium editions.

[Bogart]

Another release! I thought I'd count the number of Dawn releases I've had over the years:

UK EIV VHS
UK BMG 'Director's' cut VHS
US Elite Laserdisc
US Anchor Bay DVD
FR TF1 Argento cut VHS
UK BMG Director's cut DVD
NL Director's/Argento cuts DVD
UK Anchor Bay Theatrical/Director's/Argento cuts DVD
US Anchor Bay BD
FR Opening Argento cut BD
IT Argento cut UHD/BD

This one's going to have to come with a free hand-job or something to get me to buy it again...

I only ever bought the Anchor bay 4 disc dvd set years ago and never felt the need to upgrade. I'm lucky. And unless this release is seriously definitive I still don't think I'll bother.

[Bogart]

Double post

[Ian Jane]

French UHD release coming in April.

https://www.amazon.fr/Zombie-4K-Ultr.../dp/B07N3RHGTP

[agent999]

Another release! I thought I'd count the number of Dawn releases I've had over the years:

UK EIV VHS
UK BMG 'Director's' cut VHS
US Elite Laserdisc
US Anchor Bay DVD
FR TF1 Argento cut VHS
UK BMG Director's cut DVD
NL Director's/Argento cuts DVD
UK Anchor Bay Theatrical/Director's/Argento cuts DVD
US Anchor Bay BD
FR Opening Argento cut BD
IT Argento cut UHD/BD

This one's going to have to come with a free hand-job or something to get me to buy it again...

[Ian Jane]

Yeah, hoping Second Sight goes all out on this one.

Watched the remake last night. I still really like it.

[Derrick King]

Good news IF it has a new scan of the theatrical cut. Otherwise...

[JLG]

i just grabbed a copy of the XT Video release from Diabolik. maybe i'm not done buying DotD yet. will be determined by the extras

[Ian Jane]

Hmmm.....

[Ian Jane]

"XT Video is releasing a composite cut (156 mins) of DAWN OF THE DEAD in January. Similar to the Extended Mall Hours fan edit or the Ultimate Final Cut released in Germany, it incorporates all the footage from the 3 cuts of the film."

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XT is doing a nice job of recycling this cover art. They're also using it for a steelbook release.

[Ian Jane]

German multi-disc set coming out soon. Reportedly using the same masters as the flawed Japanese set.

http://www.dvdparadies.at/Blu-Ray-Sh...f%20the%20dead