Land of the Dead
The dead shall inherit the Earth.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$15 000 000
Box office
$46 770 602
Director
Actors
Robin Ward, Simon Baker, Bryan Renfro, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy, Eugene A. Clark, Joanne Boland, Tony Nappo
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann, Peter Grunwald, Dennis E. Jones, Lynwood Spinks, Ryan Kavanaugh, Steve Barnett
Camera operator
Mirosław Baszak
Composer
Johnny Klimek
Artist
Arvinder Greywal, Rob Ballantyne
Audition
Marci Liroff
Editing
Short description
The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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.
- «Dead Reckoning» was the most prominent working title for the film. This is what George Romero wanted to call it, but he feared confusion with the 1947 film of the same name starring Humphrey Bogart. In addition to this title, the film had two other working titles: «Dead City» and «Night of the Living Dead: Dead Reckoning».
- The original script included a scene with sewer rats that had turned into zombies.
- George Romero wanted to pay tribute to his hometown of Pittsburgh by filming the entire production within the city. However, the producers insisted that filming take place in Toronto. As is well known, filming in Canada is much more cost-effective due to lower taxes.
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