Research Catalog

Title

Night of the living dead / directed by George A. Romero.

Publication

[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Romero, George A.
• Streiner, Russ
• Hardman, Karl
• Russo, John, 1939-
• Jones, Duane
• O'Dea, Judith
• Eastman, Marilyn, 1927-2021
• Wayne, Keith, 1942-1995
• Ridley, Judith
• Image Ten (Firm), production company.
• Janus Films, film distributor.
• Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Description

3 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

• A group of strangers become stuck in a house together as zombies rise in search of living human flesh.
• Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero's vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combined gruesome gore with acute social commentary, and quietly broke ground by casting a black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, Night of the Living Dead is back.

Series Statement

The Criterion collection ; 909

Uniform Title

• Night of the living dead (Motion picture : 1968)
• Criterion collection ; 909.

Subject

• Romero, George A. > Interviews
• Night of the living dead (Motion picture : 1968)
• Zombies > Drama
• Survival > Drama

Genre/Form

• Zombie films.
• Horror films.
• Independent films.
• Feature films.
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Note

• Source used: videodisc container.
• Full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio).
• Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.
• Special features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director George A. Romero, co-screenwriter John A. Russo, sound engineer Gary R. Streiner, and producer Russell W. Streiner ; new restoration of the monaural soundtrack, supervised by Romero and Gary Streiner, and presented uncompressed ; in booklet: an essay by critic Stuart Klawans.
• Disc one special features: 1994 commentary [one] features co-writer-director-editor George A. Romero, producer-actor Karl Hardman, actor Marilyn Eastman, and co-writer John Russo ; 1994 commentary [two] features producer-actor Russell Streiner, production manager Vincent Survinski, and actors Judith O'Dea, S. William Hinzman, Kyra Schon, and Keith Wayne ; Light in the darkness featurette (24 min.) made by the Criterion Collection in 2017, this program features filmmakers Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, and Robert Rodriguez discussing the cinematic importance of Night of the living dead.
• Disc two special features: Night of Anubis (85 min.) uncorrected 16mm work print of the film with introduction by co producer, Russell Streiner ; never-before-seen 16mm dailies ; Learning from scratch (12 min.), 2017 interview with co-writer John Russo ; TV newsreel ; trailers from 1968 and 2017 ; TV spots ; radio spots.
• Disc three special features: Walking like the dead (2017, 13 min.) features ten cast and crew members discussing what it was like to portray cinema's original flesh-eating ghouls in interviews shot for the 2009 documentary, Autopsy of the dead ; Tones of terror (2017, 11 min.) features producer Jim Cirronella as he delves into the skillful use of existing library music for scoring Night of the living dead ; Limitations into virtues (12 min.) in this video essay made for the Criterion Collection, filmmakers Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramo examine the style of Night of the living dead ; excerpts from episode of NBC's Tomorrow (18 min.), host Tom Snyder discusses the mechanics of the horror genre with director George A. Romero and filmmaker Don Coscarelli ; Higher learning (45 min.), footage from 2012 Toronto International Film Festival event where director George A. Romero discusses Night of the living dead ; 1987 audio interview with Duane Jones (22 min.) ; 1994 interview with Judith Ridley (11 min.) ; 1967 newsreel detailing the real-life findings of the Mariner 5 spacecraft in Venus's atmosphere.

Credits (note)

• Screenwriters, George Romero, John Russo ; producers, Russell W. Streiner, Karl Hardman ; cinematography, The Latent Image, Inc. ; film editor, George Romero ; Janus Films ; an Image Ten production.

Performer (note)

• Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley.

System Details (note)

• DVD; region 1, NTSC; 4:3 full frame presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

Language (note)

• In English with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1934

ISBN

• 9781681434025
• 1681434024

LCCN

715515210218

OCLC

1017697606

Title

Night of the living dead / directed by George A. Romero.

Publisher

[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]

Edition

Three-DVD special edition.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Series

The Criterion collection ; 909

Criterion collection ; 909.

Cast

Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley.

Credits

Screenwriters, George Romero, John Russo ; producers, Russell W. Streiner, Karl Hardman ; cinematography, The Latent Image, Inc. ; film editor, George Romero ; Janus Films ; an Image Ten production.

System Details

DVD; region 1, NTSC; 4:3 full frame presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

Language

In English with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Added Author

Romero, George A., film director.

Streiner, Russ, film producer.

Hardman, Karl, film producer.

Russo, John, 1939- screenwriter.

Jones, Duane, actor.

O'Dea, Judith, actor.

Eastman, Marilyn, 1927-2021, actor.

Wayne, Keith, 1942-1995, actor.

Ridley, Judith, actor.

Image Ten (Firm), production company.

Janus Films, film distributor.

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Added Title

Container of (work): Night of the living dead (Motion picture : 1968)

Other Standard Identifier

715515210218

Publisher No.

CC2852D The Criterion Collection

Research Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1934