Pollard Memorial Library (Lowell)

Night of the living dead., Janus Films ; an Image Ten production ; screenplay by John Russo, George Romero ; produced by Russell W. Streiner, Karl Hardman ; directed by George A. Romero, DVD/Fullscreen

Title from containerFull screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio)Originally released as a motion picture in 1968"This film was restored by The Museum of Modern Art and The Film Foundation"--Opening framesSpecial 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 KlawansDisc 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 deadDisc 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 spotsDisc 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

Midwest Tape

black and white

monaural

Photography, The Latent Image, Inc. ; editor, George Romero ; special effects, Regis Survinski, Tony Pantanello

other

Three-DVD special edition ; Fullscreen.

9781681434025

videodisc

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

3 videodiscs (96 min.), sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 folded leaflet

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)1017697606

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

715515210218

CC2852D -- The Criterion Collection

DVD