NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

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• Release Year: 1968
• Genre: Horror
• Plot: 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 claustrophobic 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.; ; Night of the Living Dead was restored by the Museum of Modern Art and The Film Foundation. Funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation and the Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation.
• Cast: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, Kyra Schon, Charles Craig, S. William Hinzman, George Kosana, Frank Doak, Bill Cardille, A.C. McDonald, Samuel R. Solito, Mark Ricci, Lee Hartman, Jack Givens, Rudy Ricci, Paula Richards, John Simpson, Herbert Summer, Richard Ricci, William Burchinal, Ross Harris, Al Croft, Jason Richards, Dave James, Sharon Carroll, William Mogush, Steve Hutsko, Joann Michaels, Phillip Smith, Ella Mae Smith, Randy Burr, Jeannie Anderson, Norma Beardsley, William H. Bell, David Craig, Terry Gindele, Robert Harvey, Betty Ellen Haughey, Dick Heckard, John Kirch, Roger McGovern, Tony Pantanella, George A. Romero, Jack Rozzo, John A. Russo, Kimberly Schafer, Gary Streiner, Josephine Streiner, Russell Streiner, Regis Survinski, Vincent D. Survinski, Bob Wolcott
• Director: George A. Romero
• Runtime: 1:37
• Company: The Criterion Collection, Janus Films, The Film Foundation
• Media Format: Movie