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    Land Of The Dead
    Unrated Director's Cut
    Genre: Horror

    Reviewed In Issue 103 (Dec 2005) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy, Eugene Clark & John Leguizamo

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 4
    DD Sound Rating: 4
    DTS Sound Rating: 4
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    Reference Systems
    Critics' Composite Score: 3
    Internet Links
    www.landofthedeadmovie.com
    Special Features
    Includes commentary with director George Romero, producer Peter Grunwald, and editor Michael Doherty; the following featurettes: "Undead Again: The Making Of Land Of The Dead" (13 minutes); "A Day With The Living Dead" (eight minutes); "Bringing The Dead To Life" (ten minutes); and "When Shaun Met George" an amusing 13 minute featurette with stars from "Shaun of the Dead" on their cameos in Land Of The Dead. "Scenes Of Carnage" shows some of the more gruesome scenes played to the sound of classical music, and finally there is the three-minute "Zombie Effects: From Green Screen To Finished Scene." Also, there are storyboad comparisons, a "Scream Tests: Zombie Casting Call" computer generated reenactment of the zombies strutting their stuff, deleted scenes, and upfront ads.


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Universal Studios Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): 28702
    (MPAA Rating): Unrated
    (Rating Reason):

    		 NA
    (Retail Price): $29.98
    (DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 97
    (Color Type): Color With B/W Sequences
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): No
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 2005
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 10/18/05
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): George A. Romero
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    Story Synopsis:
    Caught between the land of the living and the "Land Of The Dead" is the plot of this movie. Zombies gain limited intelligence and decide to extract revenge on humans residing in the fortified city. Meanwhile, the greedy humans are fighting amongst themselves. (Tricia Spears)

    DVD Picture:
    A dark, gloomy grayish-blue color palette is often the setting for the on-screen action, although there are times when colors are richly saturated and pop from the screen. Images are sharp and detailed on this anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD, with satisfying contrast and shadow delineation. Some of the darker scenes appear slightly milky and occasionally soft. There is little bothersome edge enhancement or pixelization to detract from the picture, and overall the visual experience is very pleasing. (Suzanne Hodges)

    Soundtrack:
    While both the Dolby

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