A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shoppi... Read allA nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.
- Awards
- 1 win & 17 nominations
Louis Ferreira
- Luis
- (as Justin Louis)
- Director
- Writers
- George A. Romero(1978 screenplay)
- James Gunn
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Ving Rhames heard of a remake of Dawn of the Dead (1978) was in production, he tracked down producers to be in the film.
- GoofsWhen the group goes into the parking garage to turn on the generators they never make it. They are instead confronted by zombies who they douse with gasoline from a pump and set on fire. If there was no electricity in the garage then the gasoline pump wouldn't work.
- Crazy creditsDuring the closing credits we see a series of shots filmed by the survivors using a camcorder they find on Steve's boat. There are a couple of scenes of Steve and his girlfriend (still left on the camera), then the survivors finding a small boat with a still-animated zombie head in an icebox, and finally them running out of gas and landing on an island where they are attacked by zombies. There are then a series of brief almost-subliminal flashes of zombies "attacking" the camera.
- Alternate versionsThe theatrical R-rated cut of the film is 100 minutes long. However, an unrated "Director's Cut" has been released on home video alongside the R-rated theatrical print timed at 110 min and contains more character development and gore. Some releases added digital blood to cover up a naked lady stepping out of a bus.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)
- SoundtracksHave A Nice Day
Written by Kelly Jones, Richard Jones & Stuart Cable
Performed by Stereophonics
Courtesy of V2 Records, Inc.
Featured review
In a world of bad remakes, this wasn't bad.
I went into this movie completely excited. And I wasn't even really disappointed either. The acting was very good, and I actually loved how they didn't follow the exact storyline. They took the basics of the original Dawn of the Dead and made it more contemporary. I knew they wouldn't be filming the movie at Monroeville Mall (the mall just 15 minutes outside of Pittsburgh where they filmed the original) but it was still awesome none the less.
The script worked rather well, and the movie flowed nicely also. Granted I wasn't a huge fan of the fast moving zombies, but I suppose I can let that go because truthfully, maybe before rigor mortis sets in, you'd be able to move quickly, who knows? But I do know that I was on the edge of my seat through many parts of the movie, and you start to really care about the characters in the movie. I am anxiously waiting for 1 week to pass so that I can get my copy of Dawn. I already have it pre purchased.
8/10 rating.
The movie missed a perfect 10 for the simple fact that zombies SHOULD NOT run that fast.
The script worked rather well, and the movie flowed nicely also. Granted I wasn't a huge fan of the fast moving zombies, but I suppose I can let that go because truthfully, maybe before rigor mortis sets in, you'd be able to move quickly, who knows? But I do know that I was on the edge of my seat through many parts of the movie, and you start to really care about the characters in the movie. I am anxiously waiting for 1 week to pass so that I can get my copy of Dawn. I already have it pre purchased.
8/10 rating.
The movie missed a perfect 10 for the simple fact that zombies SHOULD NOT run that fast.
- bryandeth316
- Oct 18, 2004
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- El amanecer de los muertos
- Filming locations
- Thornhill Square Mall, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada(demolished shortly after film came out)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $26,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $59,020,957
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $26,722,575
- Mar 21, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $102,280,154
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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