Dawn of the Dead 1979 CBS Broadcast (with commercials)...
Edited for television, of course (and quite badly, too!). Weird how "asses" is muted (among other words), but "bastards" is totally fine. :confused:
Interesting to skim through, though, and a bit of a nostalgia kick for our American friends, I presume?
Some quite appropriate TV spots in there, too - Zombie (Fulci's flick), for example, and even Monroeville Mall (I presume this must've been a broadcast local to the Pittsburgh area?). There's even a VW Scirocco ad (the car they use in the movie).
And check out the sitcom-like tweak to the end credits.
30-Apr-2024
JDP
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Originally Posted by MinionZombie
Edited for television, of course (and quite badly, too!). Weird how "asses" is muted (among other words), but "bastards" is totally fine. :confused:
Interesting to skim through, though, and a bit of a nostalgia kick for our American friends, I presume?
Some quite appropriate TV spots in there, too - Zombie (Fulci's flick), for example, and even Monroeville Mall (I presume this must've been a broadcast local to the Pittsburgh area?).
Definitely a Pittsburgh broadcast, they also showed a commercial for Iron City Beer, a Pittsburgh Brewing Company product.
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There's even a VW Scirocco ad (the car they use in the movie).
Also a commercial for Harley-Davidson (connection to the biker gang)
30-Apr-2024
shootemindehead
That's actually a fan edit, so not a real broadcast. 'Dawn of the Dead' was in cinemas in 1979, it was released in April of that year in America, so wouldn't have been aired on any network. Also, there's one of those annoying station identifiers in the bottom corner of the screen and those didn't start until the 90's. So the actual movie is probably a 90's broadcast. The adverts are definitely from the 70's though. The one with Joanna Cassidy is from 1973, when she was still modelling, and I'd doubt that you'd get such a classic collection of movies being shown in ad breaks. Nearly every great horror movie from the late 70's is there. As for the ad breaks, they are too far apart for American TV.
30-Apr-2024
MinionZombie
I've been duped! Hoodwinked, I say! *mutters and grumbles*
01-May-2024
beat_truck
Also, one of the segments said CBS channel 7. Pittsburgh's main CBS station is KDKA, which to my knowledge, has always been on channel 2.
01-May-2024
Neil
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Originally Posted by shootemindehead
The adverts are definitely from the 70's though. The one with Joanna Cassidy is from 1973, when she was still modelling, and I'd doubt that you'd get such a classic collection of movies being shown in ad breaks. Nearly every great horror movie from the late 70's is there. As for the ad breaks, they are too far apart for American TV.
They should have gone down Chile's route and put the advert in the film...
01-May-2024
shootemindehead
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Originally Posted by MinionZombie
I've been duped! Hoodwinked, I say! *mutters and grumbles*
The swines!!!!
You should write a strongly worded letter to your local representative. Such mendacious behaviour is unforgivable.
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Originally Posted by Neil
They should have gone down Chile's route and put the advert in the film...
Jaysis, Ben was fond of the old booze. He has bottles stashed everywhere.
02-May-2024
MinionZombie
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Originally Posted by shootemindehead
The swines!!!!
You should write a strongly worded letter to your local representative. Such mendacious behaviour is unforgivable.
