DAWN OF THE DEAD : EXTENDED MALL HOURS CUT

Description:
Original film name: George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead
New film name: George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead: The “Extended Mall Hours” Cut
Film studio name: Anchor Bay / United Film Distribution
Edit crew name: Officially Unofficial
Date original film was released: 1978
Date edit was released: January 2008
Original Runtime: 126 minutes (Romero’s theatrical cut) / 139 minutes (Cannes cut) / 117 minutes (Argento cut)
New Runtime: 155 minutes
Amount of time Cut/Added: 16 minutes added (to Cannes cut)

SCENES ADDED:

Countless extra snippets throughout the Argento cut were added to the 139 minutes Cannes cut. These include a few extra headshots the mall sequences, as well as various dialogue extensions, such as the bikers in the finale planning their “attack strategy”