Talk:George A. Romero filmography

Latest comment: 11 years ago by Marty2Hotty in topic 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake

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I saw on a DVD recently that Romero directed and/or produced a documentary on professional wrestling, focusing on fellow Pittsburghian Bruno Sammartino. From the looks of the footage, I would have to say that this film came out in the early or mid 1970s. I can't offer any more information than that at present.RadioKAOS (talk) 00:46, 4 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

Could you give more information? What DVD was this on? Perhaps this was never finished/released? Andrzejbanas (talk) 12:12, 4 November 2010 (UTC)Reply
Unfortunately, I've since forgotten most of the relevant details. The DVD was produced independently of the WWE, and so they had to find footage from whatever sources possible, since WWE controls a significant portion of the copyrights and/or physical footage related to the visual presentation of pro wrestling over the years. I'm thinking that the documentary was called The Winners, and was probably produced or released during the brief break that Sammartino took from the spotlight during the early 1970s. I do remember that Bill Cardille appeared extensively, and that he also appeared in Night of the Living Dead. Cardille was the host of Studio Wrestling, Pittsburgh's local wrestling program and one of the more famous programs in the history of pro wrestling on television. None of that footage exists today, as wiping was still rather prevalant back then.RadioKAOS (talk) 00:35, 5 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

Okay, I wasn't imaging this or making it up:

I only watched the first five or ten minutes and the end credits. Romero was credited as director, editor and as a cameraman. Looks like it came out in 1974 and could possibly have been made for television rather than for theatrical release, by virtue of the approximately 47-minute running time and other clues found in the credits. Based upon what I did watch, the Pittsburgh-centric influence was obvious right away, with the presence of Cardille, Dominic DeNucci and Rudy Miller, as well as perhaps others I didn't recognize.RadioKAOS (talk) 00:28, 14 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

2004 Dawn of the Dead remake edit

Why is this movie listed in this filmography? Romero had nothing to do with this remake other than having made the original. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.129.224.36 (talk) 19:06, 25 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

- I agree with this. I don't think Day and Dawn's remakes should be credited to him as "writer" when he is credited as being "based on George Romero"'s movies. I'm going to remove it. Marty2Hotty (talk) 08:14, 9 November 2012 (UTC)Reply