Land of the Dead

"The dead shall inherit the Earth."

2005 1h 33m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 1,900

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The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.

“The dead shall inherit the Earth.”

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Cast

Simon Baker
Riley
John Leguizamo
Cholo
Dennis Hopper
Kaufman
Asia Argento
Slack
Robert Joy
Charlie
Eugene Clark
Big Daddy
Joanne Boland
Pretty Boy
Tony Nappo
Foxy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George A. Romero
Writers: George A. Romero, Greg Chown
Languages: Spanish, Haitian; Haitian Creole, French, Polish, English, Italian
Countries: Canada, United States of America, France

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 6 languages: Spanish, Haitian; Haitian Creole, French, Polish, English, Italian.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Canada, United States of America, France.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Living Dead Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

CAST

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207+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by George A. Romero, shot by Mirosław Baszak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Johnny Klimek. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

George A. Romero directs. Mirosław Baszak behind the camera. Johnny Klimek scores. Michael Doherty cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Canada, United States of America, France. Dialogue in Spanish, Haitian; Haitian Creole, French, Polish, English, Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.
2Released 21 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 6 languages: Spanish, Haitian; Haitian Creole, French, Polish, English, Italian.
4International production across 3 countries: Canada, United States of America, France.
5Part of the "Living Dead Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6207+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by George A. Romero, shot by Mirosław Baszak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Johnny Klimek. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Michael Doherty shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Simon Baker and John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "The dead shall inherit the Earth.".
12IMDB entry: tt0418819 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Mirosław Baszak
Original score: Johnny Klimek
Editing: Michael Doherty
Production design: Arvinder Greywal
Costume design: Alex Kavanagh
Makeup / hair: Regan Noble
VFX supervisor: Jeff Campbell
Stunt coordinator: Matt Birman
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $47,074,133
Return: 314% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Land of the Dead (2005)

Part of

Living Dead Collection

Night of the Living Dead is a series of zombie horror films written and directed by George A. Romero beginning with the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead written by Romero and John A. Russo. The loosely connected franchise predominantly centers on different groups of people attempting to survive during the outbreak and evolution of a zombie apocalypse.

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John Chard2015-11-02
★ 7/10
Romero lines up the Bush administration for à la carte eats. Land Of The Dead is directed & written by George A. Romero and it's the fourth film in his Zombie based series of films. It stars Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Eugene Clark & Asia Argento. Human society has regrouped and formed a new community in a sealed off section of America. Run by a feudal government headed by Paul Kaufman (Hopper), the state survives on supplies garnered from the outside world by Riley (Baker) and his "Dead Reckoning" team. But during one of their raids they notice that one of the Zombies, Big Daddy (Clark), is starting to show signs of human awareness. After the emergence of the Dawn Of The Dead remake in 2004 and the plaudits heaped upon zom-com Shaun Of The Dead also in 2004, one question immediately sprang to the minds of zombie fans, "could Romero, the don of the dead, be stirred into a new entry in his already heralded series?". Yes was the joyous answer to that, and although a torn ligament down from previous instalments, the great news is that Land Of The Dead rocks with gore and politico fervour. Naturally a lot has changed in the world of zombiedom since Romero's last venture in 85, but he manages to tonally keep the old fashioned feel while observing the unsteady social climate that was seeping from the wounds in 2005. By his own admission he is taking pot shots at the Bush administration, while Hopper, on delightfully excessive form, deliberately channels Donald Rumsfeld. From fireworks in the sky bringing conformity, to class division down on the turf, Romero as always has something to say. The cast are a solid and energetic bunch, with Baker pleasingly coming up trumps as a hero type, while gore hounds are very well served here as George finds new and inventive ways of delivering the ick (one "head" sequence is genius). Sure there's a suggestion that the central idea of the zombies getting smarter is kind of going off tangent, but since he wrote the rules, he's also allowed to change them. But with this ending here it offers hope, not just in this skew whiff world he's created, but also of further film's to come. And that maybe is a touch too far? 7/10
Andre Gonzales2023-07-09
★ 6/10
Not the best zombie movie I ever seen. It is ok. It takes a few times of watching it to really get the whole concept of the movie. Could have made the storyline a little better. Hey really all that matters is that theirs a lot of killing zombies and zombie killings happening.