New Amsterdam Entertainment Inc.® have announced George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead will be celebrating the 45th Anniversary of its North American debut, returning to theatres and drive-ins across the U.S. and Canada, April to May, 2024. Special, official, anniversary collectables are also coming from Fright-Rags and Ish. Head into the article below for screening dates and more information.
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The North American gala premiere of Dawn of the Dead took place on April 12, 1979 at the Gateway Theatre in downtown Pittsburgh. The film began the official U.S. theatrical launch the following day, eventually rolling out across the country. To honor this special milestone, New Amsterdam Entertainment Inc.® is making the movie available again in theatres & drive-ins for coast-to-coast screenings starting April 12, 2024 and running through to the end of May. Hitting over 90 screens across North America, independent theatres and drive-ins have joined the celebration. While some will only host one exclusive screening event, others will have multiple showings throughout April and May; the full itinerary can be found below.
Dawn of the Dead 45th Anniversary U.S. + Canadian Theatres and Drive Ins.
Canadian theatres (Single Showings):
04/14: Vancouver, BC @ Rio Theatre
05/03: Edmonton, AB @ Metro Cinema @ The Garneau
05/31: Saskatoon, SK @ Broadway Theatre
Canadian theatres (Running through end of May):
04/12: Hope, BC @ New Hope Cinema
04/12: London, ON @ Imagine Cinema
04/12: Ottawa, ON @Mayfair Theatre
04/12: Montreal, QC @ Cinema Du Parc **IN 3-D!**
04/19: Hamilton, ON @ Playhouse Cinema
04/19: Waterloo, ON @ Princess Original Cinema
05/04: Toronto, ON @ @ Revue Cinema
U.S. theatres & drive-ins (Single Showings):
04/12: Monroeville, PA @ Cinemark Monroeville Mall and XD
04/13: Seymour, CT @ The Strand Theater
4/27: Brookline, MA @ Coolidge Corner Theatre
04/20: Rochester, NY @ The Little Theatre
04/26: Savannah, GA @ Lucas Theatre for The Arts
04/26: Wichita, KS @ The Orpheum Theatre
04/27: San Luis Obispo, CA @ Slow Film Fest (Freemont Theatre)
5/15: Iowa City, IA @ FilmScene at Chauncey **IN 3-D!**
05/18: Sterling, IL @ Midway Drive-In
05/19: Sewickley, PA @ Lindsey Theatre (Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival)
05/25: Lehighton, PA @ The Mahoning Drive-In via Exhumed Films
U.S. theatres & drive-ins (Running through end of May):
04/12: Tucson, AZ @ The Loft Cinema
04/12: Gardena, CA @ Gardena Theatre **IN 3-D!**
04/12: Los Angeles @ Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
04/12: San Francisco @ Alamo Drafthouse New Mission
04/12: Santa Ana @ The Frida Cinema
04/12: Denver, CO @ Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake
04/12: Littleton, CO @ Alamo Drafthouse Littleton
04/12: Westminster, CO @ Alamo Drafthouse Westminster
04/12: Arlington, VA @ Alamo Drafthouse Crystal City DC
04/12: Washington, DC @ Alamo Drafthouse DC Bryant Street
04/12: Miami, FL @ Night Owl Drive-In
04/12: Atlanta, GA @ The Plaza Theatre Atlanta
05/12: Chicago, IL @ Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville
5/14: Chicago, IL @ Music Box Theatre **IN 2-D & 3-D!**
04/12: Shelbyville, IN @ Skyline Drive-In
04/12: Boston, MA @ Alamo Drafthouse Seaport
04/12: Silver Spring, MD @ AFI Silver Theatre
04/12: Eagan, MN @ Emagine Eagan
04/12: Lakeville, MN @ Emagine Lakeville
04/12: Plymouth, MN @ Emagine Willow Creek
04/12: White Bear Lake, MN @ Emagine White Bear
04/12: Woodbury, MN – Alamo Drafthouse Woodbury
04/12: Springfield, MO @ Alamo Drafthouse Springfield
04/12: St. Louis, MO @ Alamo Drafthouse City Foundry
04/12: St. Louis, MO @ Galleria 6 Cinemas **IN 3-D!**
04/12: Missoula, MT @ The Roxy Theatre
04/12: Cary, NC @ Cary Theatre
04/12: Charlotte, NC @ The Independent Picture House
04/12: Raleigh, NC @ Alamo Drafthouse Raleigh
04/12: La Vista, NE @ Alamo Drafthouse La Vista – Omaha
04/12: Las Vegas, NV @ The Beverly Theater
04/12: Brooklyn, NY @ Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn
04/12: Brooklyn, NY @ Nitehawk Cinema
04/12: Brooklyn, NY @ Nitehawk Prospect Park
04/12: Huntington, NY @ Cinema Arts Centre
04/12: New York, NY @ Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan
04/12: New York, NY @ IFC Center
04/12: Staten Island, NY @ Alamo Drafthouse Staten Island
04/12: Syracuse, NY @ Exploradome
04/12: Yonkers, NY @ Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers
04/12: Columbus, OH @ Gateway Film Center
04/12: Tulsa, OK @ The Circle Cinema
04/12: Portland, OR @ Hollywood Theatre
04/12: Phoenixville, PA @ The Colonial Theatre
04/12: Pittsburgh, PA @ The Harris Theater
04/12: Vandergrift, PA @ Riverside Drive-In
04/12: Providence, RI @ The Columbus Theatre
04/12: Sioux Falls, SD @ Sioux Falls State Theatre
04/12: Des Moines, IA @ Des Moines Film / Varsity Cinema
04/12: Austin, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline
04/12: Austin, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane
04/12: Austin, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Village
04/12: Corpus Christi, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Corpus Christi
04/12: Dallas, TX @ The Texas Theatre
04/12: Denton, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Denton
04/12: El Paso, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse East El Paso
04/12: El Paso, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Montecillo
04/12: Houston, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Lacenterra
04/12: Laredo, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Laredo
04/12: Lubbock, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock
04/12: Richardson, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Richardson
04/12: San Antonio, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Park North
04/12: Ashburn, VA, @ Alamo Drafthouse One Loudoun
04/12: Charlottesville, VA @ Alamo Drafthouse Charlottesville
04/12: Winchester, VA @ Alamo Drafthouse Winchester
04/12: Woodbridge, VA @ Alamo Drafthouse Woodbridge
04/12: Chehalis, WA @ McFlier’s Chehalis Theater
04/13: Albuquerque, NM @ The Guild Cinema
04/19: Salem, MA @ Cinema Salem
04/19: Jacksonville, FL @ Sun-Ray Cinema
04/19: Santa Fe, NM @ Jean Cocteau Cinema
04/26: Gibson City, IL @ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In
05/03: Emmaus, PA @ The Emmaus Theatre
With special assistance from United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association, for the first time in decades, many fans will be able to watch Dawn of the Dead under the stars at several ozoners like the classic Midway Drive-In in Sterling, IL, and at a special Exhumed Films event at the world famous Mahoning Drive-In in Lehighton, PA. The mighty Alamo Drafthouse will be fulfilling thousands of audience requests by unleashing it into 34 of their cinemas across the country and die-hard fans will finally be able to again watch the movie in its premiere city of Pittsburgh, this time at the Row House Theatre. The film will be screened all across North America in historical venues including places like the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, PA, where the original version of The Blob was filmed in 1958!
Meanwhile, The Music Box Theatre in Chicago will present special single showings of both the 2-D and 3-D editions later in May. Stereoscopic fans will also be able to catch it in 3-D at the Galleria Mall in St. Louis, MO, where hopefully they won’t have to hunker down to survive a zombie apocalypse. St. Louis is not the only city that is taking the film back to its primary setting; through special arrangement, Cinemark Theatres will be exclusively presenting Dawn of the Dead for One-Night-Only on Friday April 12th…at the Monroeville Mall.
There’s no more room in Hell and the dead are finally returning…to Canada! It’s going to be a zombie-rollicking good time across the States, and Canada need not worry. For horror fans up North, decades worth of scary prayers are about to be answered with big screen showings of the original theatrical edition, Romero’s official final Director’s Cut, at independent Canadian movie houses and festivals in 2-D as it first played in 1979. Plus, over 15 years after producer Richard P. Rubinstein first announced it was happening, on April 12th, the genuinely excellent 3-D conversion of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead will finally make its Canadian premier at the Cinéma Du Parc Theatre in Montreal!
That’s not all as no party is complete without party favors! For this celebration, New Amsterdam Entertainment Inc.® is joining forces with the highly respected fan favorites Fright-Rags and Justin Ishmael/Ish to create special edition 45th Anniversary Dawn of the Dead collectables. On March 12th, Ish will be releasing the absolutely beautiful, official 45th Anniversary artwork they commissioned from the amazingly talented artist Paul Mann in a limited edition hand screen-printed poster on their website at: www.justinishmael.com.
Also on March 12th, Fright-Rags will be offering an official 45th Anniversary trading card set along with two 45th Anniversary t-shirts, with the first featuring Paul Mann’s superb artwork (commissioned by Ish) and the second being a beautiful reproduction of the original vintage Dawn of the Dead cast & crew production shirt. Fans will be able to find the cards and shirts on Fright-Rags’ site here: www.fright-rags.com