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| Title: | The Crazies |
| Directed by: | George A. Romero |
| Written by: | George A. Romero; Paul McCollough |
| Produced by: | Lee Hessel; A.C. Croft; Margaret Walsh |
| Music by: | Bruce Roberts |
| Cinematography: | S. William Hinzman |
| Edited by: | George A. Romero |
| Production | |
| Distributors: | Pittsburgh Films |
| Released: | March 16th, 1973 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 103 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $275,000 |
| Gross: | Unknown |
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The Crazies is an American independent feature film of the psychological thriller subgenre of horror. It was written and directed by George A. Romero with a screenplay co-written by Paul McCollough based on McCollough' story concepts. It was produced by Pittsburgh Films and opened to limited theatrical release in the United States on March 16th, 1973. The premise of the film involves a viral breakout that affects a rural Pennsylvania town, turning all those infected by it into murderous psychopaths, aka, "Crazies".
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lane Carroll | Judy |
| W.G. McMillan | David |
| Harold Wayne Jones | Clank |
| Lloyd Hollar | Colonel Peckem |
| Lynn Lowry | Kathy |
| Richard Liberty | Artie |
| Richard France | Doctor Watts |
| Harry Spillman | Major Ryder |
| Will Disney | Doctor Brookmyre |
| Edith Bell | Lab technician |
| W.L. Thunhurst, Jr. | Brubaker |
| Leland Starnes | Shelby |
| A.C. MacDonald | General Bowen |
| Robert J. McCully | Hawks |
| Robert Karlowsky | Sheriff Cooper |
| Ned Schmidtke | Sergeant Tragesser |
| Tony Scott | Deputy Shade |
| Roy Cheverie | Army doctor |
| Jack Zaharia | Priest |
| Stephen Liska | #1 soldier at house |
| David Meek | #2 soldier at house |
| Roger Brown | #3 soldier at house |
| S. William Hinzman | Crazie shooting at doctor's office |
| Richard Lewicki | Crazie shooting at soldiers |
| William C. Kennedy | Crazie, Mister Deary |
| Walton Cook | Fire chief |
| Peg Tilbrook | Old lady Crazie |
| Norman Chase | Crazie, Frank Winson |
| Bonnie Hinzman | Woman running out of church |
| George A. Romero | Extra at dance |
| Regis Survinski | Crazie father burning his house |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this movie is "A lethal terror snowballs into Hell!"
- There are thirty-two credited cast members in this film.
- The original script treatment for this film was written by Paul McCollough, though a large measure of his original script was retooled by director George Romero at the behest of financier Lee Hessel. Hessel wanted the film to offer greater focus on the military takeover of the town, which McCollough's original treatment only addressed in the first 10-20 pages.
- This movie was filmed in Evans City, Pennsylvania - the same place where George Romero filmed Night of the Living Dead. Studio shots were filmed in Pittsburgh, which is about thirty miles south of Evans City, and the motel setting was filmed in Zelienople.
- This movie was remade in 2010 by director Breck Eisner.
- The Crazies was released on DVD by Blue Underground on April 29th, 2003. It was released on Blu-ray on February 23rd, 2010.
- This is the final film role for actor A.C. MacDonald.
- On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, The Crazies holds a Tomatometer score of 70% based on twenty-seven approved critic reviews. It has nineteen positive reviews and eight negative reviews. The film has an audience score of 45% based on more than 10,000 verified user ratings, averaging 3.2 out of 5.
- On Metacritic, The Crazies has a Metascore of 63 out of 100 based on six posted critic reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews. It had four positive reviews, and two mixed, with no negative reviews. It has a user score of 5.6 out of 10 based on five user ratings with two positive reviews, one negative, and two mixed.
- On Letterboxd, the film has a weighted average rating of 3.18 out of 5 based on 18,601 user ratings.
- Latent Image also produced the 1973 supernatural thriller Season of the Witch.
- Actors A.C. McDonald and S. William Hinzman also worked on George Romero's seminal classic, Night of the Living Dead.
- This is the only movie produced by Pittsburgh Films.
- Producer Al Croft is credited as A.C. Croft on this film. He was also an executive producer on George Romero's Season of the Witch the previous year.
- This is Bruce Roberts' first, and to date, only known work in the horror genre. The majority of his career has been spent scoring music videos.
- Production coordinator Edith Bell, also makes a cameo appearance in the film as a lab technician. Edith Bell was married to executive producer Lee Hessel.
- Actress Lynn Lowry, who plays Kathy, also makes a cameo appearance in the 2010 remake of The Crazies as a woman on a bicycle.
- Actress Lynn Lowry was unsatisfied with her death scene in the film, wishing that it was more dramatic and flamboyant, rather than a simple fall after a gunshot.
- Actor Will MacMillan, who plays David, is credited as W.G. McMillan in this film.
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