There are many versions of Dawn of the dead, the UK Directors Cut is the fullest version I have seen at 140 Mins although if you are a TRUE fan you will no doubt collect all of the other versions because although the UK directors cut is the Longest version it still has parts missing from it which are not cut from other versions (see the flashing bullet points below the table). I would also reccomend the unusual Document of the dead which is the comprehensive making of Dawn of the dead. If you have information on any other releases then Id appreciate an eMail because I know that in USA there are several laserdisc versions and other ones which Id love to get my hands on. Various bits of memoribelia are also available such as posters, laserdiscs and cd's. If anyone knows where I can get the Dawn of the dead soundtrack on CD then please eMail me because I really want to buy it!

There is also an alternative ending to dawn which was never made and is what the director originally wanted. The ending involved the two final characters dieing, both commit suicide, one uses a gun and the other leaps into the spinning propellar of a helicopter (deliberately?) . During the end credits the helicopter can be seen with its propellar spinning round, then as the last credit rolls up the fuel runs out and the helicopter splutters to a stop. This tells us that even if they had not commited suicide they were still bound to die. Romero scrapped this ending because he 'liked the characters too much'. Although Romero is sure that they never shot this scene, Tom Savini is sure they did shoot it and it is lying around somewhere (right where's that map to Pittsburgh!!). Im not sure what to believe because Romero would never forget something like that but then again Savini would never hallucinate something like that either! One Rumour was that the scene was lost in a warehouse flood incident. All I know for sure is that if anyone actually has that ending now, then it is worth a lot of money, Im sure millions of Dawn fans would pay thousands for the orginal ending to dawn in 16mm film format!!