I discovered an interesting video regarding Dawn of the Dead 1979 (and I'm sticking with 1979, because that's when the movie hit mass distribution; a test-run preview occurred in 1978, no more or less; it's an official, 1979 release, period.). The video comes from Captain Gold and delves into the original ending conceived by George A. Romero for his flesh-eating zombie epic, which would have depicted Peter (Ken Foree) and the pregnant Fran (Galen Ross) committing suicide: Peter would have shot himself in the head and Fran would have raised hers into their helicopter's blades.
I'm glad Peter and Fran survived at the end of the movie, although if they had perished, the outcome would have better mirrored Night of the Living Dead's. Also, I've never had a problem with characters dying in movies (unless it's a dog or cat and then my feathers tend to get ruffled). For the most part, great poignancy flows from a major character's demise: case in point, Godzilla's "fatal" meltdown in Godzilla vs Destoroyah. (I know a clueless crybaby who still bemoans that one, to which I say, "Grow the hell up! Imagi characters never truly die. They're designed for resurrection [though sometimes they reappear through prologues, but same damn difference], or have you missed the obvious, perennial point of Star Trek II & III or how about the clever flow between Logan and Deadpool & Wolverine? Oh, and getting back to good ol' Gojira, how many times have we've seen the big guy stomp across the screen after death and/or defeat before or since Destroyah? Capisce?")
Anyhow, Captain Gold's sincere synopsis of the considered Dawn of the Dead ending has been inserted above, but the essay speculates as well on what may have happened to Peter and Fran after the credits rolled. In other words, how long would they have survived beyond the mall? The video's conjecture and the viewers' comments resonate with me. I think they'll resonate with you, too. Why not give the piece a nice, zombie-fied whirl?
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