{"id":35792,"date":"2024-05-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35792"},"modified":"2024-05-18T20:45:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T00:45:34","slug":"the-crazies-1973-written-directed-by-george-a-romero-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35792","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Crazies&#8221; (1973) written &amp; directed by George A. Romero \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z052024zview_thecrazies73.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"756\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Crazies <\/strong><\/em>(1973)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>George A. Romero<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>George A. Romero <\/strong>based on <em>The Mad People <\/em>by<strong> Paul McCollough<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lloyd Hollar, Richard France, Ned Schmidtke, George A. Romero <\/strong>and <strong>A.C. McDonald.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Why are the good people dying?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When a military plane crashes near a small town, the water supply is contaminated with a powerful bio-weapon.\u00a0 Soon townspeople are starting to act violent towards themselves and each other.\u00a0 When the military shows up the town is put on lockdown.\u00a0 As more citizens and soldiers become infected, the decision to nuke the town becomes more likely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Will anyone survive?<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Romero was given a micro-budget for filming.\u00a0 Most of the actors had little to no training and were locals.\u00a0 Even some high school students played soldiers in hazmat suits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The burning house was actually being used by local firefighters for a training exercise.\u00a0 Romero got permission to film it.<\/p>\n<p>Remade in 2010 starring Timothy (<em>Justified)<\/em>\u00a0Olyphant and Radha (<em>Pitch Black)<\/em>\u00a0Mitchell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\"><em><strong>The Crazies <\/strong><\/em>(1973) rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z052024zview_thecrazies73b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crazies (1973) Director: George A. 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