DAY

OF

THE

DEAD

(The original script)

by George A. Romero

	FADE IN:



1	EXT. THE EMPTY STREET OF A CITY - DAY



No people. A FEW CARS AND TRUCKS are parked at odd angles, abandoned.

A TITLE FADES IN, one phrase at a time.
FIVE YEARS...

SINCE THE DEAD FIRST WALKED.



2	EXT. THE CITY - DAY



We hear THE SOUND OF A STRONG WIND. DEBRIS flutters through the

streets. A LARGE ALLIGATOR slithers into frame, stops and looks

around.
MONTAGE: as MORE GATORS explore the empty streets, knocking over

GARBAGE CANS, upsetting the MANNEQUINS in A DEPARTMENT STORE WINDOW.

A GATOR crawls out through the open doors of AN ABANDONED BANK. LOOSE

BILLS are dragged along under the animal's tail. They flutter away on

the WIND.
3	EXT. THE CITY - DAY


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