Where was Dawn of the Dead (1978) filmed?
1978 American horror film by George A. Romero
Dawn of the Dead (1978) was filmed in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh — 2 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the Night of the Living Dead film series
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Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
Pittsburgh
🇺🇸 United States
city and county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Philadelphia
🇺🇸 United States
largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and seat of Philadelphia County
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 4 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Monroeville
🇺🇸 United States
home rule municipality of Pennsylvania, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Allegheny County
🇺🇸 United States
county in southwestern Pennsylvania, United States
“The skeleton was on display at a costume shop in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, before County Coroner Joshua Perper confiscated it in 1982.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Pittsburgh Monroeville Airport
🇺🇸 United States
airport in Monroeville, Pennsylvania
“The airfield scenes were filmed at the Harold W. Brown Memorial Airfield in Monroeville, an airport located about two miles from the mall.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
East Liberty
🇺🇸 United States
neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
“The gun store was also not located in the mall—for filming, the crew used Firearms Unlimited, a shop that existed in the East Liberty district of Pittsburgh at the time.” Wikipedia
Places whose own article says it was shot there
2 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Pittsburgh Monroeville Airport United States
“The airfield was used as a filming location in a pivotal scene in the 1978 horror film Dawn of the Dead, and an exterior set of Jordy Verrill's space-grass-covered farmhouse was constructed on a grassy slope behind the main runway for the 1982 George A. Romero/Stephen King film Creepshow.” Wikipedia
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Monroeville Mall United States
“The Monroeville Mall was the filming location for the 1978 zombie movie Dawn of the Dead, directed by George A. Romero.” Wikipedia
Also shot in these places
- The Silence of the Lambs 1991
- The Avengers 2012
- Independence Day 1996
- The Dark Knight Rises 2012
- The Deer Hunter 1978
- Pretty Woman 1990
- RoboCop 1987
- Night of the Living Dead 1968
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012
- Jack Reacher 2012
- Dogma 1999
- Warrior 2011
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Dawn of the Dead have?
2 places recorded on Wikidata, and 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Avengers (2012), Independence Day (1996), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.