Document of the Dead VHS [Signed by Foree, Emge, Schiff, and Krut]

New York: Studio Entertainment / Off Hollywood Video, [1989]. VHS cassette in foil-embossed slipcover. Light rubbing to edges and corners of slipcover, but no splits. Cassette solid and sturdy; "297" written in lightly-visible grease pen on underside. Untested. Signed in gold and silver marker by actors Ken Foree, David "Flyboy" Emge, Marty Schiff, and "Helicopter Zombie" Jim Krut. Roy Frumkes' documentary on Romero's films, largely shot on location during the production of Dawn of the Dead. The film features conversations about process while walking through the Monroeville Mall between takes, interviews with Tom Savini and other cast and crew, and plenty of behind-the-scenes footage. Originally screened as a 66-minute cut, the commercial cut through Off Hollywood Video was updated to include new interviews with Romero on the set of Two Evil Eyes and was released on video with an 85-minute runtime (though the cassette says 79). From the estate of Nick "Bomba" Tallo (1947-2022), who played the motorcycle raider who sprayed zombies with a seltzer bottle. A mainstay in Pittsburgh film and television production, Tallo worked, most often as a grip or gaffer, on Romero's films from Knightriders through Two Evil Eyes, Savini's Night of the Living Dead remake, and on dozens of films and television series, from Sleepaway Camp and The Mothman Prophecies to The Dark Knight Rises. Occasionally he would snag a bit role as well. His long-standing job was with Pittsburgh PBS station WQED spanning almost 30 years and 570 episodes as floor manager on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, where he was known and beloved for his humor and regular on-set pranks, and where he met George Romero, who was himself an early second-unit director and cameraman for the show.…