Why does Frank say “back in 1969…” to describe the original case that inspired Night of the Living Dead when the film came out in 1968?
The original script reported the case as 1966. NOTLD began shooting in 1967 but didn’t catch on as a cult film widely until 1969. In production, Dan felt it would be better if Frank’s facts sounded more unreliable, the way people really are, not remembering dates that well. Maybe the tanks came to the warehouse years after the fact. It was merely Frank’s rough recollection.
