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Death Race 2000 is a 1975 American dystopian science-fiction action film directed by Paul Bartel and produced by Roger Corman for New World Pictures. [4] Set in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, the film centers on the murderous Transcontinental Road Race, in which participants score points by striking and killing pedestrians.
The 1976 video game Death Race was inspired by the film Death Race 2000. A remake of the same name was released in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System . The video game Maze Death Race , released in 1982 for the ZX81 and in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum , resembles the film by its cover artwork, title, and car-driving content.
Death Race. Death Race 2000, a 1975 cult action film; Death Race, a remake of Death Race 2000; Death Race 2, 2010 prequel to the 2008 film; Death Race 3: Inferno, 2013 film set between the 2008 and 2010 films; Death Race 2050, a 2017 sequel to Death Race 2000; Death Race: Beyond Anarchy, a 2018 sequel to the 2008 film
The film was intended as a follow-up to Death Race 2000 (1975), only with motorcycles instead of cars. [2] Corman had a commitment with David Carradine to have him as a star under a five-picture contract that he had signed with the actor, and had gotten Charles B. Griffith to write a script. However, Corman was unhappy with the script. [3]
Death Race is a 2008 dystopian action thriller film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson.It stars Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, and Joan Allen.. Though referred to as a remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000 (which in turn is based on Ib Melchior's short story "The Racer") in reviews and marketing materials, director Paul W. S. Anderson stated in the DVD commentary that he ...
In the 2008 remake of the 1975 film, ex-race driver Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) is imprisoned on Terminal Island after he is framed for his wife's murder. Terminal Island is home to a televised gladiator-style race called the Death Race, and Ames soon finds himself forced to race by the tyrannical Warden Hennessey . Ames must assume the mantle ...
He is best known for writing the screenplay for Death Race 2000 (1975), ... They were separated at the time of his death in 1979. [2] Thom, then a resident of New ...
Charles Byron Griffith (September 23, 1930 – September 28, 2007) was an American screenwriter, actor, and film director. He was the son of Donna Dameral, radio star of Myrt and Marge, along with Charles' grandmother, Myrtle Vail, and was best known for writing Roger Corman productions such as A Bucket of Blood (1959), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), and Death Race 2000 (1975).