Death race 1973 movie

The german tank actually had correct markings for one used in north africa, the p40 was about the right series, the clothing and weapons were all pretty much correctexcept for two glaring goofs. A german general lloyd bridges in a tank chases two americans in a fighter plane across the desert in north africa. This movie should be an action packed fast paced scifi, instead it is slow, tedious, weakly scifi. Anderson stated in the dvd commentary that he thought of the film as something of a prequel. In those days i was a budding teenage world war two movie enthusiast who tended, at that impressionable age, to believe war film plots were akin to actual history. Doug mcclure in death race 1973 opening credits youtube. Death race 1973 11111973 us war, tv movie 1h 30m user score.

In the worlds most dangerous prison, a new game is born. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. When repentant convict carl lucas discovers theres a price on his head, his only hope is to survive a twisted race against an army of hardened criminals and trickedout cars. Death race is an arcade game developed and released by exidy in the united states, first shipping to arcade distributors on april 1, 1976. Anderson stated in the dvd commentary that he thought of the film as a prequel of death race 2000. Death race 212 movie clip prison cafeteria fight 2008 hd by movieclips. Action, drama, period pieces 70 minutes full screen color english. Featuring david carradine at the height of his kung fu fame and sylvester stallone a year before rocky, death race 2000 was a major drivein hit in 1975. Anderson stated in the dvd commentary that he thought of the film as something of a prequel a remake had been in development since 2002, though production was delayed by disapproval of early screenplays. Death race 98, as seen in the games original announcement. Thanos is one of the most powerful villains in the marvel universe and has clashed with many heroes including the avengers, the. In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kills brutality.

This epic stars lloyd bridges and doug mcclure and is set in north africa in 1942. The british army, followed by america air support, continued raids well into the heartof the retreating germans. The films authority figures a prison warden and her guards are uniformly depicted as. Death race 2008 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 wifes murder. The character has been played by david carradine, jason statham, luke goss, dougray scott, manu bennett, and velislav pavlov. In the year 2012, the economy of the us collapses, causing unemployment and crime rates to skyrocket, and a sharp increase of convicted criminals, which leads to privatized prisons for profit. Del culpepper, a curtiss p40 pilot reluctantly recruited in very much the same way as willliam holden by jack.

Doug mcclure was always good, even if some of his movies werent. Death race 1973 a german general lloyd bridges in a tank chases two americans in a fighter plane across the desert in north africa. Excon jensen ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our postindustrial worlds most popular sport. With lloyd bridges, roy thinnes, eric braeden, doug mcclure. The crosscountry race, an homage to the recent blockbuster death race and the original death race movies, takes a slow motion approach to the race. Copying from 1975 the film death race 2000 and the 1987 schwarzenegger film the running man as well as computer games like carmageddon or destruction derby, andersons death even though the story line is incredibly thin, anderson. In the north african desert in world war ii, a crippled american fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing nazi tank. Action, drama, period pieces 70 minutes full screen color english lloyd bridges gloriously unconvincing german accent is but one of the guilty pleasures of death race. This is a terrific variation on moby dick, and is one of those stories from the 70s madefortv movie heyday. In the film, two p40 pilots engage a german tank and are shot. The british army, followed by america air support, continued raids well into the.

Death race 1973 in the north african desert in world war ii, a crippled american fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing nazi tank. The film takes place in a dystopian american society in. This was a good movie a damaged p40 against a german tank in the desert. Opening credits and scenes from the 1973 tv movie, death race. We know that the game had a different working title. Jan 29, 2015 death race 2000 is a 1975 cult action film directed by paul bartel, and starring david carradine, simone griffeth and sylvester stallone. From gran prix or le mans through death race 2000, mad max and the wraith to a new generation. Death racers is from another franchise which has no connection with the death race series. Death race aka state of division 1973 abc tv movie youtube. With jason statham, joan allen, tyrese gibson, ian mcshane.

Terminal island is home to a televised gladiatorstyle race called the death race, and ames soon finds himself forced to race by the tyrannical warden hennessey. In death race, the objective became to run into gremlins to gain score. Copying from 1975 the film death race 2000 and the 1987 schwarzenegger film the running man as well as computer games like carmageddon or destruction derby, andersons death even though the story line is incredibly thin, anderson still managed to leave open a number of plot holes. Death race 2000 1975 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Made for television, death squad focuses on a group of renegade police responsible for the murder of shady crooksespecially the ones who have avoided conviction on small technicalities. Death race 2000 is a 1975 cult action film directed by paul bartel, and starring david carradine, simone griffeth and sylvester stallone. Thanos is a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. I first saw death race as a television movie in 1973 and undoubtedly as a late night movie afterward. With david carradine, sylvester stallone, simone griffeth, mary woronov. Death race 1973 cast and crew a german general lloyd bridges in a tank chases two americans in a fighter plane across the desert in north africa. Death race 2 shows how to make an entertaining movie with such a reduced budget 45 death race 3 continues the story of the second with the same director who doesnt faulter this time around and produces the same quality movie seen before with a location change to south africa which adds much more variety to the games itself while allowing a. The game was a modification of exidys 1975 game destruction derby in which players crashed into cars to accrue points.

Death race is a 2008 remake although director paul w. The image measures 303 491 pixels and is 155 kilobytes large. Death race 1990 video game, a remake of the 1976 game. State of division, was a made for tv movie, that for the time especially, was very well done. Lloyd bridges gloriously unconvincing german accent is but one of the guilty pleasures of death race. This title may have been too close to the movie death race 2000, and the number was dropped before release. The fact this is a tv movie from 1973 shows how bad modern day films have.

Mildly miffed maxine was a big disappointment and so i had fairly low expectations of death race when i came across it on amazon prime video. Even though the story line is incredibly thin, anderson still managed to leave open a number of plot holes. Although its based on 70s exploitation film death race 2000, this movie forgoes the original films overthetop satire in favor of even moreoverthetop action. Made for television, death squad focuses on a group of renegade police responsible for the murder of shady crooksespecially the ones who have avoided conviction on. Within the film universe, the character is an alias taken on by other characters who participate in the titular race. Inferno, 20 sequel to the 2011 film and prequel to the 2008 film, since it takes place between the 2011 and 2008 films. The german tank actually had correct markings for one used in north africa, the p40 was about the right series, the clothing and weapons were all. Sep 22, 20 opening credits and scenes from the 1973 tv movie, death race. Death race tv movie 1973 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This was a great movie, hope that it becomes available on dvd. I actualy was able to see some of the location during filming at superstition hills, just. In the north african desert in world war ii, a damaged american. In the north african desert in world war ii, a damaged american fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing nazi tank. This transfer is manufactured on demand and is presented on premium dvdr with thermal disc print in a clear plastic wallet.