Death Race 2000 - Special Edition
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Actor: Paul BartelDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Death Race 2000 - Special Edition
DVD Review: Will buy more stuff from seller
Summary: 5 Stars
I recived my dvd in plenty of time and in new shape totally awesomw doing busness with youDVD Review: soooooooo very bad
Summary: 1 Stars
I watched this for the first time last night and boy was I disappointed. What was the purpose of this movie? It was wrong on so many fronts. The acting was horrid, the speacial effects were sub-par, and the plot was as poorly written as anything thing that I have ever seen. This was really bad movie. I am suprised that Sly was never able to make other movie again after this. Barrow it, rent it, download it but do not waste $20 of your hard earned money on this. DVD Review: Poor copy of a poor movie.
Summary: 3 Stars
Wanted my own copy of this poorly done movie. This is a poor quality reproduction/copy of this movie. Crappy movie, crappy cd, perfect! Got what I paid for.DVD Review: greed 2000
Summary: 1 Stars
Great film, but overly price here at Amazon. You can get it new, for half of these ridiculous prices at Ebay. DVD Review: A Race To The Death..Literally
Summary: 5 Stars
This little 1970's gem is a much underrated film of how society can become if seduced and controlled by the media. This is the original Death Race, not to be confused with the loose remake staring Jason Statham.
In this Post-Apocalyptic film David Carradine plays Frankenstein, a man competing in a race that everyone in the world is watching. This of course is not your usual race, the men and women in the cars must eliminate (as in kill) the objects in front of them in the road; these objects go from workers, civilians, seniors and even kids. The way I'm describing it may seem as if this is a macabre film, but to be fully sincere...it isn't...Its mostly sarcastic humor. The movie is pretty much exaggerating the future of the governments control over people. This is definitely i must have for those interested in seeing a classic grind house flick.
MY PERSONAL RATING: 5 OUT OF 5
Description of Death Race 2000 - Special Edition
"Low budget films allow one to experiment, to take chances with a zany idea like DEATH RACE 2000. Paul Bartel had the type of black humor that was required to direct this cross-country racing mayhem; while Chuck Griffith handled 2nd unit direction for the action sequences, featuring futuristic fast cars created by an award-winning designer. To compete with David Carradine's dark hero, I cast Sylvester Stallone as the heavy, whom I had first noticed with his brilliant performance in THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH. This combination was particularly effective, and DEATH RACE 2000 remains one of my most successful films of all time." -- Roger Corman In the year 2000, hit and run has become the national sport. It's a no-holds barred cross-country race, in which the aim is to kill off not only your opponents, but as many pedestrians as possible. David Carradine takes on Sylvester Stallone in this classic adrenaline thriller that will make you look both ways twice before you cross.No doubt about it, Death Race 2000 is one of the greatest B-movies ever made. A crown jewel in the career of B-movie king Roger Corman, it's a sublime example of exploitative filmmaking from a time when Corman's low-budget quickies were about to be swept aside by the blockbuster success of Jaws and Star Wars, and all of its outrageous ingredients combined to create a schlock-movie masterpiece. Liberally infused with director Paul Bartel's macabre sense of humor, Corman's mandatory formula for success (R-rated violence and nudity, served up at least once every 15 minutes) is zanily applied to a near-future scenario (similar to Rollerball, also released in 1975) in which a fascist empire appeases its oppressed citizens with "Death Race 2000," an automotive spectacle in which five costumed racers drive wacky race cars cross-country from New York to "New Los Angeles," scoring points with hit-and-run killings awarded on a sliding scale, with highest points for hitting children and the elderly! In addition to "Calamity Jane" (played by former Andy Warhol acolyte Mary Woronov), "Matilda the Hun" (Roberta Collins), and "Nero the Hero" (Martin Kove), the hottest contestants are "Machine Gun" Joe Viturbo (Sylvester Stallone, on the verge of Rocky stardom) and the reigning champion "Frankenstein" (David Carradine), whose "Death Race" prowess has reached near-mythic proportions.
Filmed for $300,000 on desert-road and freeway locations throughout California's San Fernando Valley, Death Race 2000 packs more entertainment into 78 minutes than most movies can muster in two hours or more. Although it originated as a serious short story by Ib Melchior (best known as the writer-director of The Angry Red Planet), Corman took a cue from Dr. Strangelove and gave the material a satirical spin, resulting in non-graphic road-kills that are more hilarious than horrific, especially with the play-by-play race commentary by legendary disc jockey "The Real Don Steele," whose priceless performance (along with Carradine's deadpan drollery) turns Death Race 2000 into a low-comedy classic. The deadly car bodies were designed by Dean Jeffries (who also customized the "Monkeemobile") and fitted onto Volkswagen chassis, and Bartel's ingenious use of a meager budget epitomized the Corman aesthetic, reaping impressive box-office profits on its way to becoming one of the most beloved cult classics of all time. --Jeff Shannon
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