The Omega Man
by Boris Sagal
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Actor: Anthony Zerbe, Charlton Heston, Eric Laneuville, Paul Koslo, Rosalind CashDirector: Boris Sagal
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-03-06
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of The Omega Man
DVD Review: One of my favorite "Post Apocalyptic" films of the 70's
Summary: 5 Stars
Charlton Heston at his best. Suave, 70's cool, with a little Black Power tossed in for good measure. This film is totally 70's with a great retelling of the 1950's "Last Man on Earth." If you saw and liked "I am Legend," it was a remake of this film. DVD Review: Omega Man HD
Summary: 5 Stars
I haven't had a chance to view it because you can only play it on Blu-ray, which I don't have and didn't know I needed. The details for the product need to be clearer because that was no where in the listing.DVD Review: things to know first hand
Summary: 5 Stars
The Omega Man [HD DVD]
I purchased the wrong dvd. I thought by having an upconvert dvd player that this was the correct product. I have since returned and purchased the correct product.
DVD Review: Omega man remade as I am ledgend 2008
Summary: 4 Stars
I had forgotten the chessy 70's feel, but the kids enjoyed it. They edited the last sceen where Heston dies and falls over the fountain with a shadow resembeling the Cross. Still a good waste of an hour or so. DVD Review: FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Carleton Heston remains in iconic movie figure long after he made his last (truly) great movie. What can one say about this brilliantly talent actor? His chiseled handsome face, his gallant stance, or his extraordinary presence of mind in any emotional role, make up the sum total of great American actors. Like Marlon Brando, James Dean, Heston grew to become as overwhelming in life as his characters in film. In the latter stages of his career, Heston saw great potential in science-fiction as a means to present biting social commentary. Heston's "Planet of the Apes", "Soylent Green", and the "Omega Man" remain sterling examples of the best science fiction films around. In the Omega Man, Heston's "Robert Neville" is the last man on earth. A military scientist, Neville is the creator a vaccine that counters a deadly bacilli weapon that is slowly wiping out humanity. Immune, Neville becomes the last man on earth. Slowly being driven mad by his isolation and the mob of albino mutants outside his fortress home, Neville lives life one day at a time, talking to himself and lamenting the world outside. Then, with an encounter with a group of uninfected survivors, Neville's ambition is restored. He manufactures a vaccine from his own blood and chooses to believe in a better world again. Heston channels all his greatest roles, from Moses to Ben Hur, and makes the restoration of Neville's hope that much more stirring and profound. Anthony Zerbe's performance as the former-news anchor/mad messiah is an amazing piece of dark comedy and high-camp. And the supporting cast are all strong in this excellent movie. In addition, the HD version is a clean and brilliant restoration worthy of this classic.
Description of The Omega Man
Science fiction took a grim turn in the 1970s--the heyday of Agent Orange, nuclear peril, and Watergate. Suddenly, most of our possible futures took on a "last man on Earth" flavor, with The Omega Man topping the doom-struck heap.Charlton Heston plays the government researcher behind the ultimate biological weapon, a deadly plague that has ravaged humanity. There are two groups of survivors: a dwindling band of immune humans and an infected, psychopathic mob of light-hating quasi-vampires. The infected are led by Mathias, a clever, charismatic man set on destroying the last remnants of the civilization that produced the plague. Heston has a vaccine--but he and the few remaining normals are outnumbered and outgunned. By day, he builds a makeshift version of the nuclear family (with Rosalind Cash as his afro-wearing, gun-toting little lady). They plan for the future while roaming freely through an empty urban landscape, taking what few pleasures life has left. By night, they defend themselves against the growing horde of plague victims. Both a bittersweet romance and a gothic cautionary tale, The Omega Man paints a convincing portrait of hope and despair. It ain't pretty, but it's a great movie. --Grant Balfour
Charlton Heston plays humankind's last hope, the last survivor of a hellish, germ-warfare doomsday, fighting off fiendish subhuman mutants that stalk by night. Bonus featurette - The Last Man Alive. Starring: Charlton Heston, Rosalind Cash, Anthony Zerbe Year: 1971 Sound: ENG, FR; Subtitles: ENG, FR Screen Format: Side A: Standard; Side B: Wiedescreen
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