Price: $19.99 as of 03/20/2010 06:30 EDT
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305261315
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305261318
Label: New Concorde
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0EnglishUnknownDolby Digital 2.0
Manufacturer: New Concorde
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Concorde
Release Date: February 23, 1999
Running Time: 84 minutes
Studio: New Concorde
Theatrical Release Date: April 27, 1975
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Product Description:
Australia released, NTSC/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Two cult 70s exploitation classics from legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman!
Death Race 2000 this classic schlock/exploitation road race deals with ultra-violent sport in a futuristic society, with road race drivers scoring points by running down pedestrians! David Carradine (Kill Bill), clad in a spooky black leather outfit, is the demonic national champion driver, while his main challenger is the thug-like Sylvester Stallone.
Death Sport Following Death Race, Corman quickly recast David Carradine, this time as a rebel warrior in the year 3000 paired with B-movie vixen Claudia Jennings. The resulting mix of barbarians and bikers is a must for exploitation junkies.
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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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This is the best movie of all time. Well ok maybe not but it sure is hilarious. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves classic B-movies.
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This movie should never have been redone. The 1978 version is so much better, you cannot remake a movie that was set up to be in the future, if said future is already been here and gone! I loved it and so did my boyfriend.
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was not good did not play like it supose to , kept stopping after every sene . it was sad cause I gave it as a gift n dust work right :-( they should give me a DVD that work right
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I just watched this movie again for the first time in 10 years and it is still hilarious fun (most definitely NOT) for the whole family.
Every scene is the film is truly memorable, especially when Sylvester Stallone appears as Machine Gun Joe Viturbo, ever the irate second fiddle to David Carradine's Frankenstein.
What's great about this movie is that the filmmakers obviously knew how ridiculous and fun the madness could be and played up that angle instead of the brutality of the kills. Don't get me wrong, the kills are still gory, but there is a tinge of humor to each one that takes the edge off.
The film's short running time is one of its strengths as well, allowing the audience just enough breathing room before the next high speed hack and slash.
If you have a thing for broad, bloody, action comedy, this one's for you!
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Let me start off by saying that I LOVE this movie. It's one of my favorites and I'm a huge fan of both David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone. So why am I giving this product one star? Because the DVD itself is the worst quality DVD I own. The packaging looks like something you'd find at a dollar store. The DVD has no features, just chapter selection, which happens to be its biggest and most egregious fault. The menu itself looks about the same quality as projects I did in high school.
Imagine my excitement watching one of my favorite films, which I finally own, when for unknown reasons after the first chapter the movie stops and switches to the chapter selection screen. A minor fault with the disk or possibly the DVD player? No. I resume the film and it continues to stop the movie after each and every chapter, returning to the chapter selection screen, forcing me to pick up the remote and select the next chapter. As much as I want to become immersed in this awesome world of violence, women, and lovably bad special effects, I can't.
DO NOT purchase this DVD. While Death Race 2000 may be a fantastic movie, this abhorrent DVD quality is simply impossible to overlook.
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