Death Race 2000
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. 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. David Carradine stars as "Frankenstein", the leading champion of the race, who is targeted by an underground rebel movement seeking to abolish the race. The cast also features Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth, Mary Woronov, Martin Kove, and Don Steele.
Plot
After the "World Crash of '79", massive civil unrest and economic ruin occurred. The United States government is restructured into a totalitarian regime under martial law. To pacify the population, the government has created the Transcontinental Road Race, where a group of drivers race across the country in their high-powered cars, and which is infamous for violence, gore, and innocent pedestrians being struck and killed for bonus points.
Cast
- Arnold Marquis
- Charles B. Griffith
- Don Steele
- Fred Grandy
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- John Landis
- Joyce Jameson
- Klaus Kindler
- Lewis Teague
- Louisa Moritz
- Marianne Gross
- Martin Kove
- Mary Woronov
- Paul Bartel
- Roberta Collins
- Simone Griffeth
- Stan Ross
- Sylvester Stallone
- Thomas Danneberg
- Tommi Piper
- Vince Trankina
More details
| author | Charles B. Griffith Ib Melchior Robert Thom |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Paul Bartel |
| editor | Tina Hirsch |
| events | car |
| genre | action adventure comedy science fiction |
| keywords | calamity jane civil unrest disfigured face forced to kill frankenstein hand grenade kill land mine machine gun martial law mutilate national hero neo-nazi neo-nazism set up theme totalitarian regime wound wrestle |
| musicBy | Paul Chihara |
| producer | Roger Corman |
| productionCompany | New World Pictures |
| publisher | New World Pictures |
| theme | dystopian exploitation independent professional wrestling road movie satirical science fiction action the future |