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The Running Man
The Running Man is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Michael Glaser from a screenplay by Steven E. de Souza. It is loosely based on the 1982 novel The Running Man by Stephen King (under his pseudonym Richard Bachman). Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura, the film is set in a dystopic and totalitarian future United States, where a state-controlled broadcaster airs a deadly game show in which convicted criminals, known as "runners", must survive pursuit by themed gladiatorial assassins called "stalkers". The story follows Captain Ben Richards (Schwarzenegger), a framed police officer forced to compete on the show, who becomes an unlikely symbol of resistance against a corrupt government and its manipulative media machine.
Plot
By 2017, following a worldwide economic collapse and resource scarcity, the United States has become a totalitarian police state. The government maintains control through propaganda, censoring unsanctioned art, music, and communication. The state-controlled broadcaster ICS runs the nation's most popular program, The Running Man, a game show in which prisoners can earn their freedom by surviving as "runners" against lethal "stalkers".
Cast
- Anthony Pena
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Charles Kalani
- Dey Young
- Dona Hardy
- Dweezil Zappa
- Edward Bunker
- Erland van Lidth
- Franco Columbu
- George P. Wilbur
- Jesse Ventura
- Jim Brown
- Ken Lerner
- Kurt Fuller
- Lin Shaye
- Lynne Marie Stewart
- María Conchita Alonso
- Marvin J. McIntyre
- Mick Fleetwood
- Richard Dawson
- Rodger Bumpass
- Sven-Ole Thorsen
- Yaphet Kotto
More details
| author | Stephen King Steven E. de Souza |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Paul Michael Glaser |
| editor | Edward A. Warschilka John Wright Mark Warner |
| genre | action science fiction social thriller |
| keywords | abandon airport security arrest brand cheer claim first time food riot game game show hunt kill labor camp murder news report police state rat resistance fighter retire rocket sled running man shock sprinkler system studio audience survive think wound |
| musicBy | Harold Faltermeyer |
| producer | George Linder Tim Zinnemann |
| productionCompany | Keith Barish Productions Taft Entertainment Pictures |
| publisher | Tri-Star Pictures |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles |
| theme | chase death dystopian science fiction action social science fiction the future |