Death Race 2000 (1975)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.1/10   

Réalisateur:

Paul Bartel

Writers:

Ib Melchior (story)
Robert Thom (writer) ...

Release Date:

27 avril 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Sport

Accroche:

In The Year 2000 Hit And Run Driving Is No Longer A Felony. It's The National Sport!

Plot:

A champion of a brutal cross-country car race of the future where pedestrians are run down for points...

Plot Keywords:

Race | President | Automobile | Hit And Run | B Movie

Avis des utilisateurs:

A Parody of a Parody...

Ensemble

David Carradine	...	Frankenstein
Simone Griffeth	...	Annie Smith
Sylvester Stallone	...	Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
Mary Woronov	...	Calamity Jane
Roberta Collins	...	Matilda the Hun
Martin Kove	...	Nero the Hero
Louisa Moritz	...	Myra
Don Steele	...	Junior Bruce (as The Real Don Steele)
Joyce Jameson	...	Grace Pander
Carle Bensen	...	Harold
Sandy McCallum	...	Mr. President
Paul Laurence	...	Special agent
Harriet Medin	...	Thomasina Paine
Vince Trankina	...	Lt. Fury
Bill Morey	...	Deacon

Autre(s) titre(s):

La course à la mort de l'an 2000 (France) [fr]
Les seigneurs de la route (France) (video title) [fr]

Durée:

USA:84 min | Argentina:84 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Brazilian Sign Language | Espagnol

Couleur:

Couleur (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Son:

Mono | Stereo | Dolby | Dolby Digital | DTS

Classification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Netherlands:18 (original rating) | Argentina:18 (re-rating) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Netherlands:16 (re-rating) | Australia:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Finland:K-18 | Germany:16 (2002) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | UK:X (original rating) | Norway:18 (DVD release) (2003) (uncut version) | Norway:16 (video) (1988) (heavily cut) | Norway:(Banned) (1976-2003) (cinema release) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2002)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Chet Holifield Federal Building - 24000 Avila Road, Laguna Niguel, California, USA

Company:

New World Pictures

Anecdotes:

Was theatrically re-released in France in the mid-80s with its title changed from the accurate translation "Course a la Mort de l'an 2000, la" to a more evasive "Seigneurs de la Route, les" (meaning "Lords of the Road"). This time, David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone shared the top billing on the posters.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In the theatrical version and all video versions up to the "Roger Corman's Classics" release, there were some errors that have since been corrected. Traffic has been cropped from the shot when Machine Gun Joe runs over the man hanging the "Frankenstein" banner on the street (which previously made nonsense of the earlier newscast of "citizens staying off the streets"). A crewmember previously visible when Joe runs down the fisherman has also been cropped out.

Guillemet:

Junior: Frankenstein! Frankenstein the legend, Frankenstein the indestructible! Sole survivor of the titanic pile-up of '95, only two-time winner of the Transcontinental Road Race... Frankenstein! Ripped up, wiped out, battered, shattered, creamed, and reamed... a dancer on the brink of death... Frankenstein, who lost a leg in '98, an arm in '99! With half a face and half a chest, and all the guts in the world, he's back!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Dead End (1985)

A Parody of a Parody...

Death Race parodies so many things it's hard to know where to begin. America-centrism (the government blame the French for everything), professional sports, pro wrestling (the drivers are badly acted "theme" types), Big Brother, and just about everything else you could name. At the same time it panders to the blood lust of the audience with cartoon violence. Sylvester Stallone is hilarious as a driver with the mannerisms of a 30's gangster, practicing on his accent for the Rocky movies. A must -see.