| | | The Last Man Alive...is Not Alone!
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Welcome to the future. Biological war has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets foraging for supplies. And makes damn sure he gets undercover before sundown, when other "inhabitants" emerge.The Omega Man adapts Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend into a high-impact, high-tension saga of a fate not far removed from reality. Charlton Heston is Neville, fending off attacks by The Family, sinister neopeople spawned by the plague. He also becomes a man with a mission after meeting Lisa (Rosalind Cash), another uninfected survivor - and guardian of some healthy children representing our species' hope.
"Charlton Heston turns in a fine performance..." At-A-Glance Film Reviews
"...a historic relic most significant for being part of the Heston sci-fi genre..." John A. Nesbit, ToxicUniverse.com
"Visually striking..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
The last survivor of germ warfare hides from nocturnal mutants in a fortified mansion, gathering supplies by day from a deserted L.A. whose streets are strewn with the post-apocalyptic flotsam of the super-funky '70s. Based on Richard Matheson's novel I AM A LEGEND, made before as THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (1964) with Vincent Price.
Plot Summary
In the aftermath of a bacteriological war, the future of mankind hangs in the balance. Only a chosen few have survived the mutating effects of germ warfare unharmed. A small enclave of healthy, stalwart resistors has formed a camp where, for the moment, they live peacefully. The other human survivors are terribly disfigured mutants who walk the earth at night in search of prey.
| Features | All-New Introduction By Co-Stars Eric Laneuville & Paul Koslo & Screenwriter Joyce H. Corrington | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital Mono | | Charlton Heston Sci-Fi Movies Essay | | Dubbed: French | | Interactive Menus | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Vintage Documentary: The Last Man Alive - The Omega Man |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 5/6/2008 |
| Original Release Date: 1971 | | Catalog ID: 116321 | | UPC: 00085391163213 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen/Standard 1.85:1/1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew | Anthony Zerbe | | Charlton Heston | | Paul Koslo | | Rosalind Cash | | Boris Sagal - Director | | John William Corrington - Screenplay | | Joyce Hooper Corrington - Screenplay | | Richard Matheson - Based On Novel By | | Ron Grainer - Original Music By | | Russell Metty - Cinematographer | | Walter M. Simonds - Art Director | | Walter Seltzer - Producer | | William H. Ziegler - Editor |
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| | Professional Reviews | Empire
3 stars out of 5 -- "[An] agreeably funky refit, which is part post-apocalyptic thriller, part requiem for the '60s." 01/01/2008 194DVD Verdict 9 of 10
The Omega Man does so many things right that when the two things it gets completely wrong rear their ugly, ill-considered heads it's almost enough to destroy the entire film. Director Boris Sagal, a veteran of television, does one of the better jobs of conveying a post-Armageddon environment for his characters to function in. It is rare when his abandoned streets and empty shops feel like back lots or sound stages. There is an attention to detail (the beginning of vegetation overgrowth, masses of intertwined cobwebs) that really sells the isolation and desertion...Heston is a very physical actor, a presence that's not model attractive or body builder perfect, but does resonate a strong, heroic determination...Charlton Heston proves in The Omega Man that he could handle the role of sole survivor very well. Too bad he had to be handed a gassy, grassroots geek patrol for a nemesis. - Bill Gibron
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
If anybody has to be the last man in the world, I suppose it might as well be Charlton Heston. At least we know we're in good hands. He outmaneuvered the apes in "Planet of the Apes," so why not send him up against the ghouls in "The Omega Man"? They're not a whole lot smarter...Heston is the only truly immune man, but he stumbles across a band of survivors who haven't yet fallen to the plague, and provides them with a serum that will save the human race. This band includes Rosalind Cash, who is engagingly brash and rescues Heston from cremation..."The Omega Man" is based on an uncredited novel by Richard Matheson. I wonder if it was I Am Legend, a very good work about the last normal man left in a world of vampires. He held them off with mirrors, crosses, and garlic--the usual mixture -- and did very nearly as well as Heston with his spotlights. - Roger Ebert
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