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Death Race 2000
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Death Race 2000 is a 1975 American action science fiction film directed by Paul Bartel and produced by Roger Corman. The screenplay was written by Charles B. Griffith and Ib Melchior, with Melchior also serving as the source author. The cast includes David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone, and Louisa Moritz. Filmed in English, the movie was distributed by New World Pictures.
The narrative is set in New York City and centers on cars. It has a runtime of 80 minutes and was composed by Paul Chihara, with editing by Tina Hirsch and cinematography by Tak Fujimoto. The production had a budget of 300000 and grossed 8000000 at the box office. The film received an R rating and holds various review scores, including 81%, 6.7/10, and 58/100. It is part of the Death Race (1975) Collection and has a derivative work titled Death Race.
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6.1In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.
Cast
- David Carradine as Frankenstein
- Simone Griffeth as Annie Smith
- Sylvester Stallone as Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
- Mary Woronov as Calamity Jane
- Roberta Collins as Matilda the Hun
- Martin Kove as Nero the Hero
Themes
- dystopia
- reality spoof
- street race
- death game
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
32,899 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 1975
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- car
- Director
- Paul Bartel
- Screenwriter
- Ib Melchior
- Composer
- Paul Chihara
- Producer
- Roger Corman
- Cinematographer
- Tak Fujimoto
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 78
- FilmAffinity ID
- 326133
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- publication date
- 1984-03-27
- film editor
- Tina Hirsch
- title
- Death Race 2000
- distributed by
- New World Pictures
- capital cost
- 300000
- after a work by
- Ib Melchior
- derivative work
- Death Race
- review score
- 58/100
- box office
- 8000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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