The Omega Man

Starring:Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Eric Laneuville, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Jill Giraldi, Anna Aries, Brian Tochi, DeVeren Bookwalter, John Dierkes, Monika Henreid, Linda Redfearn, Forrest Wood
Director: Boris Sagal
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
Science fiction took a grim turn in the 1970s--the heyday of Agent Orange, nuclear peril, and Watergate. Suddenly, most of our possible futures took on a "last man on Earth" flavor, with The Omega Man topping the doom-struck heap.

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Science fiction took a grim turn in the 1970s--the heyday of Agent Orange, nuclear peril, and Watergate. Suddenly, most of our possible futures took on a "last man on Earth" flavor, with The Omega Man topping the doom-struck heap.

Description

Charlton Heston plays humankind's last hope, the last survivor of a hellish, germ-warfare doomsday, fighting off fiendish subhuman mutants that stalk by night. Bonus featurette - The Last Man Alive. Starring: Charlton Heston, Rosalind Cash, Anthony Zerbe Year: 1971 Sound: ENG, FR; Subtitles: ENG, FR Screen Format: Side A: Standard; Side B: Wiedescreen

Customer Reviews:

Can You Dig It Baby?.......2007-05-27

Yes it's cheesy and has aged very badly. But as others have pointed it that's part of it's appeal. In a strange way, with the return of gloom and doom, this movies dosen't seem so fantastic anymore. Like it did in the 80's and wealthy 90's.

I like it as a window on the time period that it was made. People talked like that - well at least some did. The clothes, attitudes, politics everhting. It's almost like watching an alternative Earth in which civilization was wiped out in the early 70's. It works and it still packs a wallop in it's own way.

Personally I've always preferred the first edition of Stephen King's The Stand for that same reason. That novel was written in the mid-seventies. The revised edition that came out in 1989 din't work because he changed the dates and cultural references, but it's still obvious that it's a seventies novel. The Omega Man has not been changed. Just roll with it.

Still a good watch after all these years.......2007-05-15

I remember seeing this movie on channel 7's afternoon movie when I came home from school in the 70's and loving it. I watched it again and it is just as good as I remember it. You know how it goes...you remember a great movie you saw as a kid so you go out and buy it, BUT, it turns out to be not so good after all (for example, I remember loving "The Strongest Man In The World" with Kurt Russell but recently saw it again and thought it was a bore). Anyway...

This movie is still great with a great sci-fi story and a great performance by Heston. The only thing that isn't great are the extras. There is only a short behind-the-scenes extra that actually only whets your appetite for more info.

Highly recommended movie.

CHILDHOOD FAVORITE THAT DIDN'T AGE WELL.......2007-05-06

I saw this film at the theater when it was released and I really like it at the time(I still do). It does have a certain charm for me,but a person viewing it now for the first time may not think so. My rating is high because of my memories of it.

A true Sci-Fi classic....turn to an "eh! " type film?.......2007-03-22

Well, it was a good film and a really different version of "Last Man on Earth" and not even that close to the novel "I am Legend". This film is only "so-so", meaning, you'll either will like it or hate it, but, sadly, you'd think they try harder to make a great film. Its a rental at best.

70's.......2007-02-16

This film really shows its' age. Filmed in the 70's, it has the bad clothes and hair of the time. I did laugh when I heard the word "honkey" used. I hadn't heard that since the Jeffersons. This is very losely based on "I Am Legend". For a more pure version of the book, you will need to pick up "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price. Heston is the real star of this movie. His performance is great as the last man on earth. Watching him unravel mentally was terrific. I wish they had spent more time with that aspect of the story before introducing other characters. All in all, it was a terrific story and worth purchasing.

Average customer rating:

The Omega Man
Starring: Anna Aries , Rosalind Cash , John Dierkes , Jill Giraldi , and Monika Henreid
Director: Boris Sagal
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000P0J0BU
Release Date: 2007-05-15

Description

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 unifected survivor - and guardian of some healthy children representing our species' hope. Year: 1971 Sound: ENG, FR; Subtitles: ENG, FR Screen Format: Side A: Standard; Side B: Wiedescreen

Average customer rating:

Can You Dig It Baby?
Still a good watch after all these years
CHILDHOOD FAVORITE THAT DIDN'T AGE WELL
A true Sci-Fi classic....turn to an "eh! " type film?
70's

The Omega Man [Region 2]
Starring: Charlton Heston , Anthony Zerbe , Rosalind Cash , Paul Koslo , and Eric Laneuville
Director: Boris Sagal
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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