Omega Man

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Overview

This second film adaptation of Richard Matheson's science-fiction novel I Am Legend the first version being The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price unfolds in a post-apocalyptic 1976. Charlton Heston is Robert Neville, the sole recipient of a serum that enabled him to survive an onslaught of germ warfare between Russia and China - which seemingly rendered him the last normal human alive. Neville lives in a garish, antique-strewn L.A. penthouse. During the day, he roams through the vacant city. At night, he fends...
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Overview

This second film adaptation of Richard Matheson's science-fiction novel I Am Legend the first version being The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price unfolds in a post-apocalyptic 1976. Charlton Heston is Robert Neville, the sole recipient of a serum that enabled him to survive an onslaught of germ warfare between Russia and China - which seemingly rendered him the last normal human alive. Neville lives in a garish, antique-strewn L.A. penthouse. During the day, he roams through the vacant city. At night, he fends off a bloodthirsty horde of mutant scavengers garbed in Spanish inquisition robes and sunglasses, led by Matthias Anthony Zerbe, a former television newscaster in his good ol' pre-mutant days. Matthias and his half-human vampires want to kill Neville. Neville's last man on earth status is shattered when he comes across a group of young people, presided over by the sexy and cynical Lisa Rosalind Cash. Neville begins to form an interest in her, as the two try to keep Matthias and his minions at bay. The Omega Man was filmed in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoons, an area that consists almost exclusively of office buildings, and therefore was suitably vacant at the the time of production. In 2007, Matheson's novel received yet another incarnation - this one with Will Smith in the Heston role.
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Editorial Reviews

All Movie Guide - Lucia Bozzola
Entertainingly cheesy, The Omega Man is another entry in Charlton Heston's toothy last-man-standing science fiction phase, à la Planet of the Apes (1968) and Soylent Green (1973). Adapted from Richard Matheson's I Am Legend with key 1970s differences, the dystopian story of one man's fight to save humanity features intentionally and unintentionally striking images of arch-conservative Heston tooling around an uninhabited Los Angeles in convertibles and mistily taking in a screening of Woodstock (1970) when not battling monkish Ray Ban-wearing zombies. While the near-complete elimination of the population via germ warfare serves as a still-timely warning regarding technology and its abuses, the Luddite albino mutants with their Charles Manson-esque murderous allegiance to "the Family" become a reverse lesson in technophobia. As the one survivor blessed with immune blood, Heston trades Biblical role models on his way to a fate and final image audacious in its hubris. Though this second screen version of Matheson's novel was hardly a blockbuster, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ridley Scott were set to shoot a third until it was deemed too expensive.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 12/13/1993
  • UPC: 085391121039
  • Original Release: 1971

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  • Source: WARNER HOME VIDEO
  • Format: VHS

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Charlton Heston Neville
Anthony Zerbe Matthias
Rosalind Cash Lisa
Paul Koslo Dutch
Lincoln Kilpatrick Zachary
Eric Laneuville Richie
Anna Aries Woman in Cemetery Crypt
DeVeren Bookwalter
John Dierkes Family Member
Jill Giraldi Little Girl
Monika Henreid Family Member
Linda Redfearn Family Member
Brian Tochi Tommy
Forrest Wood Family Member
Technical Credits
Boris Sagal Director
Gordon Bau Makeup
Margo Baxley Costumes/Costume Designer
John William Corrington Screenwriter
Joyce Hooper Corrington Screenwriter
Ron Grainer Score Composer
William L. Kuehl Set Decoration/Design
Art Loel Art Director
Robert Martin Sound/Sound Designer
Russell Metty Cinematographer
Donald Roberts Asst. Director
Bucky Rous Costumes/Costume Designer
Walter Seltzer Producer
Walter M. Simonds Art Director
William H. Ziegler Editor
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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    Best rendition but bad ending

    Of all the I Am Legend movie remakes, this is probably the best one even though the ending sucked. The Will Smith's movie was terrible...it insulted Richard Matheson's classic work. But back to Omega Man, I liked the way L.A. looked deserted and run down. I even liked Charleton Heston. If they hadn't written in the hippie vamp cult headed by Anthony Zerbe, the movie would've been okay.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Te best sci-fi movie of its time.

    Five out of five stars far better than I am legend. More action and better acting a clasic. I hope some day they make a part two to the omega man to hard to remake this movie.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Blue Shag, Avocado Fridges, The Omega Man

    This movie is enjoyable simply because it has a high cheese factor due to the fact the film has dated horribly. Some of the shots, such as the one depicting deserted LA city blocks, are still impressive. Goofs such as a moving car being visible in the distant background of said deserted blocks only add to the fun. A campy nostalgaic ride.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 1, 2003

    Old movie current event

    One of the less than biblical roles performed by Charlton Heston, The Omega Man depicts an at the time after vision of the effects of biological warefare on America. With the current SARS alert in the US and abroad, this old film is even scarier. Worth watching, especially if you are an old Creature Feature fan.

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