Staring george peppard, paul winfield, janmichael vincent and dominique sanda. The only feature film to date based on the work of sciencefiction writer roger zelazny, damnation alley will never live down its reputation as the big scifi production 20th century fox was counting on to be its big hit for 1977 at least until a little film called star wars came along and left this turbulent production as well as another fox film, the other side of midnight in the dust. Advertising in the reefs of earth for the book and imdb which mentions the title survival run but at present june2008 does not document its. Damnation alley is a 1982 album by femalefronted heavy metal band bitch, and was released on the metal blade records label. Now having rewatched it i can say its pretty awful. Damnation alley 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Legendas damnation alley legendas portuguese br 1cd. The world is devastated by a nuclear holocaust, causing the earth to tilt on its axis and bringing vast meteorological chaos. A small group of survivors at a military installation who survived world war 3 attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland to where they hope. Based on the roger zelazny 19371995 novel of the same name g.
Damnation alley is a 1969 science fiction novel by american writer roger zelazny, based on a novella published in 1967. The vehicles were cool and it had hannibal from the ateam george peppard and the guy who played stringfellow hawke from airwolf janmichael vincent. Its not the best scifi movie ever made, its cheesy, and some of the effects have not stood the test of time. Stream robert calvert 1977 bbc manchester reflections hawkwind special quark era by nickcalvert from desktop or your mobile device. Firefox timerider the adventure of lyle swann the people that time forgot. Damnation alley soundtrack cd jerry goldsmith monsters in motion. Heranca nuclear pob, na trilha do inferno nuclear pob, damnation alley eng 91 min more than a movie. Damnation alley is a movie i had only the vaguest memories of.
It may contain wrinkles, cracks, and possibly even tears due to its age and how it was handled before it got to us. Damnation alley was based on a novel by awardwinning speculative fiction author roger zelazny. Id argue that george peppards character constructing the landmaster from spare parts in about a week is the greater strain on credulity. I first started to watch this movie on amazon video, was disappointed that the movie. Hell tanner is the last of the hells angels left alive in california. It has been somewhat modified from its original appearance in damnation alley, with the enlargement of the driver and passenger side windows, and the removal of the flexible center section cover. Damnation alley ist ein us amerikanischer sciencefictionfilm aus dem jahr 1977. Jack smight directs janmichael vincent, george peppard, paul winfield, dominique sanda in expensive 20th century fox filming of roger zelazny postnuclear holocaust thriller with gigantic scorpions, killer cockroaches and violent weather conditions rendering the planet barren and treacherous. And in a rather odd footnote to history, 20th century fox had more confidence in damnation alley than it did in star wars a movie ive yet to see. For those that need to know, the landmaster was powered by a ford 390cubicinch v8. Damnation alley was 20th centuryfoxs bigbudget science fiction project in 1976 while star wars 1977 was a littlepublicized modest film in production for the studio at the same time.
I first saw damnation alley on nbc sometime during the early 1980s. Jack smight directs janmichael vincent, george peppard, paul winfield. I probably dont need to tell you that damnation alley was based on a novel by roger zelazny, which was itself loosely based on an event in american history, the same one which was the basis for the recent animated movie balto. Realizing this would conflict with the much anticipated release of close encounters of the third kind 1977, the release was pushed up to october, 1977. Survival run was apparently either the planned title, or a working title, for the movie damnation alley 1977. And turns the world into an hostile place bringing vast change to weather. An adventure youll never forget a small group of survivors at a military installation who survived world war 3 attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland to where they hope more survivors are living.
As a dubious alternative to life imprisonment he is offered a pardon to drive a radiation proof armoured car from cali to boston. Released in 1977, damnation alley starred janmichael vincent, george peppard, paul winfield, dominique sanda, and jackie earle haley and was based loosely on the novel of the same name by roger zelazny. In a postapocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel. A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1977. Damnation alley janmichael vincent george peppard dominique sanda 1977 two air force officers janmichael vincent, george peppard lead a desert road trip to albany, n. A ragtag band of survivors of a nuclear holocaust head for albany, new york, the only city in america spared in the apocalypse. Ive got the serum and im going to take it all the way to boston oh ive got to get through the going wont be easy but im going to make it its the only thing that. Damnation alley soundtrack from 1977, composed by jerry goldsmith. Cool trucks from bad movies the daily drive consumer.
With mass destruction, dangerous mutants, large areas of deadly radiation and a worldwide wind preventing anything surviving above 200 feet. Set in the decades after a devastating nuclear war, the former usa is a very different place. Ive got the serum and im going to take it all the way to boston, oh ive got to get through the going wont be. Damnation alley 1977 cast and crew two air force officers janmichael vincent, george peppard lead a desert road trip to albany, n. As the weather stabilizes, mutated insects start to emerge, preying on the survivors. It was held up due to production problems, and the decision to add the radioactive skies via postproduction special effects, pushing the release date to december, 1977. Intrada special collection volume isc 396 country united states format cd release date 15dec2017 upn 720258539601. A ragtag band of survivors of a nuclear holocaust head for albanynew yorkthe only city in america spared in the apocalypse. A small but hardy band of survivors traverses a postapocalypse american landscape in this scifi thriller. Damnation alley is a postapocalytic tale of survival by the hugo and nebula award winner roger zelazny. Damnation alley by jack smight jack smight, janmichael. Released by intrada in 2017 special collection vol. As well as mutant insects which have grown to giant size.
Host segments for damnation alley the only story from scifi master roger zelazny to be made into a motion picture notice we didnt say major, damnation alley tells the story of a small group of nuclear holocaust survivors who make their way cross country in a very keen military land cruiser and pick up stragglers on the way. I remember watching damnation alley when i was a kid. The eplength release has the distinction of being the first album by a single artist and the second album of any kind released on metal blade records the first was the 1982 compilation album metal massacre. Damnation alley is a 1977 postapocalyptic film directed by jack smight, loosely based on the novel of the same name by roger zelazny. Photo front photo back click an image above to see a larger version historic images part number. In an postapocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles. Damnation alley is a piece of postapocalyptic scifi that you just dont see anymore. As the genre progressed over the years since the release of the film, one sees an increasingly despairing and cynical view of. Damnation alley by roger zelany a well written scifi novel of a not totally unlikely future. Well, lo and behold, there is actually a book that this movie was very, very loosely based on. The data is only saved locally on your computer and never transferred to us. Nuclear war survivors travel across the country in an amphibious vehicle called the landmaster to investigate the source of a signal. The sole survivors build two tank like cars and plan to cross the damnation. The story opens in a postapocalyptic southern california, in a hellish world.
Damnation alleyfun facts the grindhouse cinema database. The original music score was composed by jerry goldsmith and the cinematography was by harry stradling jr. Damnation alley internet movie firearms database guns. Damnation definition of damnation by the free dictionary. A classic sci fi film that has been forgotten,the story begins with a nuclear war that wipes out most of the civilisation. Damnation alley full movie watch online, stream or download.
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