Death ray 2000 movie

Fantastic movie musings and ramblings dave sindelar mysteryfile michael shonk. Cause of death 2000 stream and watch online moviefone. Teslas work on particle beam weapons can be traced all the way back to 1893 with his invention of a button lamp, and again to 1896 when he replicated the work of william roentgen, discoverer of xrays. Strap yourself in for an insane thrill ride inside in the death race 4 movie collection featuring an allstar cast including jason statham, danny glover, tyrese gibson, danny trejo, ving rhames and zach mcgowan. But, as a genre picture, and as a nugget of pure unadulterated cult entertainment. The death ray or death beam was a theoretical particle beam or electromagnetic weapon first theorized around the 1920s and 1930s. Based loosely on the short story the racerrace of death by ib melchior, death race 2000 is a brutal sports pioneer released the same year as the legendary rollerball. Promo for the madefortv movie death ray 2000 on the march 5, 1981 nbc thursday night at the movies. Katzin featuring robert logan, dan oherlihy, penelope windu. Katzin featuring robert logan, dan oherlihy, penelope windu death ray 2000 1981 tv movie classic horror film board. Scott, graichen and others claimed to have invented it independently.

Death ray is published by blackfish publishing, bielbys magazine company, based in bath, uk. In function its a ray gun that causes death it doesnt actually shoot out death, awesome as that would be. Maybe the main virtue of the movie is the cinematography, with admirable chromatic and plastic. Arguably producer roger cormans bestknown film made during his new world period 197083, death race 2000 1976 nostalgically encapsulates the bygone days of the drivein movie with its lurid blend of sex and violent action, and though it doesnt quite live up to its cult classic reputation thats okay its still a lot of fun anyway. Frankensteins todesrennen bei rotten tomatoes englisch. When broadcast in the states, the series a man called sloane had been and gone, hence the pilot was retitled death ray 2000, though the year is never mentioned on screen. Death race 2000 is a cult classic of a film from 1975. The independently produced film was written, produced, and directed by taylor hackford, and stars jamie foxx in the title role. Death ray 2000 1981 tvmovie classic horror film board. Ray is a 2004 american biographical film focusing on 30 years in the life of rhythm and blues musician ray charles. Death ray 2000 tv movie 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

The narrative is nervous and thrilling, the effects professional, the violence degree precisely balanced. Strap yourself in for an insane thrill ride inside in the death race 4movie collection featuring an allstar cast including jason statham, danny glover, tyrese gibson, danny trejo, ving rhames and zach mcgowan. With robert logan, dan oherlihy, penelope windust, ann turkel. Typical issues were 2 pages, perfect bound, on glossy paper. Sloane pilot for nbctv series a man called sloane 19791980. It was a woodruff production in association with qm productions and became the final series produced by quinn martins company to debut. There are a few feature commentaries and a brief interview with david carradine.

Despite the fact he is very much in love with his girlfriend brenda meeks, he is often making several homosexual references, sometimes wearing. Actoragecheck is a free service that allows you to quickly view the age of an actoractress along with their age in a specific movie its important to note that the age of a person in a particular movie is based on the movies release date, and may not represent the actual filming date. Rent sure death revenge 2000 starring makoto fujita and sonny chiba on dvd and bluray. Death ray 2000 tv movie 1981 death ray 2000 tv movie. Ray seems to be a stereotypical closeted homosexual or bisexual. No videos, backdrops or posters have been added to death ray 2000. Sloane, dan oherlihy as the director, ann turkel as sabina, maggie cooper as chrissy, clive revill as erik clawson, jitu cumbuka as torque, michele carey voice as effie. Bartel and carradine teamed up for another road race movie, cannonball, a year later, and a semi sequel. Death race 2000 on blu ray is by far the best way to view this film. Released 2000, cause of death stars patrick bergin, joan severance, michael ironside, cas anvar the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Death ray 2000 1981 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Death race is something of a b movie with pretty limited effects and acting range on display. Rent sure death revenge 2000 on dvd and bluray dvd.

The phone of the wind kaze no denwa theatrical trailer nobuhiro suwadirected movie. Rent death race 2000 1975 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Death race 2000 is the 1975 cult action film directed by paul bartel, and starring david carradine, simone griffeth and sylvester stallone. As such, ill rate this movie the death ray 6 points out of 10, as a fascinating bit of fakery. Apr 21, 2011 a knbc news promo leads into the opening bumper with casey kasem voice over for the nbc thursday night at the movies broadcast of death ray 2000 starring robert logan, clive revill, dan o.

In short, technically, death race 2000 is not a good movie. Sloane robert logan, but played by robert conrad in the tv series and his mission. The b movie feel is in part the small budget but in part the work of producer roger corman whose career spans some of the best known b movies in the hollywood pantheon. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. The death ray is an old speculative fiction staple, probably cliche or a discredited trope by now, but the little kid in all of us would kill for a death ray. Five long decades after death race 2000 1975, in the overpopulated united. Around that time, notable inventors such as guglielmo marconi, nikola tesla, harry grindell matthews, edwin r. A man called sloane is an american secret agent adventure television series that aired on nbc during the 19791980 television season. Im forced to conclude that the deathray energy never existed, as someone else would almost certainly have discovered it independently by now. Its original italian title was il raggio infernale, which translates as the infernal ray, and it was also released in english as nest of spies and death ray. The only thing society looks forward to is the threeday transcontinental death race, a highspeed competition that is won by the driver who collects the most points by killing spectators and pedestrians. Jan 05, 2016 promo for the madefortv movie death ray 2000 on the march 5, 1981 nbc thursday night at the movies. Death ray was created by matt bielby, the exfuture publishing staff member who was editor on some of that companys significant titles, including total film magazine and sfx magazine, the dominant sf title.

Rent caracas love unto death 2000 on dvd and bluray. Death race 2000 welcome to the year 2000, a place plagued by a lack of morals and political unrest. The film takes place in a dystopian american society in the year 2000, where the murderous transcontinental road race has become a form of national entertainment. The 1976 video game death race was inspired by the film death race 2000. Ray wilkins is one of the main characters in the first two scary movie entries. Mildly miffed maxine was a big disappointment and so i had fairly low expectations of death race when i came across it on amazon prime video. Even certain aerial shots are obvious quotes from the computer game imagery. Rent death race 2000 1975 starring david carradine and simone griffeth on dvd and blu ray. This is the pilot of the tv series a man called sloane that was repackaged into a tv movie called death ray 2000. Rent caracas love unto death 2000 starring luis fernandez and ivan tamayo on dvd and bluray. It can do this via disintegration, somehow draining the target. Foxx received an oscar for best actor for his performance as well as the golden globe, bafta, screen actors guild, and critics choice awards, becoming.

Discover samples of death ray 2000 in music and watch clips. Death ray 2000 1981 nbc movie promo video dailymotion. From gran prix or le mans through death race 2000, mad max and the wraith to a new generation. Although the movie refers to the country as the united provinces of america. Picking up the death ray stories on the wire services on the other side of the world, the colorado springs gazette ran a local interest item on may 30th. A knbc news promo leads into the opening bumper with casey kasem voice over for the nbc thursday night at the movies broadcast of death ray 2000 starring robert logan, clive revill, dan o. Overview of death ray 2000, 1981, directed by lee h.

In function its a ray gun that causes death it doesnt actually shoot out. The 1982 video game maze death race for sinclair zx81 computers and 1983 for sinclair zx spectrum computers resembles the film by its cover artwork, title, and cardriving content. Death ray is a 1967 italian eurospy secret agent spy film starring gordon scott the film was released at a time when the james bond films, and spy films in general, were very popular internationally. Please explain teslas death ray machine he spoke about in the 1930s. Katzin, with robert logan, dan oherlihy, penelope windust, at turner classic movies. The original death race 2000 full movie american horrors. Death ray was a british magazine devoted to science fiction and fantasy in all its forms, especially mediarelated topics and novels. His character is based on stu macher from the original scream movie. Death race 2000 is a 1975 american science fiction sports film produced by roger corman. Tesla discovered death ray in experiments he made here, the story recounted, with a feeling of local pride, the inventors 1899 researches financed by john. Frankensteins todesrennen originaltitel death race 2000 ist ein us amerikanischer. Rent death race 2000 1975 starring david carradine and simone griffeth on dvd and bluray.