The actionpacked movie is based on the popular anime series, which reboots the popular manga. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. In a postapocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles. It was meant to be foxs big science fiction release of 1977. Damnation alley 1977 stream and watch online moviefone. The original music score was composed by jerry goldsmith and the cinematography was by harry stradling jr. Damnation alley, despite its effects, looks and feels like it was shot for the small screen. Damnation alley is pure postapocalyptic cheese, decorated with some ideas of genuine weirdness that uplift an otherwise mediocre bythebook thriller. Promotheus ark ii damnation large land transportation vehicles by grant amos camper. Damnation alley is a 1977 sciencefiction thriller set in a postapocalyptic world, very loosely inspired by the novel of the same name by roger zelazny world war iii happens. Dismissal of the film was noted, overshadowed by prior apocalypsethemed films like day the world ended and on the beach. 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. I remember watching damnation alley when i was a kid. Total number of members who have this title in their.
Mark deming, rovi a small but hardy band of survivors traverses a postapocalypse american. Air force missile base survive the war, but following an accident which kills several of them and destroys most of their supplies, the remainder decide to make their way across the country to. In an postapocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles. The data is only saved locally on your computer and never transferred to us. For those that need to know, the landmaster was powered by a ford 390cubicinch v8. Hopefully their specially built vehicles will protect them against the freakish weather mutated plant and animal life and. Important jerry goldsmith scifi action score from 1977 gets royal treatment. Damnation alley soundtrack cd details and availability. With janmichael vincent, george peppard, dominique sanda, paul winfield. Apparently that mix couldnt be located or no longer survives, so whats on the. 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. Well, lo and behold, there is actually a book that this movie was very, very loosely based on. Damnation alley 1977 is a post apocalypse scifi, action movie starring janmichael vincent and george peppard. The commander, major eugene denton george peppard, the ateam, unveils two armored vehicles he has constructed and announces a plan to cross damnation alley, the hundredmilewide strip between areas of radiation hazard, to join the survivors.
Damnation alley by roger zelany a well written scifi novel of a not totally unlikely future. A horrific nuclear assault leaves only three survivors at an underground military facility, so tanner janmichael vincent, denton george peppard, and keegan paul winfield commandeer a special allterrain land cruiser and head for albany, ny, the only american city to be spared in. After the release, it quickly left the theaters because it did not make enough to stay in the chain theaters, duplexes or triplexes. As a dubious alternative to life imprisonment he is offered a pardon to drive. A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1977. The world is devastated by a nuclear holocaust, causing the earth to tilt on its axis and bringing vast meteorological chaos. Damnation alley is a movie i had only the vaguest memories of. Geen rating a ragtag band of survivors of a nuclear holocaust head for. Damnation alley was based on a novel by awardwinning speculative fiction author roger zelazny. Released by intrada in 2017 special collection vol. 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. Damnation alley has previously seen only compromised selections released on album due to missing electronic elements, damaged orchestral masters. Id argue that george peppards character constructing the landmaster from spare parts in about a week is the greater strain on credulity.
They find themselves an allterrain vehicle and set out for the now wilds of upstate new york. Along the way they pick up a number of survivors, including a surly and incorrigible teenager. Landmaster kits anime or science fiction macross world. Outlook, office, skype, bing, breaking news, and latest videos.
Tanner, denton and keegan are coworkers at an underground military facility. Damnation alley full movie watch online, stream or download. Dean jeffries discusses the landmaster constructed for damnation alley 1977 duration. 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. In a postapocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel. A ragtag band of survivors of a nuclear holocaust head for albany, new.
Released 1977, damnation alley stars janmichael vincent, george peppard, dominique sanda, paul winfield the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Damnation alley on dvd 826663126235 from shout factory. Damnation alley is a 1977 postapocalyptic film directed by jack smight, loosely based on the novel of the same name by. Nuclear war survivors travel across the country in an amphibious vehicle called the landmaster to investigate the source of a signal. As the weather stabilizes, mutated insects start to emerge, preying on the survivors. 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. Facing a life sentence in prison for his various crimes, notorious criminal hell tanner is given the chance to escape jail by driving crosscountry to deliver a case. Damnation alley by jack smight jack smight, janmichael. The story opens in a postapocalyptic southern california, in a hellish world. Damnation alley 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Subsequent to damnation alley, the landmaster would appear in a number of lowbudget, mostly forgotten scifi movies. Staring george peppard, paul winfield, janmichael vincent and dominique sanda. 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. Damnation alley soundtrack 1977 the moviemusic store.
The commander, major eugene denton george peppard, the ateam. But along came youknowwhat, and all of a sudden those mutant. 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. 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. Damnation alley opened in 1977, one year after it was filmed. A small but hardy band of survivors traverses a postapocalypse american landscape in this scifi thriller. Hell tanner is the last of the hells angels left alive in california. Damnation alley soundtrack from 1977, composed by jerry goldsmith. Damnation alley 1977 two air force officers janmichael vincent, george peppard lead a desert road trip to albany, n. Cool trucks from bad movies the daily drive consumer. Damnation alley is a 1977 postapocalyptic film directed by jack smight, loosely based on the novel of the same name by roger zelazny.
Now having rewatched it i can say its pretty awful. Roughly 25 years after a nuclear war, america is a blasted wasteland, with california and boston the only two nations of any importance left. A ragtag band of survivors of a nuclear holocaust head for albany, new york, the only city in america spared in the apocalypse. Download damnation alley soundtrack by jerry goldsmith. Enter dream of roger feigelson with douglass fake in tow and intrada rights this musical wrong. Hopefully their specially built vehicles will protect them against the freakish weather mutated.
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