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Deathsport 
Directed by Allan Arkush
Nicholas Niciphor
Roger CormanProduced by Roger Corman Written by Nicholas Niciphor
Donald E. StewartStory by Francis Doel Starring David Carradine
Claudia Jennings
Richard LynchMusic by Andy Stein Cinematography Gary Graver Editing by Larry Bock Distributed by New World Pictures Release date(s) 12 April 1978 Running time 82 minutes Country USA Language English Budget $150,000 Deathsport is a 1978 science fiction B-movie produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush and Nicholas Niciphor. The film stars David Carradine and Playboy Playmate Claudia Jennings.
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Plot
1,000 years in the future[clarification needed], after the great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into a barbaric collection of small city states, surrounded by wastelands where only mutant cannibals and independent warriors, known as Range Guides, can live. The city state of Helix is planning war on another capitol, Tritan. Hoping to prove their newest weapon's superiority, the "Death Machines" (laser equipped Dirt bikes), they create a new, special Death Sport.
In this future, the death penalty was replaced by Death Sport, where criminals battle each other to the bloody death for their freedom. The mad Lord Zirpola (David McLean) is using the "Death Machines" against some Range Guides he managed to capture. Foolishly, one of these guides, Kaz Oshay (Carradine), is the son of a legendary Range Guide. He forges a bond with the female guide Deneer (Jennings) and vows to escape with her and find her child who was taken by the mutants before her incarceration.
After enduring tortured from Zirpola and facing his mother's killer, Ankar Moor (Richard Lynch), Oshay and Deneer are forced onto the Death Sport motocross field which is mined with explosives. They easily defeat the Death Machines riders and escape into Helix city with two of the other prisoners, Doctor Karl (William Smithers) and his son Marcus (Will Walker), but during the escape, the doctor is killed.
Eventually they rescue Deneer's child from a cave of mutant cannibals, and battle the other Death Machine riders who followed them. Finally safe, Deneer delivers Marcus to Tritan, while Kaz Oshay faces his nemesis Ankar Moor in "honorable" combat, using Whistlers (plastic swords that sound like music). After a bloody battle Kaz decapitates Ankar, becoming the greatest guide alive. The film ends with him and Deneer riding their horses off into the sunset.
Release
On August 3, 2010, Shout! Factory released Deathsport along with the 1982 film Battle Truck on a double-feature Collector’s Edition DVD.[1]
Soundtrack
The film was scored by Andy Stein and featured guitar riffs from Jerry Garcia.[2]
References
- ^ "Roger Corman's Deathsport and BattleTruck Explode on to DVD". Dreadcentral.com. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37732/roger-cormans-deathsport-and-battletruck-explode-dvd. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ^ "Deathsport –". Badmovies.de. http://badmovies.de/soap/client.php/Deathsport. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
External links
- Deathsport at the Internet Movie Database
- Deathsport at AllRovi
- Deathsport at the TCM Movie Database
Films directed by Allan Arkush Hollywood Boulevard (1976) · Deathsport (1978) · Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) · Heartbeeps (1981) · Get Crazy (1983) · Caddyshack II (1988)Categories:- 1978 films
- American science fiction action films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Allan Arkush
- 1970s action films
- Films set in the 31st century
- American action films
- Films shot in California
- Science fiction action films
- 1970s science fiction films
- Sequel films
- Independent films
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