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The Omega Man

by Warner Home Video

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Release Date:2007-05-15
Label:Warner Home Video
UPC:085391163213
Binding:DVD
Published By:Warner Home Video
ASIN:B000P0J0BU
Category:DVD

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Welcome to the future. Biological war has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets foraging for supplies. And makes damn sure he gets undercover before sundown, when other "inhabitants" emerge. The Omega Man adapts Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend into a high-impact, high-tension saga of a fate not far removed from reality. Charlton Heston is Neville, fending off attacks by The Family, sinister neopeople spawned by the plague. He also becomes a man with a mission after meeting Lisa (Rosalind Cash), another unifected survivor - and guardian of some healthy children representing our species' hope. Year: 1971 Sound: ENG, FR; Subtitles: ENG, FR Screen Format: Side A: Standard; Side B: Wiedescreen

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Well worth it! - Reviewed on 2008-12-16
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There are plenty of plot reviews here for those who like all the detail. So if you want to read critical reviews this is not one of those.

IMO this film had a much better story than I Am Legend. The 70's feel is all through the movie in the actors, the clothes, the scenes and dialog. Charlton Heston acts with his usual larger than life gusto which defines his movies. My only complaint was that the "madness" which befalls "Family" members when they change was really not explained well. The sexuality between Heston and Cash was probably quite daring in 1971.

Oh...don't miss those crazy one-color "Track-Suits".
Story characters not just special effects - Reviewed on 2008-10-26
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It does show its age, but it has characters, personalities not just special effects. There is an explaination of how the situation arose and why he survived. There is also some imagery, annalogies about the situation and the omerga man.
The music is ok but dated.
The main point is that it shows you what film making was about till mindlessness and profit took over. Yes you actually have something to think about. God forbid!
I could say a lot more, but I'll leave it at that. See it and think. Naturally Charlton Heston does a brillant job. A more fitting age, fit and an action character not super human type thanks to special effects. Don't get me wrong love S.E. but used to tell the story not be in substitute of it.
A Fantastic Classic - Reviewed on 2008-09-08
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2 customers found this review helpful.

If you own "I Am Legend" with Will Smith, get this one. They are both based on the same original story, but instead of mutes that barely resemble humans, the plague victims not only speak but form a society of their own based on a post-apocolyptic philosophy. The leader of the this group functions as a antagonist to Charlton Heston's character, making for a much more satisfying and exciting story. Heston's love interest (the lady he tries to cure) also has a younger brother, and the two siblings both figure prominently in the relationship between the good and evil sides. This Christian metaphor runs through the film, including symbolism with light, dark, fire, and blood. Sure beats the Hell out of one loyal doggie.
The original "I Am Legend". - Reviewed on 2008-08-17
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1 customer found this review helpful.

This original version is slightly different in details but both "Omega Man" and "I Am Legend" follow almost exactly the same story line down to the names of the characters.
Another Chuckston foray into Sci-Fi land - Reviewed on 2008-08-04
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Made with a bigger budget and based on the same Richard Matheson novel as the Vincent Price film THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, THE OMEGA MAN eschews the original vampire concept in exchange for germ warefare zombies with really bad skin and white hair to match. Besides Chuck the cast includes Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo and Anthony Zerbe. Heston acquits himself well. The ending is probably one of the more controversial of the 1970's. Weirdly enough, the recent Will Smith outing is based less on the Matheson novel than the Carrington script from OMEGA MAN. Figure that one.
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