Episode 422: The Omega Man (1971)

Special Guests: Joyce Hooper Corrington, Mark Protosevich
Guest Co-Hosts: Andrew Nette, Maurice Bursztynski

Boris Sagal's The Omega Man (1971) stars Charlton Heston as Robert Neville — possibly the last man on earth after a plague which has killed the majority of the population, leaving pockets of albino mutants who can’t stand the sun. They're known as The Family and lead by the one and only Anthony Zerbe as Matthias. They've vowed to kill Neville if it’s the last thing they do...

Maurice Bursztynski and Andrew Nette join Mike to discuss The Omega Man as well as the two other filmed adaptations of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend.

Joyce Hooper Corrington (The Omega Man) and Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) discuss adapting Matheson's work for the screen.

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Links:
Buy The Omega Man on Blu-Ray
Buy The Last Man on Earth on DVD
Buy I Am Legend on Blu-Ray
Buy Richard Matheson's I Am Legend Screenplay (Censored and Unproduced) by Richard Matheson (and Mark Dawidziak)
Read Looking back at The Last Man On Earth by Ryan Lambie
Read The Last Man on Earth: Drama of a Lifeless Ordinary by Steve Johnson
Read An Apple Store Employee Has Written the Follow-up to I Am Legend by Don Kaye
Read I Am Legend by John Logan
Read The Legend of I Am Legend by David Konow
Read The Best Films Never Made: Ridley Scott's I Am Legend by David Brake

Music:
"I Am Legend" - White Zombie
"The Omega Man" - Cash McCall

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Special Report: The Fly (1986)

Special Guests: Emma Westwood, Stuart Cornfeld
Guest Co-Hosts: Bill Ackerman, Samm Deighan

Samm Deighan and Bill Ackerman join Mike to discuss The Fly. Released in 1986, David Cronenberg’s film stars Jeff Goldblum as scientist Seth Brundle, a man who meets a journalist, Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis). The film tells the tale of their relationship as they get together and become driven apart after an accident changes Brundle irreparably.

Special guests are Emma Westwood, author of the Devil's Advocates book on The Fly and producer Stuart Cornfeld who discusses his work on The Fly as well as Tropic Thunder, Mimic, and more.

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Links:
Buy The Fly: The Ultimate Connection on Blu-Ray
Read about David Cronenberg's Six Legs
Buy The Fly: Outbreak graphic novel
Read The Beetle and the Fly by David Cronenberg
Listen to an interview with Emma Westwood on Supporting Characters

Music:
Original Soundtrack - Howard Shore
"Human Fly" - The Cramps
"Return of the Fly" - The Misfits
"Drawing Flies" - Soundgarden
"Jeff Goldblum" - Neal Deters

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