Episode 422 · Film year 1971
The Omega Man (1971)
- Special Guests
- Joyce Hooper Corrington, Mark Protosevich
- Guest Co-Hosts
- Andrew Nette, Maurice Bursztynski
Show notes
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 (opens in a new tab) and Andrew Nette (opens in a new tab) join Mike to discuss The Omega Man as well as the two other filmed adaptations of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend (opens in a new tab).
Joyce Hooper Corrington (opens in a new tab) (The Omega Man) and Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend (opens in a new tab)) discuss adapting Matheson's work for the screen.
Maurice Bursztynski (opens in a new tab) and Andrew Nette (opens in a new tab) join Mike to discuss The Omega Man as well as the two other filmed adaptations of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend (opens in a new tab).
Joyce Hooper Corrington (opens in a new tab) (The Omega Man) and Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend (opens in a new tab)) discuss adapting Matheson's work for the screen.
Labels: Andrew Nette Anthony Zerbe Boris Sagal Charlton Heston Mark Protosevich Richard Matheson Spike Lee Vincent Price Will Smith
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Music credits
- "I Am Legend" - White Zombie
- "The Omega Man" - Cash McCall
Links & resources
- Buy The Omega Man on Blu-ray (opens in a new tab)
- Buy The Last Man on Earth on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy I Am Legend on Blu-ray (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Richard Matheson's I Am Legend Screenplay (Censored and Unproduced) by Richard Matheson (and Mark Dawidziak) (opens in a new tab)
- Read Looking back at The Last Man On Earth by Ryan Lambie (opens in a new tab)
- Read The Last Man on Earth: Drama of a Lifeless Ordinary by Steve Johnson (opens in a new tab)
- Read I Am Legend by John Logan (opens in a new tab)
- Read The Best Films Never Made: Ridley Scott's I Am Legend by David Brake (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (1)
artfrankmiami Probably my favorite Heston flick (first NBC airing on network TV). Ron Grainer's music is a key to making it work for me, and of course one bad thing about watching a film 100s of times, you look around more...originally when I was a kid, like the second or third time, I saw a glint of a moving car...then after a few more, the guy in the heavy jacket on the sidewalk...then after, a lot more, the cop holding back traffic... I'm still finding people even today! hahaha