Episode 422: The Omega Man (1971)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 216 minutes

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Summary

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

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0:00.0	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:02.2	Okay. There is no phone ringing, damn it!
0:45.3	The last man on earth lives in a fortress.
0:50.3	What day is it anyway? Monday?
0:52.3	The hell it is, it's Sunday.
0:57.2	Sunday I always dress for dinner.
1:01.7	Discovery check.
1:04.4	How does that grab you, Caesar?
1:15.0	The last man on earth always carries an automatic weapon.
1:19.2	The last man on earth is hunting. The last man on earth is not alone. TUR! Mad bomber himself.
1:54.0	And I see you got the mad scientist.
1:57.0	You know me?
1:58.0	And about your work?
2:00.0	My work? Incremental effects, countermeasures to toxic agents and liquid systems delivery, microbiological
2:06.4	later's January, 1975, remember?
2:08.6	You know what it means?
2:09.6	I was a med school senior when they scratched the world.
2:12.6	Family.
2:15.6	God, I forgot to keep the fuel up in a generator
2:19.1	They'll be into the garage
2:20.3	This is not the place This is not the place where all the dead will burn.
2:38.0	Get the switches.
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