The Omega Man (1971) - Warner Home Video VHS Charlton Heston - Sci-Fi Thriller • EUR 9,03 (2024)

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What is the movie Omega Man with Charlton Heston about? ›

Due to an experimental vaccine, Doctor Robert Neville is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war, with the exception of a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people who are also homicidal maniacs. They blame science and technology for their condition and they see Neville, as the last symbol of science, therefore he must die. Neville, uses everything at his disposal in an attempt to survive.

The Omega Man / Film synopsis

Neville leaves Lisa upstairs as he goes to the basem*nt garage to restart the generator. Neville returns to the apartment to find Zachary right behind an unsuspecting Lisa. Neville shoots him and he falls off the balcony to his death, dropping his spear on the balcony as he goes.

The Omega Man Locations

It would have been challenging to accomplish without contemporary computer-generated imagery (CGI); however, the film's creators cleverly used the empty streets of Los Angeles's financial district on late 1970 Sunday mornings to portray a deserted city. The Olympic Theater, located at 313 W.

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The Omega Man / MPAA rating

An omega man doesn't like thinking in terms of hierarchy or group dynamics. As the ultimate loner or outsider, he's the guy who goes his own way and doesn't care what other people think. He's authentic, impulsive, non-judgmental, and welcoming.

Steve Harvey – Comedian and actor. Roland Hayes – Internationally known tenor of the 1920's; sang in five different languages. Tom Joyner – Radio show host. Rickey Smiley – Comedian and actor.

Errors in geography

In the opening sequence, right after Neville starts his 8-track, he's driving on Flower & turns left on Wilshire. The very next turn he makes is also a left - from Flower to Wilshire. This is not directionally possible - he would have to go around the block to make the same turn again.

Jill Giraldi: Little Girl.

Neville explains that the mutants may be too far along in the illness to be saved and should be left dying. Dismayed, Richie criticizes the scientist for his hypocrisy and abruptly reveals that mutants hideout is the city civic center.

There was, from the start, something monumental, something reminiscent of Mount Rushmore, about Heston with his 6ft 3in height and chiselled features. He could be angry, threatening and cruel, but he couldn't be commonplace, diffident or funny.

How did they film The Empty Streets in Omega Man? ›

The production company wanted a locale that looked like an abandoned metropolitan area, but it was too costly to build. The producer drove through downtown Los Angeles one weekend and discovered there were no shoppers, so the majority of the film's exteriors were shot there on weekends.

Before Will Smith's I Am Legend, the 1971 film Omega Man originally adapted the iconic book for the big screen. Here's how the two films compare!

Enraged, Neville tried to shoot Matthias, who stood atop the balcony, but his gun jammed, allowing Matthias to mortally wound Neville with a spear. Neville lay dying from his wound in a fountain, with Lisa staying with him until dawn. A group of survivors including Dutch later found Neville dying in the fountain.

The opening credits feature the credit "Based on a book by Richard Matheson", and does not give the title of the actual book, I Am Legend.

After last seeing Charlton Heston and James Franciscus obliterate The Planet Of The Apes in the 1970 20th Century Fox sequel, "BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES", Heston returns again, as "THE OMEGA MAN", released in 1971 by Warner Bros.,a then-Kinney Leisure Company one year before they became Warner Communication ...

An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age, Alpha is a fascinating, visually stunning story that shines a light on the origins of man's best friend. While on his first hunt with his tribe's most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness.

Two men (Casper Van Dien, Michael York) with conflicting agendas each seek a prophetic cryptogram written on a page from a murdered rabbi's notebook.

The Omega Code / Film synopsis

An alien organism with the potential to destroy all life on Earth is inadvertently released in a small town.

The Alpha Incident / Film synopsis

Renchard (Mark Dacascos) is one of the last people alive in Los Angeles after a plague kills or mutates everyone else. His daily life is a struggle to outwit the city's roaming zombie hordes. Brianna (Jennifer Lee Wiggins), another survivor, contacts Renchard for help finding Antioch, a community rumored to have other survivors. He refuses, but then he changes his mind when two representatives from Antioch (Geoff Meed, Ryan Lloyd) tell Renchard that Brianna's blood can cure the plague.

I Am Omega / Film synopsis