The Omega Man

1971
PG
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

35K

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Charlton Heston and Lincoln Kilpatrick in The Omega Man (1971)

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Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition an... Read allDr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

35K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Family Member
(as De Veren Bookwalter)

John Dierkes

Family Member

Monika Henreid

Family Member

Linda Redfearn

Family Member

Forrest Wood

Family Member

Rachel Benson

Family Member
(uncredited)

Stewart East

Family Member
(uncredited)

Steve Goldstein

Last Boy
(uncredited)

William Henry

Stricken Man
(uncredited)

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Trivia
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.

Goofs
In a city supposedly laid waste, Neville has to resort to running a generator any time he requires electricity. He does so to power his apartment; he does so to power up the projector inside the cinema when he goes to watch the film. But this city with no surviving infrastructure (in the opening scenes, as he's driving around in the red convertible), all the traffic lights are powered up.

Quotes
Little Girl: Are you God?
Lisa: Let's find out if he's even a doctor before we go promoting him, okay?

Crazy credits
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.

Alternate versions
In the common version of this film, the scene where Richie tells Neville that he should either kill the Family or cure them takes place inside Neville's apartment. In an alternate version, the scene takes place on the rooftop, where Neville has a large water tank and a .50 caliber machine gun.

Connections
Featured in The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man (1971)

Soundtracks
Theme from A Summer Place
Music by Max Steiner
Performed by The Ron Grainer Orchestra

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Great flick

This movie rocks, right from the opening scene where our hero leaps from his car and sprays mutants with a machine gun, to the final frame where... but enough of that. A great flick, one in a line of Charlton Heston post-apocalyptic movies. If you like this you'll love Soylent Green and, of course, the first two Apes films. Heston's like John Wayne in space. Nobody does it better. In this one disease-ravaged mutants stand in for the hippies- that fixes up society's problem with the riff raff, and Charlton has an inter-racial relationship. So there are mixed messages. Charlton Heston chews the scenery in every frame. Oh well, damn you all to hell.