{"id":34339,"date":"2023-10-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34339"},"modified":"2023-10-31T13:36:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:36:27","slug":"the-omega-man-1971-starring-charlton-heston-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34339","title":{"rendered":"“The Omega Man” (1971) starring Charlton Heston \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Omega Man <\/strong><\/em>(1971)<\/p>\n

Director:\u00a0 Boris Sagal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay by: \u00a0John William Corrington, Joyce H. Corrington<\/strong> based on I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson
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Starring: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Eric Laneuville, Lincoln Kilpatrick, John Dierkes, Monika Henreid, Linda Redfearn <\/strong>and Stewart East<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline: The last man alive… is not alone!<\/em><\/p>\n

The Story:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two years after a World War where biological weapons were used, U.S. Army Col. Robert Neville, M.D. (Heston) believes himself to be the only living human.\u00a0 Neville spends his days looking for signs of other humans and killing any mutants that he finds.\u00a0 The mutants rest during the day and come out at night.<\/p>\n

To protect himself, Neville has fortified an apartment building.\u00a0 He lives on the top floor.\u00a0 The lower floors are booby trapped.\u00a0 He has floodlights to brighten the area since bright lights blind the mutants.\u00a0 Neville also has dozens of automatic weapons and bombs to keep them at bay.\u00a0 Each night the mutants show up to taunt and attempt to breach Neville’s home.<\/p>\n

When Neville learns that their is a small band of humans living somewhere near, he makes it his mission to find and help them.\u00a0 But the mutants are also looking.\u00a0 It’s all going to come to a head and sometimes there are no happy endings.<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I saw The Omega Man<\/em> when it was first released.\u00a0 I was 12, and the perfect age for sci-fi\/horror.\u00a0 I loved Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur<\/em> and more importantly The Planet of the Apes<\/em>.\u00a0 So I was excited to see his next adventure.\u00a0 I wasn’t disappointed.\u00a0 Re-visiting The Omega Man\u00a0<\/em>in the years (decades) that followed I found it to be less thrilling.\u00a0 There are scenes (particularly those with the motorcycle) that the Neville is obviously not Heston.\u00a0 There’s a 70s vibe that permeates the film.\u00a0 The clothes, the language, the attitude are all hip<\/em>.\u00a0 At least they’re supposed to be.<\/p>\n

Heston spends a lot of time shirtless.\u00a0 He was in great shape for his age, so perhaps he put it in his contract.\u00a0 ; )<\/p>\n

Director Boris Sagal mostly worked as a director of television shows and made-for-tv movies. At times The Omega Man<\/em> feels like one.<\/p>\n

Rosalind Cash plays Heston’s love interest.\u00a0 In 1971, this was controversial.\u00a0 I guess it still is with some folks.\u00a0 Look for a young Eric Laneuville of Room 222<\/em> and St. Elsewhere<\/em> fame as one of the kids.\u00a0 Laneuville went on to a career both acting and directing!<\/p>\n

The Omega Man<\/em> isn’t great cinema, But it does qualify as a fun “drive-in” movie.<\/p>\n

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