Death Race 2000

Director: Paul Bartel

Overview

Into the 21st century, America's favorite sport is the Death Race, a cross-country shoot-'em-up road-race where five contestants battle each other and score extra points by running over pedestrians. The contestants include a man named Frankenstein (David Carradine), Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (Sylvester Stallone) and Calamity Jane (Mary Woronov). A rather loose sequel followed, called Deathsport.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/22/2010
UPC:	0826663119053
Original Release:	1975
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory Theatr
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:18:00
Sales rank:	21,114

Special Features

David on death race: interview with David Carradine; Audio commentary with Roger Corman and Mary Woronov; New audio commentary with assistant director Lewis Teague and editor Tina Hirsh; Playing the game: looking back at Death Race 2000; Ready to wear: interview with costume designer Jane Ruhm; Designing dystopia: a detailed look at the design of the film's now-legendary race cars, costumes and futuristic landscapes with members of the production, design and costume crew; Star your engines: interview with author Ib Melchoir; Killer score: an all-new interview with composer Paul Chihara on the creation of the film's eclectic score; Leonard Maltin interviews Roger Corman about Death Race 2000; Theatrical trailer; Theatrical trailer commentary by John Landis, courtesy of trailersfromhell.com; TV and radio spots; 12-page booklet; New world trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

David Carradine	Frankenstein
Sylvester Stallone	Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
Simone Griffeth	Annie
Mary Woronov	Calamity Jane
Roberta Collins	Mathilda the Hun
Martin Kove	Nero the Hero
Louisa Moritz	Myra
Don Steele	Junior Bruce
Joyce Jameson	Grace Pander
Carle Bensen	Harold
Harriet Medin	Thomasina Paine
Vince Trankina	Fury
Bill Morey	Deacon
Fred Grandy	Herman
William Shephard	Pete
Leslie McRay	Cleopatra
Wendy Bartel	Laurie
Sandy Ignon	FBI Agent
John Landis	Actor
Roger Rook	Radio Operator
David Boyle	Actor
Peter Cornberg	Actor
Alan Hubbard	Actor
Keith Michl	Actor
Paul Laurence	Special Agent
Dan O'Herlihy	Actor
Paul Chihara	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Thom

Charles B. Griffith

Roger Corman	Producer
Richard MacLean	Special Effects
Robert Thom	Screenwriter
Charles B. Griffith	Screenwriter
Jim Weatherill	Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Death Race 2000
1. Main Credits [6:50]
2. Navigator Needed [2:05]
3. Race Begins [4:07]
4. Unmasked [3:16]
5. How To Score [3:01]
6. Thomasina Paine [11:15]
7. Seduction [14:27]
8. Hun's Detour [10:59]
9. Undressed [4:47]
10. Jane's Farewell [10:30]
11. Race's End [5:02]
12. New World Order [3:20]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Death Race 2000
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Chapters
Special Features
Play The Game: Looking Back At Death Race 2000
Leonard Maltin Interviews Roger Corman
Designing Dystopia! - Detailed Look At The Film's Art Direction And Car Designs
Ready To Wear: Interview With Costume Designer, Jane Ruhm
David On Death Race: Interview With David Carridine
Start Your Engines: Interview With Author IB Melchoir
Killer Score: Interview With Composer Paul Chihara
Poster and Still Gallery
Trailers & TV Spot
Theatrical Trailer
Theatrical Trailer With Commentary by John Landis Courtesy Of Trailersfromhell.Com
Radio Spots
Spot 1
Spot 2
Spot 3
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TV Spot
Shout! Factory Trailers
Deathsport
Up From The Depths
Galaxy Of Terror
Forbidden World
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Audio
Commentary With Assistant Director Lewis Teague and Editor Tina Hirsch: On/Off
Commentary With Roger Corman And Actress Mary Woronov: On/ Off

Editorial Reviews

Death Race 2000 is the type of bad movie that can be very good, or, at least, a whole lot of fun -- the formula for a cult classic. It offers a surprisingly effective mix of violence, sex, and humor, all the more impressive given its modest budget. B-movie veteran David Carradine is appropriately gruff as the weary Frankenstein, and a pre-Rocky Sylvester Stallone is cast with comic perfection as -- what else? -- an Italian thug. Rounding out the extensive group of bizarre competitors is cult favorite Mary Woronov, as the cowgirl Calamity Jane. The gore gets a little excessive, perhaps not surprising given that the film was produced by Roger Corman, legendary for high-quality, low-budget exploitation films. The movie is not entirely without redeeming moral value, however. Like 1987's The Running Man, it does a good job of satirizing the blood lust of professional sports and the TV shows that enable and encourage it. Maybe this is a film that one shouldn't think too much about. But if you can handle spurious accusations against the "treacherous French," and you don't mind assigning point values to pedestrians, Death Race 2000 is a heck of a trip.