Jul 23, 2017 designed as a fully functional allterrain military vehicle, the landmaster is a glorious 12 wheel feat of vehicular badassery. Damnation alley is a movie i had only the vaguest memories of. A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1977. Damnation alley jack smight s 1977 feature, damnation alley is a movie i recall l fondly from when i was growing up. Damnation alley is best viewed with a few pals and a few drinks. Released by intrada in 2017 special collection vol. Released in 1977, this adaptation of the robert zelazny novel sends a. Damnation is an american period drama television series. Boat cars, killa cockaroaches, and cannibals, oh my. Ive never read the actual novel, but after watching this i have no desire to even give it a chance.
That giant 12 wheeled landmaster allterrain vehicle that starred in 1977s damnation alley and looks like an articulated sausage with a bad attitude. Damnation alley janmichael vincent george peppard dominique sanda 1977 two air force officers janmichael vincent, george peppard lead a desert road. Damnation alley played premiere engagements in a new audio process invented for the film, sound 360, which basically employed standard 35mm magnetic stereo but moved the left and right channels to the sides of the auditorium and the surround channel to the back. On january 25, 2018, it was announced that the series had been cancelled after one. Important jerry goldsmith scifi action score from 1977 gets royal treatment. Damnation alley was based on a novel by awardwinning speculative fiction author roger zelazny. In 1977, 20th century fox had two sciencefiction adventure movies in. Advertising in the reefs of earth for the book and imdb which mentions the title survival run but at present june2008 does not document its source. Hopefully their specially built vehicles will protect them against the freakish weather mutated. Damnation alley on bluray 826663127317 from shout factory. With janmichael vincent, george peppard, dominique sanda, paul winfield. A year after damnation alleys release, janmichael vincent starred in the stuntman homage movie, hooper 1978. Everything you need to know about damnation alley 1977 duration. Damnation alley is a classic apocalyptic movie from the 70s.
Netflix streamed the show worldwide outside the united states, where it aired on usa network. Damnation alley bluray disc, 2011 for sale online ebay. Damnation alley, directed by jack smight, twentieth century fox, 1977. Apocalyptic scifi damnation alley was partially filmed in slc. Share damnation alley blu ray disc, 2011 damnation alley blu ray disc, 2011. Paul winfield 1977 20th century fox damnation alley jan michael vincent 1977 20th century fox. Survival run was apparently either the planned title, or a working title, for the movie damnation alley 1977. After the release, it quickly left the theaters because it did not make enough to stay in the chain theaters or duplexes or triplexes. Even as a 12 yearold, i thought the effects in this movie were pretty lame, but didnt care much because the landmaster was the real star of the show. Dec 05, 2017 damnation alley soundtrack from 1977, composed by jerry goldsmith. The filming of the final sequence in that movie portraying destruction caused by a massive earthquake, which was nicknamed, damnation alley by the production crew.
The landmaster is a unique 12wheeled amphibious articulated vehicle constructed by dean jeffries at jeffries automotive in universal city, california, for the 1977 science fiction film damnation alley. Cool trucks from bad movies the daily drive consumer. Released 1977, damnation alley stars janmichael vincent, george peppard, dominique sanda, paul winfield the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. A small group of survivors at a military installation who survived world war 3 attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland to where they hope more survivors are living. The true star of the film, of course, is the 12 wheeled armoured supertruck, the landmaster. Damnation alley 1977 20th century fox released 2 scifi movies in 1977. Damnation alley on dvd 826663126235 from shout factory. Roger zelazny from the novel damnation alley, alan sharp screenplay 1 more credit. In a postapocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles. This is the movie to see if you dont understand what was so wonderful about the special effects in, say, star wars. And in a rather odd footnote to history, 20th century fox had more confidence in damnation alley than it did in star wars a movie ive yet to see. U will love to hate the indestructible cockroaches who survived the nuclear blasts. Its very loosely based upon a novel by roger zelazny, and while its an entertaining movie, its not a particularly good one i while i dont know how the movie was filmed, it feels epic and looks massive which had a lot to do with the excellent score by jerry goldsmith which.
Damnation alley opened in 1977, one year after it was filmed. I have it on scotch tape and was so happy to get it on bluray. The landmaster is a unique 12 wheeled amphibious articulated vehicle constructed by dean jeffries at jeffries automotive in universal city, california, for the 1977 science fiction film damnation alley. Damnation alley 1977 cast and crew two air force officers janmichael vincent, george peppard lead a desert road trip to albany, n. Damnation alley 1977 stream and watch online moviefone. Jan 14, 2016 this 1977 postapocalyptic adventure romp would be nothing without the awesome 12 wheel landmaster armored personnel carriermotor home. Television version edit the network tv premiere on nbc television on sunday, june 12, 1983 featured alternate and additional scenes notably, footage of murray hamilton and george peppard, as well as. Apr 12, 2011 nor is damnation alley highly regarded by most critics or fans. The 12 wheeled landmaster vehicle used in the film was created by jefferies automotive in universal city, california. Its very loosely based upon a novel by roger zelazny, and while its an entertaining movie, its not a particularly good one. Tanner janmichael vincent is a lieutenant in the u. The centerpiece of the film, the 12wheeled, seventon landmaster, performed much better than expected. Starring jan michaelvincent as tanner, george peppard as maj. Dismissal of the film was noted, overshadowed by prior apocalypsethemed films like day the world ended and on the beach.
Hopefully their specially built vehicles will protect them against the freakish weather mutated plant and animal life and. Damnation alley 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. From internet movie firearms database guns in movies, tv and video games. Staring george peppard, paul winfield, janmichael vincent and dominique sanda. Damnation alley is a 1969 science fiction novel by american writer roger zelazny, based on a novella published in 1967. The various location shots of the landmaster barreling through the canyons and desert. Damnation alley 1977 the following firearms were used in the film damnation alley. Plagued by specialeffects issues and reedits, damnation alley arrived with a thud in the wake of 20th century foxs other sciencefiction release, star wars, which the studio initially regarded as damnations secondstring support. Apparently that mix couldnt be located or no longer survives, so whats on the. Damnation alley janmichael vincent george peppard dominique sanda 1977 two air force officers janmichael vincent, george peppard lead a desert road trip to albany, n. And in a rather odd footnote to history, 20th century fox had more confidence in damnation alley than it did in star wars. Thankfully, the silly cult film damnation alley has arrived on dvd to broaden my horizons. In the uk, damnation alley was released in january 1979 as a double bill with thunder and lightning, another 20th century fox film from 1977.
Mark deming, rovi a small but hardy band of survivors traverses a postapocalypse american. Dismissal of the film was noted, overshadowed by prior apocalypsethemed. The film developed a modest following in the ensuing decades among latenight tv habitues, who can finally. Damnation alley internet movie firearms database guns. Utilizing 12 large wheels that rotate as it covers the rough terrain, this. Jun 24, 2019 boat cars, killa cockaroaches, and cannibals, oh my.
Most people probably consider the mad max films ground zero for futuristic car porn, but damnation alley clearly set the precedent. An adventure youll never forget a small group of survivors at a military installation who survived world war 3 attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland to where they hope more survivors are living. Now having rewatched it i can say its pretty awful. A small but hardy band of survivors traverses a postapocalypse american landscape in this scifi thriller. Damnation alley is a science fiction film, based on a novel by roger zelazny, exploring the consequences of nuclear war. Damnation alley soundtrack from 1977, composed by jerry goldsmith. Nor is damnation alley highly regarded by most critics or fans. But after star wars hit, fox worried that damnation alley looked too. Jack smight directs janmichael vincent, george peppard, paul winfield, dominique sanda in expensive 20th century fox filming of roger zelazny postnuclear holocaust thriller with gigantic scorpions, killer cockroaches and violent weather conditions rendering the planet barren and treacherous.
Jack smights 1977 feature, damnation alley is a movie i recall l fondly from when i was growing up. Damnation alley 1977 is a post apocalypse scifi, action movie starring janmichael vincent and george peppard. This 1977 postapocalyptic adventure romp would be nothing without the awesome 12 wheel landmaster armored personnel carriermotor home. Much to jens chagrin, in her absence the team, shaun duke, paul weimer, and alex acks, discover a lot to criticize in the 1977 film adaption of a roger zelazny book, damnation alley. Designed as a fully functional allterrain military vehicle, the landmaster is a glorious 12 wheel feat of vehicular badassery. Nuclear war survivors travel across the country in an amphibious vehicle called the landmaster to investigate the source of a signal. Ive got the serum and im going to take it all the way to boston oh ive got to get through the going wont be easy but im going to make it its the only thing that. The new york times wrote on the films release in october of 1977 that the only real value of damnation alley is educational. Damnation alley, despite its effects, looks and feels like it was shot for the small screen. Damnation alley is a 1977 postapocalyptic film directed by jack smight, loosely based on the. Crash dive full length action movie, entire feature film full length movies for free duration.
Jun 29, 2016 crash dive full length action movie, entire feature film full length movies for free duration. Dec 15, 2014 nuclear war survivors travel across the country in an amphibious vehicle called the landmaster to investigate the source of a signal. The series is a coproduction between universal cable productions and netflix. Damnation alley is dull, stirred only occasionally by prods of special effects that only seem exciting compared to the dreariness that proceeded it. Jen likes to think they only criticize it because they just wanted it to. Damnation alley has weathered about as well as another fine doomsday movie, the madefortv classic the day after, which means that its still quite a watchable movie. Damnation alley is pure postapocalyptic cheese, decorated with some ideas of genuine weirdness that uplift an otherwise mediocre bythebook thriller. The complete twelfth season 12 dvd box set us seller. Roughly 25 years after a nuclear war, america is a blasted wasteland, with california and boston the only two nations of any importance left. Here, the sky features streaks of red and blue light that make it look like a giant. Damnation alley century fox released 2 scifi movies in one was expected to be a blockbuster, while they had little faith in the other.
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