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Deathsport is a 1978 science fiction action sports B-film produced by Roger Corman and directed by Allan Arkush and Nicholas Niciphor. The film stars David Carradine and Playboy Playmate Claudia Jennings. It would be one of Jennings' last films before her death.
Sep 30, 2024 · Deathsport is a 1978 sci-fi B-film produced by Roger Corman, who coined the term “Biker Flick” for The Wild Angels (1966) and his production company New World Pictures, whose titles litter The Vintagent Film Archive, starting with Angels Die Hard (1970).
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David Carradine starred in 1978's Deathsport from B-movie king Roger Corman which was set 1000 years in a future post-apocalyptic wastelandwhere warriors known as "Range Guides" were forced to compete in Deathsport if they were convicted of the death penalty. Deathsport was created in order to help test out newly-created Deathmachines, which were a...
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Play Trailer. DeathSport isn't just a game. In the year 3000, it's the only way to survive! Overview. 1000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states. Notorious "Desert Ranger" Kaz is forced to fight in the DeathSport, dueling on futuristic motorcycle "Death Machines".
Synopsis. DeathSport isn’t just a game. In the year 3000, it’s the only way to survive! 1000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states.
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- New World Pictures
- Allan Arkush, Nicholas Niciphor
R 1 hr 22 min Apr 1st, 1978 Science Fiction, Action, Thriller 1000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states.
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Deathsport: Directed by Allan Arkush, Nicholas Niciphor, Roger Corman. With David Carradine, Claudia Jennings, Richard Lynch, William Smithers. Futuristic Science Fiction about a sport to the death, using "destructocycles".
