Damnation Alley (1977)
91 min - Sci-Fi | Drama | Thriller - 21 October 1977 (USA)
Director:
Jack Smight
Writers:
Roger Zelazny (novel), Alan Sharp (screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars:
Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda
In an post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles. Damnation Alley.1977.DVDRIP.XVID
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││ video ................................................ XVID (.251 bpp)
││ duration ........................................... 1:31:13@23.98 FPS
││ resolution ........................................ 720x364 (AR: 1.98)
││ audio ................................................... 448 kb/s AC3
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││ ] Damnation Alley is a 1977 post-apocalyptic film, directed by Jack
││ Smight, loosely based on the novel of the same name by Roger Zelazny.
││ The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
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││ 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. Hopefully their specially built vehicles will
││ protect them against the freakish weather mutated plant and animal life
││ and other dangers along the way.
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││ starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Paul Winfield,
││ director: Jack Smight
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││ Giant Cockroaches ............................................ [X]
││ Neon skies ......................................................... [X]
││ Horrible Effects .................................................. [X]
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││ The region "A" encoded transfer isn't perfect: there are imperfections
││ like reel change cues, some blotchiness and overall the image is
││ incredibly grainy and muddy looking, though Shout! Factory probably
││ isn't to blame. For starters, they had to work with elements provided to
││ them by Fox, but the bigger problem may be inherent to the original
││ film. Damnation Alley was heavily doctored during post-production with
││ optical effects added to every exterior shot where the skyline is
││ visible - this in addition to other special effects involving
││ miniatures, matte paintings, etc. Probably somewhere in the neighborhood
││ of 75% of the movie consists of at least some visual effect. It's
││ possible even footage without optical effects work may deliberately have
││ been degraded slightly to smooth out its overall appearance.
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││ Supplements include three featurettes, each running about ten minutes.
││ Co-writer Alan Sharp, in "Survival Run," and co-producer Jerome Zeitman,
││ in "Road to Hell," discuss the many problems getting the picture made
││ and damn it with faint praise ("I felt we did the best we could,"
││ Zeitman says). Hollywood car designer Dean Jeffries talks about the
││ famous vehicle in "Landmaster Tales." If you lived in Los Angeles before
││ 2005 you've undoubtedly seen it: for years it sat in the yard of
││ Jeffries Automotive on Cahuenga Blvd. alongside the Hollywood Freeway
││ just north of the Hollywood Bowl. A pretty good audio commentary track
││ features Damnation Alley's other producer, Paul Maslansky.
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Thank you!
I knew Roger Zelazny and he told me that when the movie came out he made some very candid comments about it at a science fiction convention. He didn't know there was a reporter in the front row. The studio was not pleased.
I am sure they weren't. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R