Post by Stingray on Feb 12, 2008 19:33:31 GMT -4
Now this was a great future movie! ;D
The Running Man is a film loosely based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, released in 1987, and was directed by Paul Michael Glaser, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben Richards. It also featured future governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, Arnold's bodybuilding-buddy Sven-Ole Thorsen, and pro football legend Jim Brown. Richard Dawson, in a self-parody of his role as the host of Family Feud, plays the host of The Running Man television show, Damon Killian. The theme music was done by Harold Faltermeyer.
The film, set in a dystopic year 2019, is about a TV show called The Running Man, where "runners" must escape death at the hands of professional killers.
The film differed significantly from the novel; it recalls some scenes from a French movie with a similar theme, called Le Prix du Danger, about a TV show where participants must escape killers live on TV.
The Running Man is a film loosely based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, released in 1987, and was directed by Paul Michael Glaser, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben Richards. It also featured future governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, Arnold's bodybuilding-buddy Sven-Ole Thorsen, and pro football legend Jim Brown. Richard Dawson, in a self-parody of his role as the host of Family Feud, plays the host of The Running Man television show, Damon Killian. The theme music was done by Harold Faltermeyer.
The film, set in a dystopic year 2019, is about a TV show called The Running Man, where "runners" must escape death at the hands of professional killers.
The film differed significantly from the novel; it recalls some scenes from a French movie with a similar theme, called Le Prix du Danger, about a TV show where participants must escape killers live on TV.
