Back Death Race 2000 Breton La cursa de la mort Catalan پێشبڕکێی مەرگ ٢٠٠٠ CKB Death Race 2000 Welsh Frankensteins Todesrennen German Death Race 2000 Spanish مسابقه مرگ ۲۰۰۰ Persian Kalmanralli 2000 Finnish La Course à la mort de l'an 2000 French Halálos futam 2000 Hungarian
| Death Race 2000 | |
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 Theatrical release poster by John Solie | |
| Directed by | Paul Bartel |
| Screenplay by | Robert Thom Charles B. Griffith |
| Based on | "The Racer" by Ib Melchior |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Starring | David Carradine Simone Griffeth Sylvester Stallone Louisa Moritz Don Steele |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Edited by | Tina Hirsch |
| Music by | Paul Chihara |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $300,000–530,000[1][2][3] |
| Box office | $5–8 million[1][3] |
Death Race 2000 is a 1975 American science fiction action film[4] produced by Roger Corman, directed by Paul Bartel, and starring David Carradine. The film takes place in a dystopian American society in 2000, where the murderous Transcontinental Road Race has become a form of national entertainment. The screenplay is based on the 1956 short story "The Racer" by Ib Melchior.[5]
- ^ a b Thomas, Kevin (December 21, 1975). "9 Directors Rising From the Trashes". Los Angeles Times. p. m1.
- ^ "Death Race 2000". The Numbers. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
- ^ a b Koetting, Christopher T. (2009). Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures. Hemlock Books. pp. 80–83. ISBN 9780955777417.
- ^ "Death Race 2000 (1975)". AllMovie. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ Bosnan, John (1998). "Death Race 2000". In Clute, John; Nichols, Peter (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd ed.). London: Orbit. ISBN 9781857231243.