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 |
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Distributed by | New World Pictures |
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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]