Deathsport (1978)

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(Foreign Titles)

Nomination Year: 2005

SYNOPSIS: In the far future, after the "Neutron Wars", humanity lives in two huge cities. The insane Lord Zirpola, leader of the city Tritan, has a new weapon that he intends to use against the inhabitants of his rival city, but first he wants to test it against some of the hardy Range Guides who strive to bring order to the blasted no-man's-land between the cities.

Matt Quirk

Smithee Award Nominations

"Wanna Run That By Me Again?"
How To Take Out a Wall "Let's fire together, one at a time." Huh?	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"Cutting Butter With A Chainsaw"
"At Least I'm Not on Fire Anymore." The guy drives his Death Machine (motorcycle) into a big pipe. It explodes. He stumbles out, completely on fire. Then they disintegrate him. Not his lucky day.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"Let's Up The Rating To 'R'"
"Let the Punishment Begin!" This is punishment? Thrown naked into a forest of dangling neon tubes which shock you. Shocked the hell out of me, anyway.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Worst Picture
Introduction to the Death Machines Introduction to the Death Machines. They're just motorcycles. In this arena, the winners get "set free." But this time, it's Death Machines vs. the Jed--oops, I mean Range Guides.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Allan Arkush	also directed Rock'n'Roll High School, Heartbeeps, and many episodes of many television series
Nicholas Nicifor
Roger Corman	Producer of pretty much everything that was ever crappy, ever, and directed most of it. His contribution to Smithee-worthy film cannot be overstated. To list his accomplishments here would not do him justice.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
David Carradine	<Not Yet in Database>	Son of John Carradine, his expertise in martial arts nearly groomed him to be the next Bruce Lee. Nearly. Instead, he had a few TV shows and a LOT of Bad Movie parts.
Claudia Jennings	<Not Yet in Database>
David McLean	<Not Yet in Database>	was the Marlboro Man who died of lung cancer


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