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Synopsis: The Omega Man (stylized as The Ωmega Man) is a 1971 American science fiction film directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston. It was written by John William Corrington and Joyce Corrington, based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend by the American writer Richard Matheson. The film's producer, Walter Seltzer, went on to work with Heston again in the dystopian science fiction film Soylent Green in 1973.[2] The Omega Man is the second adaptation of Matheson's novel, the first being The Last Man on Earth (1964) which starred Vincent Price. A third adaptation, I Am Legend starring Will Smith, was released in 2007.
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
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Year:
1971
98 min
1,125 Views


MATTHIAS:

so now the question is survival. Is this the end of technological man? Is this the conclusion of all our yesterdays, the boasts of science, the superhuman conquests of space and time... the age of the wheel?

Neville grimaces, shakes his head. At the end of next speech PHONE RINGS.

MATTHIAS:

We were warned of judgment. Well, It's come now. This is the Judgment, the weeping and gnashing of teeth... Oh, God, where will it end...?

CLOSE SHOT - NEVILLE ON PHONE

nodding, face set.

NEVILLE:

Yes. So it's airborne bacteria. Let's try-vaccine 93-b-71. How the hell do I know? I don't... It might. I’ll be there in an hour.

NEVILLE RUNNING DOWN CORRIDORS

with small satchel.

NEVILLE ON AIRSTRIP running toward waiting helicopter. He wears fatigue coveralls.

NEVILLE IN AIRBORNE HELICOPTER with satchel of vaccine in lap. PILOT next to-him.

ZOOM SHOT - TO PILOT

grabbing eyes, falling forward onto controls.

HELICOPTER GOING DOWN

Neville showing signs of illness too.

HELICOPTER CRASHED

Neville drags himself from wreck. Only one bottle of vaccine is unbroken. He injects himself, passes out.

LAST TITLE:

FADE OUT.

FADE IN:

MED. LONG SHOT - INT. DARK TRAVEL AGENCY

from rear of office. There are posters on the walls: "See Mexico." "Visit London," "TWA to Hong Kong," etc. Dust is over everything, the floors are filthy and-, littered with paper. CAMERA points out OPEN DOOR to street. Suddenly we SEE Neville FLASH by in his car.

CUT TO:

LONG BOOM SHOT - DOWN ANGLE ON EMPTY STREET

from roof of building. In left F.G. WE SEE clothesline. Clothes hanging on it are bleached. have begun to fall apart. We HEAR in DISTANCE ' high-pitched ROAR of Neville's ENGINE. Then he races by in street below.

CUT TO:

MED. SHOT - DESERTED SCHOOL ROOM

CAMERA points out OPEN WINDOWI- with a broken blind hanging alongside. In left frame, next window has Easter bunnies, eggs, etc. made by children. In right side of frame, teacher's desk with small flag, rotten apple. Again, SOUND of CAR, Neville passes outside.

CUT TO:

MED. SHOT - NEVILLE IN CAR

As he rounds corner, he sees things lying scattered in the street ahead. He tries to stop, but runs over them.

CLOSE SHOT - TIRE GOING FLAT

MED. SHOT - NEVILLE GETTING OUT OF CAR

He is irritated, looks around as if seeking a filling station attendant in order to get tire fixed. Glances down. He has run over a broken steel box, with US Mint markings. Its torn hinges have shredded the tire, and the gold ingots it contained are scattered under the wheels. He glances across street. A Brink's truck sits crashed into a fire hydrant, its rear doors open, swinging useless in breeze. Mint boxes and gold bullion lying unguarded.

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John William Corrington

John William Corrington was an American film and television writer, novelist, poet and lawyer. He received a B.A. degree from Centenary College, in 1956 and his M.A. from Rice University in 1960, the ... more…

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