folded poster Charlton Heston is THE OMEGA MAN '71 US1sht Richard Matheson Story

Description: Original Folded 1971 Movie Theater one sheet poster (27 inches x 41 inches) sent to film cinemas, in envelopes, in the United States for marketing purposes. Condition is GOOD to VERY GOOD. Poster has an age-appropriate look. An unrestored poster that shows signs of mild use. Writing on verso. Minor cross fold separation. The poster has moderate fold and border wear and light creases scattered throughout. It is in nice condition and displays very well. FAST and SAFE DELIVERY. Part of a gallery of more than ONE THOUSAND LINENBACKED and more than 30,000 un-restored original rare paper items being offered for the first time to the eBay community. ALL PHOTOS of Rare Paper are ACTUAL ITEMS being sold. Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you. 1971. Directed by Boris Sagal, novel by RICHARD MATHESON. TAGLINE : "Pray for the last man alive. Because he's not alone" - Based on sci-fi classic novel by Richard Matheson of I AM LEGEND, Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him. Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling themselves "The Family". The plague has caused them to become sensitive to light, as well as homicidally psychotic. They believe science and technology to be the cause of the war and their punishment, and Neville, as the last symbol of science, the old world, and a "user of the wheel", must die. Neville, using electricity, machinery, and science attempts to hold them at bay. CAST includes Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Eric Laneuville, Lincoln Kilpatrick, DeVeren Bookwalter, John Dierkes, Brian Tochi, Linda Redfearn, Stewart East, Monika Henreid, William Henry. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : The production company wanted a locale that looked like an abandoned metropolitan area, but it was too costly to build. The producer drove through downtown Los Angeles one weekend and discovered there were no shoppers, so the majority of the film's exteriors were shot there on weekends. The writers came up with the idea to make Neville's love interest an African-American woman. Even though an interracial relationship was still considered controversial in the seventies, the writers figured that in a world where humanity had almost become extinct, the few survivors would no longer care about such issues. Rosalind Cash was uneasy before her love scene with Charlton Heston, saying "It feels strange to screw Moses." Charlton said that his co star Rosalind Cash had difficulties in acting with him. He then tried to talk to her very quietly and confessed that he also had difficulties in playing Ben Hur. Charlton Heston had read the original novel by Richard Matheson (I AM LEGEND) on an airplane coming back to Los Angeles, and was very interested in a modern adaptation of the book. Charlton Heston had approached Orson Welles to direct this. Tim Burton has said this is one of his favorite films. According to Charlton Heston's diary entries for the making of the film, he wrote how he was beginning to tire of "action hero" roles by this point in his career. This film is the second of four films based on the 1954 novel "I Am Legend" by author Richard Matheson. The first film was The Last Man on Earth (1964) starring Vincent Price, the third film was I Am Omega (2007), a mockbuster made to cash in on the upcoming fourth adaptation I Am Legend (2007) starring Will Smith. Night of the Living Dead (1968) was also inspired by the book. Charlton Heston was totally unaware of the fact the film had previously been adapted from the Matheson novel years before as "The Last Man on Earth" (1964). This movie was included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American Movies. In the film, Charlton Heston's character, Neville almost dies in a helicopter crash, ironically, director Boris Sagal was killed during production of the miniseries "World War III", when he walked into the tail rotor blades of a helicopter. The film grossed $29,900 in its first week. It went on to earn $4 million in theatrical rentals in the United States and Canada.

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