DEATHRACE 2000

☆☆ WEEKLY FEATURE MOVIE ☆☆
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After the "World Crash of '79", massive civil unrest and economic ruin occurred. The United States government is restructured into a totalitarian regime under martial law. To pacify the population, the government has created the Transcontinental Road Race, where a group of drivers race across the country in their high-powered cars, and which is infamous for violence, gore, and innocent pedestrians being struck and killed for bonus points.

In 2000, the five drivers in the 20th annual race, who all adhere to professional wrestling-style personas and drive appropriately themed cars, include Frankenstein, the mysterious black-garbed champion and national hero; Machine Gun Joe Viterbo, a Chicago gangster; Calamity Jane, a cowgirl; Matilda the Hun, a Neo-Nazi; and Nero the Hero, a Roman gladiator. Joe, the second-place champion, is the most determined to defeat Frankenstein and win the race.
Directed by - Paul Bartel
Screenplay by - Robert Thom, Charles B. Griffith
Based on -"The Racer" (1956 short story) 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 - New World Pictures
Distributed by - New World Pictures
Release date - April 27, 1975 (United States)
Running time - 80 minutes
Country - United States
Language - English
Budget - $300,000–530,000
Box office - $14 million (U.S.A. and Canada)