The Last Man on Earth
by Sidney Salkow, Ubaldo Ragona
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Actor: Emma Danieli, Franca Bettoia, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Umberto Raho, Vincent PriceDirector: Sidney Salkow, Ubaldo Ragona
Brand: PRICE,VINCENT
Writer: Ubaldo Ragona
Producer: Harold E. Knox
Producer: Robert L. Lippert
Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Writer: Furio M. Monetti
Writer: Richard Matheson
Writer: William F. Leicester
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: American International Pictures (AIP)
Movie Reviews of The Last Man on Earth
Movie Review: THE OLDEST AND STILL THE BEST!
Summary: 5 Stars
So,I AM LEGEND has finally come out, with its big name star and its big budget and its big computer generated special effects, but when the smoke and hype cleared the fact remains that THE LAST MAN ON EARTH with Vincent Price filmed back in the 1960's in black and white with no virtually no budget and no special effects at all is still the best available adaptation of Richard Matheson's classic Horror/SciFi novel. THE LAST MAN ON EARTH is the story of a single human being and his day to day struggle to survive in a world devasted by a plague that has turned all other living creatures into vampires, while at the same time he tries to understand the nature of virus that caused the plague and perhaps bring about a cure. Its far deeper and more complex than the newer film, but like the newer film it deviates from Matheson's novel in its ending by giving us a Christian interpretation of Morgan/Neville's attempts to save the world with his blood.
Matheson disapproved of LAST MAN. He felt that Vincent Price was wrong for the role, that it called for a more rugged man someone along the lines of Charlton Heston who later did play the role in THE OMEGA MAN which was the second (and extremely ill-fated) attempt to bring Matheson's novel to the big screen. I'm sure he also disapproved of the endings of both films which took on a decidedly Christian tone as Morgan/Neville try in vain to save the vampires with his own blood. Both LAST MAN and OMEGA MAN end in scenes blatantly re-enacting the crucifixion of Christ. In Heston's case its almost impossible for the modern audience to stifle a laugh considering his public personna.The last film version ends in a manner not dissimular when you think about it. Sure there isn't any actual crucifixion per se but Neville is still offering up his own life and his own blood so that the world may live. This ending too is absolutely at odds with the Matheson's book. It simply has nothing at all to do with it.
We may never see a perfect adaptation of this landmark novel which is a brilliant blend of both horror and science fiction. Why, because Matheson has written an ending that is cinematically unsatisfying--virtually unfilmable. So do yourself a favor and see THE LAST MAN ON EARTH and then read I AM LEGEND then you can decide for yourself.
Summary of The Last Man on Earth
No Description Available.Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: NR
Release Date: 4-DEC-2007
Media Type: DVD
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