| The Omega Man | |
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| Directed by | Boris Sagal |
| Screenplay by | John William Corrington Joyce H. Corrington |
| Based on | I Am Legend 1954 novel by Richard Matheson |
| Produced by | Walter Seltzer |
| Starring | Charlton Heston Anthony Zerbe Rosalind Cash |
| Cinematography | Russell Metty |
| Edited by | William H. Ziegler |
| Music by | Ron Grainer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4 million (rentals)[2] |
The Omega Man (stylized as The Ωmega Man) is a 1971 American post-apocalyptic action film[3] directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston as a survivor of a pandemic. It was written by John William Corrington and Joyce Corrington, based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend by 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.[4]
The Omega Man is the second adaptation of Matheson's novel. The first was The Last Man on Earth (1964), which starred Vincent Price. A third adaptation, I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, was released in 2007, and appropriated this film's tagline.
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- ^ "The Omega Man (1971) - Boris Sagal". AllMovie.
- ^ Nelson, Valerie J. (2011-02-20). "Walter Seltzer dies at 96; former Hollywood press agent made a successful leap to producing". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-04-17.