The Omega Man

The Omega Man
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBoris Sagal
Screenplay byJohn William Corrington
Joyce H. Corrington
Based onI Am Legend
1954 novel
by Richard Matheson
Produced byWalter Seltzer
StarringCharlton Heston
Anthony Zerbe
Rosalind Cash
CinematographyRussell Metty
Edited byWilliam H. Ziegler
Music byRon Grainer
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • August 1, 1971 (1971-08-01)
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Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference varrev was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Updated All-time Film Champs". Variety. 9 January 1974. p. 60.
  3. ^ "The Omega Man (1971) - Boris Sagal". AllMovie.
  4. ^ 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.