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| The Omega Man | 
 enlarge | Actors: Charlton Heston, Rosalind Cash, John Dierkes, Jill Giraldi, Monika Henreid
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $6.39
You Save: $8.59 (57%)
Buy New/Used from $6.34
Avg. Customer Rating:  (39 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1828
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 98 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARD116321D
UPC: 085391163213
EAN: 0085391163213
ASIN: B000P0J0BU
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Theatrical Release Date: 1971
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 great film December 23, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
They dont make em like this anymore. Were is Charleton Heston when you need him.
A classic December 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Before rushing to watch the newly released remake entitled "I AM LEGEND" I strongly suggest to all sf and movie passionates taking a good look at least once to THE OMEGA MAN. It is essential to see Charlton Heston excellent performance and the minimalist and eery atmosphere of the deserted city. The feeling of alienation and mystery is priceless. It reminds me of "SOYLENT GREEN" or "PLANET OF THE APES". There are many details that appear outdated or plain ridiculous by today's standards and the mutant/zombie chapter could be totally rewritten to allow for a more credible and dynamic scenario. None of the less I still have a profound interest and nostalgia for this type of movie belonging to a time when special effects were less important than plot and interpretation.
 Charlton Heston plays "The Last Man on Earth" in film of Matheson's I AM LEGEND November 21, 2007
35 out of 42 found this review helpful
Boris Sagal's film "The Omega Man" was the second attempt to make Richard Matheson's classic novel (the third is with Will Smith) into a film. Matheson wrote a screen version that starred Vincent Price (entitled "The Last Man on Earth")that captured some of the qualities of his novel but suffered from being shot in post-War Italy on a low budget (Matheson substituted his name in the credits with a pseudonym). It's moody, low budget cinematography added to the film but it fails to live up to Matheson's original novel."The Omega Man" likewise fails to live up to Matheson's novel but is still an enjoyable if dated science fiction film. Charlton Heston and the supporting cast do a fine job with the material that they are given even if the screenplay guts some of the best elements of the novel in favor of more topical material from the time. The opening sequence where Heston drives down a deserted street in Los Angeles and then screens "Woodstock" in an empty theater continues to be eerie and quite effective even 35 years later. br /br /In Matheson's original novel the result of viral warfare (in the film this is due to chemical warfare. Joyce Carrington takes credit for coming up with this concept) changes humans into vampire-like (ghouls in this film with a sensitivity to sunlight)creatures. Neville appears to be the last human. In the film the creatures are led by a former news anchor (played by Anthony Zerbe)who taunts Neville hunting him just as he hunts them, Neville meets other humans after a long period of isolation awakening his sense of humanity.br /br /Any science fiction film is truly about the decade it was made in. The film ends up being about the last vestiages of the 60's and 70's (and cults like the Manson Family which is really what the "Family" of ghouls represent)and the conflict between the status quo and youth culture. Neville represents technology, reason and the past while the "Family" represents a rejection of the very things that made them into monsters and changed the world.br /br /Although it's a bit heavy handed and departs signficantly from Matheson's novel, "The Omega Man" carries over some of Matheson's themes and the sense of loss, lonliness and how we can lose our own sense of humanity when surrounded by "monsters". There are some very effective scenes in the film and Heston does an excellent job of portraying Neville's fragile hold on sanity. Although not as good as "Planet of the Apes" or even "Soylent Green", "The Omega Man" is a dated but enjoyable science fiction film that has become a bit campy with the passage of time.br /br /The DVD features a very good transfer of the film. An "introduction" (it's more of a brief featurette on the film) by screenwriter Joyce H. Corrington, actors Paul Koslo and Eric Laneuville who appear in the film Unfortunately Heston wasn't interviewed for this reissue of the film. We do, however, get a vintage featurette where Heston talks about the film and his character with an anthropologist that influenced his take on Neville. We also get a text extra "Charlton Heston-Science Fiction Legend". Although this isn't the best film of the four science fiction films Heston made during the 70's (the ending of this film with its heavy handed Christ-like death of a major character is a bit much), it's still enjoyable due to the action sequences and the performances of the veteran cast.
No wonder Richard Matheson disowned "The Omega Man" November 19, 2007
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
When another commercial for Will Smith's upcoming "I Am Legend" aired tonight during "Heroes," I got a call from my brother-in-law who was watching the same channel and wanted to know what was the name of the previous version of the film. I was able to immediately answer "The Omega Man," not just because I knew the answer but because I had watched the 1971 movie to gear up for seeing the new version. Charlton Heston, having starred in "Planet of the Apes" was having fun playing science fiction heroes and stars as Robert Neville, a scientist who was conveniently working on a vaccine when a plague broke out. Now he barricades himself each night in a Los Angeles penthouse playing chess against a bust of Julius Caesar, and then going out in the day to gather more supplies to try and stay alive. The whole selling point here is that Heston's character is literally the last man on Earth. The problem is that, well, he is not. br /br /The main problem with "The Omega Man" is that it deviates from the original novel "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson. Now when you talk about the best writers of horror and science fiction in the 20th century Matheson's name should be on your list before you have used all of your fingers. He originally showed up in Hollywood to adapt his novel "The Shrinking Man" into the Universal film "The Incredible Shrinking Man." For "The Twilight Zone" he wrote such classic episodes as "The Invaders," "Nick of Time," and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet." He adapted Edgar Allan Poe works like "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Pit and the Pendulum" for Roger Corman, and the first time Steven Spielberg directed a movie it was Matheson's "Duel" for television. But did producer Walter Seltzer get Matheson to adapt his novel? No, he did not.br /br /Instead screenwriters John William Corrington and Joyce H. Corrington wrote the adaptation and decided to get replace the vampires of the original with ghouls who run around complaining about technology (I am not really sure if they are ghouls, because they talk way too much for ghouls, but calling them Luddites is not going to work either). Matheson had a plague that turned people into what we would call vampires, although the interesting thing is he came up with scientific explanations for the traditional elements of folklore (and Bram Stoker). Instead, the Corringtons can up with biological warfare between the Soviet Union and China that turned everybody into those ghouls or whatever. I do not understand why a biological agent makes everybody affected by it dress like a monk: there are not that many monk outfits in most major American cities, so now I am wondering if the ghouls sit around making them. Led by Matthias (Anthony Zerbe), a television anchor turned into messianic misanthrope, these monsters utter flowery philosophical mission statements that further dillute the attempts at horror. br /br /The opening of the film, where Neville drives through the deserted streets of Los Angeles, imagining that he hears pay phone ringing because he is so desperate to find other normal humans, is the best part of director Boris Sagal's film. Recent films such as "28 Days Later" have explored the great irony of having everything you have ever dreamed about available for the taking but living in a world of horror where you will probably not live long enough to enjoy any of it. By the time Neville meets up with Lisa (Rosalind Cash), Richie (a very young Eric Lanueville), and other humans, all such thoughts are dispelled because now there is a chance to save the human race. I wanted to like this film, but "The Omega Man" has not aged well (it looks more like a television movie of a week from that period than a theatrical film) and part of me thinks that if it was not Charlton Heston running around saying "My God" as only Moses can this film would be even more laughable, but whatever problems there are with the script and the production do not extend to Heston's acting in this film. Still, the final shot of Neville is one of such blatant symbolism that it made me groan out loud and since I did not see this movie way back when and am therefore untainted by nostalgia, I have to round down on it in the end. I am hopeful that going back to Matheson's original title is a sign that this new version will be more faithful to the "I Am Legend" novel, but even if it is not the case it has to be way better than "The Omega Man."
The Omega Man ( Charlton Heston ) October 30, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
While not as gritty as the ORIGINAL ( Vincent Price : The Last Man On Earth ) it is still an enjoyable night's entertainment.
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