Death race
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Videos/Films | Dea (Browse shelf) | Checked out | 04/04/2025 | 110319 |
Based on the the film Death race 2000, produced in 1975 by Roger Corman with screenplay by Robert Thom and Charles Griffith, which, in its turn, was based on the 1975 short story "The racer" by Ib Melchior.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Contains both the unrated extended version and the R-rated theatrical version.
Special features: Start your engines: making a Death Race; Behind the wheel: dissecting the stunts; feature commentary with director Paul W.S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt (Unrated version only).
Death Race (Unrated ; 111 min.) -- Death Race (Rated ; 105 min.).
Director of photography, Scott Kevan ; editor, Niven Howie ; music, Paul Haslinger ; visual effects supervisor, Dennis Berardi.
Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, Natalie Martinez, Joan Allen, Max Ryan.
Private corporations run most of the prisons across the U.S. for profit. Jensen Ames is framed for his wife's murder on the same day that the steel mill he works at closes. Ames is sent to prison where he is coerced by Hennessey, the sadistic prison warden, to drive a Ford Mustang and become known as the famous masked driver, Frankenstein. She tells Ames that she knows his baby was left in foster care, but that prisoners are freed upon winning five Death Races. Since he will take on the mask of the legendary Frankenstein, who had 4 wins at the time of his death, he will only need to win one race. It's a race to the finish and only the winner survives.
Unrated, or, MPAA rating: R, for strong violence and language.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish soundtracks with optional French or Spanish subtitles or English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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