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''Death Race'' originally was set up at Paramount as a vehicle for Tom Cruise. The project was among those pushed aside after Cruise's deal at the studio was terminated last year. Cruise and his production partner, Paula Wagner, will produce.
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[N]ot too far above, as Death Race remains a drive-in film, and a mid-70's drive-in film at that. The navigators are always the opposite gender of the racer, and are expected to perform as their sexual partners, too. This, and the nude rub-downs given to them at each stop along the way, supply us with our requisite portion of T-and-A during the proceedings (a fun thing to do is try to catch this flick on TNT some late night and watch them go crazy with digital zooms, trying to crop the naughty bits out of this segment). Things go boom with great regularity (even a car that has the misfortune to flip over once. Perhaps it was a modified Pinto), and Carradine beats the crap out of Stallone, insuring this is a movie Sly probably doesn't put on his resume.
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- In August 2006, Paramount ended its relationship with Cruise/Wagner Productions, and Death Race was placed in turnaround. According to reports, when the project was discovered available, Universal Pictures acquired it. Cruise and Wagner resumed their roles as producers, and Anderson returned to write and direct the film.
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Some references have suggested that the films Deathsport [1978] is a sequel to Death Race 2000, though there seems to be very little hard evidence to support such claims. It shares the same star and many of the same production crew, but beyond that has nothing whatever to do with Bartel's film. Bartel himself tried to repeat the success of Death Race 2000 with the altogether tamer and more forgettable Cannonball [1976], a non-fantasy quickie set in 70s America which lacked the acerbic wit of Death Race 2000 and was filled to overflowing with pointless cameos.
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Lloyd Bridges' gloriously unconvincing German accent is but one of the guilty pleasures of Death Race. Set during the African campaign of World War 2, this made-for-TV nailbiter pits Nazi general Bridges against wounded American pilot Roy Thinnes. Manning the controls of a tank, Herr Bridges intends to blast Thinnes into eternity-but it ain't gonna be that easy. Billed third as "Stoeffer" is Eric Braden, who under his given name of Hans Gudegast was one of the stars of a previous desert-war TV series, The Rat Patrol (1966-68). Death Race first plotted its course on November 10, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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In 1990, an enhanced version of Death Race appeared for the Nintendo Entertainment System, by American Game Cartridges, Inc., a short-lived maker of budget titles. Gameplay was changed somewhat for the NES, moving play into a more visually appealing city and replacing the gravestone obstacles with a shooting helicopter.
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