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Subject: The Omega Man
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Date: Sun, 30-Jun-85 00:24:11 EDT
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From: Stuart Cracraft 

Has anyone else seen The Omega Man?
This movie was based (loosely) on Richard Matheson's classic
I AM LEGEND. The book is pretty good as it evokes an errie feeling
of paranoia. However, I think the movie is really a classic that
has been overlooked by lay-critics and the science
fiction population in general. It turns the paranoia of the
book into more of a SF-suspense-melodrama.

Reasons why I think it is so good:

	Charlton Heston plays in one of his best roles, almost a
	  solo effort.
	A beautiful musical score by Ron Grainer, composer of
	  the theme music for the 1960's TV program THE PRISONER
	The screenplay is tight and moves along extremely fast.
	Anthony Zerbe plays a really neat villan.

It is in re-release this month on THE MOVIE CHANNEL and I just got a
nice uncut version of it. Even after not having seen it for 10 years,
I am still impressed by it

	Stuart
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