r/movieties: These are all things that tie into movies, more Denny's cups for the latest Star Wars cups and less interviews with directors. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets "Damnation Alley" does not have the grand scale of the Amber books or the social commentary of "Lord of Light," but it is an enjoyable read that makes effective use of Zelazny's power to evoke intense images without spending an inordinate number of words. MEDALS BETA. 0. Another of the countless 70's disaster movies. Nor is Damnation Alley highly regarded by most critics or fans.The New York Times wrote on the film's release in October of 1977 that "the only real value of "Damnation Alley" is educational: This is the movie to see if you don't understand what was so wonderful about the special effects in, say, "Star Wars. Scott's 2½ stars is quite generous. With Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield. Oct 10, 2014. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. Damnation Alley played premiere engagements in a new audio process invented for the film, Sound 360°, which basically employed standard 35mm magnetic stereo but moved the left and right channels to the sides of the auditorium and the surround channel to the back. 4 Related works. It has the impressive heavily armored truck, gigantic mutated scorpions and carnivorous cockroaches, funnily colored skies and a massive number of explosions. Directed by Jack Smight. 0. What a badass movie! 0. May 01, 2011. In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles. Story. By R.L. 3 Film adaptation. A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1977. Plot introduction. 7 External links. Audience Reviews for Damnation Alley. "Damnation Alley" has a lot of elements to appeal to young and naive audiences, especially 15 to 20 years ago, when computer generated effects didn't dominate cinema yet. DAMNATION ALLEY starts out really well with a sequence that looks at lot like the war room at NORAD headquarters in John Badham's WARGAMES (1983). Acting. In 1977, 20th Century Fox had two science fiction films slated for release. Damnation Alley is a 1969 novel written by Roger Zelazny. 1 Plot introduction. The other sci-fi gem from 1977 gets a spiffy special edition. (Jack Gaughan’s cover for the 1969 edition) 3/5 (Average) As I read Roger Zelazny’s post-apocalyptical adventure Damnation Alley (1969), the relentless throbbing of Hawkwind’s 1977 song inspired by the novel along with cringeworthy lines of dialogue from the 1977 film version kept interjecting themselves into my reading experience.. First, a snippet from the song….
Visuals. The best thing it has going for it is the 12 wheel land rover they custom built for the movie at a cost of $300,000 (see photo). Given for Excellence in: Cast Your Vote!
Damnation Alley is a 1969 science fiction novel by American writer Roger Zelazny, based on a novella published in 1967. Now having re-watched it I can say it's pretty awful. Roughly 25 years after a nuclear war, America is a blasted wasteland, with California and Boston the only two nations of any importance left. Damnation Alley is pure post-apocalyptic cheese, decorated with some ideas of genuine weirdness that uplift an otherwise mediocre by-the-book thriller. Boston is afflicted by a deadly plague, and California has the cure. It first appeared as a novella two years earlier in the October 1967 issue of Galaxy Magazine, but for review purposes (and because it is the copy I have), I am refereeing to the Berkley Medallion Book edition printed in 1977. Cheesy, but fun. One of them, Damnation Alley, which starred George Peppard and Jan-Michael Vincent as ragtag nuclear war survivors who are driven by necessity to leave their military installation and travel across the country in a sturdy all-terrain vehicle, was the expensive big-budget hopeful. Damnation Alley 1977 cover. Damnation Alley DVD Review. Damnation Alley is a movie I had only the vaguest memories of. Marcus W Super Reviewer.