“Dead End” to “Death Race 2000”
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Dead End (1937) This film shows the grim life of the tenements in NYC in stark terms and introduced movie-going audiences to the Dead End Kids, who also starred in the Broadway production of the play, which had to be severely toned down for the movie. (GS)
Dead Man Walking (1995) It doesnt matter which side of the death penalty fence you sit on to be effected by this though-provoking film. (GS)
Dead Ringers (1988) David Cronenberg directed this unpleasant story about twins (Jeremy Irons) who share everything in each others lives including their lovers. Irons brilliant performance makes you forget youre watching the same man playing both parts. (GS)
Deadly Strangers (1974) Hayley Mills plays a girl who is picked up by a motorist (Simon Ward) while theres an escapee from an asylum on the loose. An absorbing thriller with plenty of red herrings that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the closing credits role. (GS)
Death Race 2000 (1975) How can you go wrong with a film that features David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Fred Gopher Grandy, and radio DJ The Real Don Steele? Set in a strange future, you may know the concept of this film even if you never saw it. Ever look at a slow-moving person walking through an intersection and turned to a friend saying “how many points do I get for that”? Well, that’s what was at play here a national-audience race, for points, populated by some of the strangest characters in some of the strangest vehicles ever. Also, this spawned one of the greatest and first video games ever. Yeah. I’ll give ya a hundred points, by the way. (SB)
Originally published in Raspberry World – Volume 2, Issue 1 (June/July 2007)