Death Race 2000

Institute History

  • 1985 Sundance Film Festival

Description

Black comedy addicts will enjoy Batel’s Death Race 2000, a no-holds-barred, do or die car race in the year 2000. Freeway drivers’ fantasies come true as the racers rack up points in the toll they take in human casualties. Death Race is a David Carradine “vehicle” but catch Sylvester Stallone in his pre-Rocky days.

Screening Details

  • Section: Highlights: Petit, Truffaut, Passer, Corman's Prodigies
  • Film Type: Dramatic Feature
  • Country: U.S.A.
  • Run Time: 80 min.
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