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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- The Omega Man (1971) has Charlton Heston as the last man on earth after germ warfare has decimated the population. But he is not alone and wages a one man war on the mutants who carry the plague. These mutants are lead by a zealot (Anthony Zerbe) who wants a return to the old ways before the advances of technology and see's Heston as the only obstacle in his path.This is still the best version in my opinion and features a cracking score from Ron Grainer.
''ALL MUSIC AND CONTENT BELONG TO THE ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT HOLDERS''.
One of the most underrated movies that all time
The music in "The Omega Man" is like an another character. Absolutely essential to the viewing experience.
+Michael Hockinson - you nailed it bro!! I love the music in this campy masterpiece!
Michael Hockinson the one take with the calliope is even creepier
Michael Hockinson Yes! And ahead of it's time...still stands up today...more than stands up. The use of the "metallic" bell tones in answer to some refrains still gives goosebumps!!
Michael Hockinson I’ve always said the same thing
@steve hazard Will Smith isn't near the actor, nor man, Charlton Heston was. So he has no business trying to pull off a role of such depth and weight, even if it's a campy overblown over the top version.
One of my favorite movies of all time my dad showed it to me when i was about eight scared the crap out of me. Super nostalgic
Terrific actor, terrific film and terrific soundtrack.
“End games are always full of surprises, aren’t they?” My favorite movie. Symbolizes so many things. The Christ-like way he dies at the end giving his blood to continue life.As I get older, I realize it was the soundtrack that I actually fell in love with with many of these movies and the age I was. 1972ish? “Yep, they don’t make movies like that anymore.”
There are numerous verbal and visual hints and clues throughout the movie that parallel a Christ like symbolic idea for Neville. Originally I just thought there was the pose in the fountain at the end. Now, every time I watch the movie I seem to notice another one. One of these days I will have to write them all down and post them somewhere.
When Lisa saves Robert in the stadium. “Spread your arms, wider, like they gonna crucify you”
The little girl asks him “are you God?”
Takes the entire I am Legend meaning from the book and turns it on its head.
This is one of Grainer's best scores ever and it is a real pity he didn't live longer to create more Hollywood soundtracks.
You just don't hear stuff like this anymore. I miss it.
Another great soundtrack by RON GRAINER. This was and is a favorite movie of mine. I was a freshman in college in the fall of 1971 when this movie was first released and it now has an honored place in my DVD collection.
Mr. Grainer's score is one of my favorite 3 or 4 scores in all of film. VERY serious composition! Loved him in The Prisoner but this is a monster. Done for Screen Actor's Guild President Mr. Chuck Heston at the time of the filming of The Omega Man. God's grace passed this film and it will live on into infinity for sure!!!! :-)
Much agreed!!!
The night people were 😨 ! Excellent film & 🎶
Too bad "I am Legend" couldn't have had the same, "more realistic," cognizant mutants. That CGI and the stupid super-human tricks blew that entire movie.
This movie scared the crap out of me in 72 age 6
I think a lot of us from Generation X remember how scary this film was when we first watched it as little kids back when it was first out there.
it was 1971.
I went with my older brother and a friend of his to the movies to see this when it came out, I was 9 or 10ish and ya it was pretty freaky
I saw it around 1979 or so, and the part where they took off their glasses in front of Neville still sticks with me.
This was the first time that I was allowed to go to the movies (without an adult). I can still, to this day, recite the entire movie, word for word. The ending really tore me up...heroes aren't supposed to die, especially back in those days.
You think?? My parents weren't big on parental guidance: At 6 years old, They took me with them to every movie at the drive-in theater. I still remember how life-size those football stadium lights were on the giant drive-in movie screen, when COL Neville got rescued.
This, and Escape from NY are my two favorite movies of all time. Must be why I grew up to become a U.S. Army Intelligence Officer, then professional Survivalist (Industrialized civilization is in a state of decline, after all).
Bad ass White dude from back in the day! now just a distant memory of how things were!!!
wonderful music , thanx for sharing . Such a shame that most men these days don't have the courage and dignity of men like Charlton Heston .
As stated in the film "Magnum Force," "All our heroes are dead."
I suppose after seeing this so many times growing up, just hearing the music paints vivid pictures and invokes so much emotion
great soundtrack. I remember watching this as a kid on a late night movie program, still great film
Same here. In 1975 when I was 12, my friend wanted to see it on a late night horror movie on a local station and at first I was not interested because I did not know what it was about, and it turns out to be great movie!
Crucified savior pose at the end. Great flick!
I seen this at the drive in with my parents, i was 6 , still my favorite, sometimes i feel like the omega man in some strange way, we are all alone sometimes, fight through the day...just to make it home...this music has a feel to it
I loved this movie when I was a kid in the 1970s''' Thank You for uploading'''
Omega Man is my template for interacting with the urban environment.
BowieTip perhaps you need treatment?
Soylent Green is people...
BowieTip we live in a very dangerous world
BowieTip Look at now!! Almost like this movie. The streets are empty, almost nobody is working, people are dying left and right from this plaque. If the serum don't work and we don't find a cure we will all die
@@m42037 I would worry more about what's in the vaccine than this plandemic
My absolute favorite Sci-Fi movie of all time!! I saw this movie with my parents at the outdoor theater located on Hickam AFB in Hawaii when my Dad came home on leave from Vietnam in 1971. I was 7 at the time and remember drinking a medium sized Coke my Dad got for me and soon I was needing to pee as fast as I could to get back before I missed anything. When I came back my Mom filled me in on what I missed in detail.Good memories. I couldn't have asked for better parents than Bob&Marj Bowen!!!
I love his Smith & Wesson M76 machine gun and Browning Automatic Rifle with night scope.
Yep , 30-06 BAR on full auto from the shoulder with no recoil ( as seen through the scope's optics ). I know Charlton Heston was a man's man , but I thought that was a bit unrealistic even back when I was 12 and saw this in the theater.
That being said this is still one of my favorite films , much better that the original with Vincent Price and light years better that the boring remake with Will smith. And yes, of course great soundtrack.
The scope is not really a night scope: It's an infra-red scope that was proven deadly for users in Vietnam because it could be seen by the enemy when lit up. The Night vision scopes were safer because they gathered moon and starlight and didn't give away the user at long range the way the IR scopes did. In addition, the IR scopes were power hogs and went through batteries like melting ice cream on a hot day.
*****
Heston's MP-40 jammed near the end of the movie.
+Glenn Renfrow Neville wasn't nearly aggressive enough. He didn't try to kill many of them with the BAR and he should have wired the area with Claymores (or their IED equivalent) prior to the Family's nightly visit.
He does this again after escaping his crashed truck when he haphazardly sprays down the street with his submachine gun as he walks back to his house.
Yes, newalm....MP40's were known to do that. Great that it was included in this film.
You know, I got to see Charlton Heston in person, in 2000, at an NRA rally. I just got a glimpse because when he took the stage so many hands went up, even though I was close to the front, he was completely blocked out. I feel blessed to have been a member when he was President and to have seen him.
lol
RIP Richard Matheson, author of I Am Legend. Great movie, great story.
Elegant music with a heart for the lonely.
jutubaeh I'm the man with the golden smile.
Awesome music awesome soundtrack
Love the music. A great period-perfect soundtrack. Like Lalo Schifrin's soundtrack for Dirty Harry.
what a great movie loved it and love the sound track. there never be another
charlton heston again.. may god have mercy on his soul
Greatest thing Ron Grainer ever did, and that's saying something!
The Omega Man was right
2020
Fantastic video. 2 years (!) later we were able to see this film in İstanbul/Turkey. I was 9 years old boy and watched with my father. Impressive with so much subliminal messages. Thanks!
One of my all time favorite movies .
Very well done.
A haunting theme that I am surprised has not been covered more.
I just watched the movie on TCM! You know, I've been fixing up my old 1972 Chevy truck my dad bought new in '72....I feel much more of a connection to those times now.
Thanks for posting this, love both this film and the soundtrack. If you guys want to hear Grainer at his best then listen to his work on The Prisoner.
"They sure don't make them like they used too."
TTTThis movie is now available to watch here => twitter.com/79bc38581ebf66eeb/status/795843629507936256 The OOOOmega Man Suite
Greg OfCanada "Are you guys from the IRS?"
Great movie & film music !
THERE ARE NO PHONES RINGING!!
The main theme is just so haunting and sad, and it truly sounds like the end of the world.
Okay- don't get me wrong- Heston and Rosalind Cash[ very underrated actress] were great and all, but Anthony Zerbe OWNED every scene he was in. Oh yeah, LOVED the music.
I always loved listening to Anthony Zerbe's voice.
"One creature. Caught. Caught in a place he cannot stir from in the dark. Outnumbered hundreds to one. Nothing to live for but his memories. Nothing to live with but his gadgets, his guns, his cars, all his gimmicks. And yet, the whole Family cannot pull him down from that, that..."
"Honky paradise, brother?"
"Forget the old ways, brother. All the old hatreds, all your pains. Forget. And remember, the Family is One. The Family... and that Thing up there! That creature of the wheel, lord of the infernal machines."
I love the sound track and the movie.
My very first movie. Drive in with my mom and her friends. I was 7. I think about that everytime I pass that place... now an auto yard. The color of the serum and the bottle shape are etched into my permanent memory for ever.
great movie great music greatest actor
Me, too, Captain...the Drive- in, 6 years old...caught both Apes original two flicks and Soylent Green there, as well, with Mom and Dad, among several other greats. Sweet memories.
Out of my cold dead hands!!!!! the NRA lives on... Thank you Charlton for your service!
Charlton Heston & Anthony Zerbe -- my first teenage movie actor "crushes" at 14 years old thanks to this film. My family thought I was weird. Weird? Maybe. Wrong? Nope.
Charlton so handsome.
Neville's neighborhood reminds me of when I lived in Baltimore
Simply fantastic.
Gritty Cinematography and good score.
Outstanding ST... Heston and Zerbe were dynamic... Thnx Valdez244... Another outstanding post...
"Well, Mr. Neville. Now we can talk. It's been a long time since you've talked to anyone. That is, other than to yourself."
"Tell me something, are you fellas really with the Internal Revenue Service?"
"Your little jokes are meaningless, Mr. Neville. Or Colonel or Doctor or whatever it was they called you."
"I'm a scientist. What the hell are you?"
"Definition of a scientist: a man who understood nothing, until there was nothing left to understand."
"So. There is a little light in the forest after all."
"A guiding light, Mr. Neville. The light of truth."
Me too saw it with my Father at a drive in Honesdale, PA.
god bless u for this beautiful compilation u created with.your talented hands brother.this.was.my favorite FAVORITE MOVIE OF.ALL TIME..
THANKS FOR THE.MEMORIES
AND GOOD.NIGHT.GENERAL and
REST UP...I will speak to you when its my turn to arrive...
I have been trying to live by the message of YOUR character and.by the code.of HIS character...
YOU PLAYED CHESS WITH CAESAR...and remembered it was.Sunday...day to dress.up in your finest and.sharpest threads
requisat en pace, major,
en pace.... ad infinitum
REQUISAT.EN PACE.O SOLDATE ROMANORUM
Saw this in the cinema before video, and everything including this music stayed in my head for the longest time 😀
Great movie ! Great music ! Great acting !
Great music for a classic film see it at least 3 times a year play this awesome track in my car
What also that needs to noted was the era of the file. Heston was a equal rights advocate for Hollywood thereby having a black lady be his lover in the movie. When this came out that was still a pretty taboo issue. Heston was not only a epic actor he is a true MAN!!!
He started as a democrat but did not like the way they were going, so he switched to republican. He was a good down the middle of the road type of guy.
Damn right!
John Hotchkiss you mean the NRA paid more then democrats ?
@@lisalovelylpa "From my cold dead hands " long live the NRA!
Suspicious pattern with the right wing now. Big fans of Heston, own "all" his movies, Never heard of "The Omega Man". Don't even recognize the iconic look of it. Not even interested. Big fans of the president of the NRA, in his gun nuttiest movie, never heard of it, and not interested. Something nefarious going on there. The truth has a logic, and so do lies. Lies are by definition nefarious.
Nice work, thanks so much for sharing. I must have seen this film about four times. Great music matches the film perfectly. Peace and love.
That is a wonderful moment in the film. That theme has a sad, romantic feel that compliments the film perfectly.
I suppose if I had but one absolute favourite movie this would be it because of the awesome soundtrack! Yeah, they don’t make them like that anymore!
better than the walking dead
I used to listen to this while driving to the store at early Corona days
When i was a kid i wanted to be him, now many many yrs later..I STILL DO!
I listen to this sound track while at my desk working. I have yet to add it to my playlist in my car. Now im excited thiinking about great my drives will be listening to this awesome sound track.
Thank you B. for uploading this video with Charlton Heston. You have done an excellent job in putting it all together.
I have always liked Heston's movies, from Ben-Hur to Soylent Green. He was a great actor and he is greatly missed.
Thank you again
totally agree. Missed!
I found this movie in a second store ,, nice suprise , it's an awesome movie .
I agree. Great job and good old Chuck. In one of his last interviews about this film and the other renditions, he referred to Vincent Price as Vinnie and Anthony Zerbe as Tony. I have never even thought of calling Vincent Price, Vinnie Price...
I wish video games had zombie vampire cross breads this intelligent. That would make it insane.
the last sceen of the movie broke my heart and yes as a man i cried.
Same here. I always get emotional when Neville dies in that fountain at the end.
Charlton was very handsome and emotionally empowered too.
It's funny how in 2020 these movies are so relevant now April 4th lockdown covid-19 who's listening to this when I was a kid 4or5yr's this movie scared the hell out of me and night of the living Dead !!!
That beauty .. Suite! A true wonder ....! As always thanks for uploading thousands of these masterpieces ....! A big hug for you and happy week!
love this movie i have it as well bit sad at the end when he died in the movie
Excellent when the movie came out I was 12 wish I could get the soundtrak.One of the best Sci-Fi/ Possible Reality movies ever.Will Smith did an ok re-make but of the three I like this one the best then,the one with Vincent Price,then I Am Legend.Thank you very much for putting it out a fantastic job.
Where did you get the soundtrack? I always loved it...from pleasant to scary and back again. My brother and I went to see the film in the theatre in '71 because we saw the trailer on TV and thought it was more about motorcycles because of that one quick jump over the bug,,, I was 7 and he was 11. Of course I have it of DVD now but there's something about when comes on TV...it's more fun to watch.
The "Omega Man",the last man on Earth staring Charlton Heston was a great Video. I enjoyed it
M.S.C.1. Call me Robert. Thanks! God Bless.
The movie made the sound track and the sound track made the movie.
Hi Brian, I love the soundtrack to Omega Man! I recently saw "The last man on earth" starring Vincent Price which is what Omega Man was patterned after. It's amazing how close the two movies are. However, I would have to say I like Omega Man more. It's tough to beat Charlton Heston in anything and his version has a certain quality to it. Plus the great music. You just hate to see him die at the end. Thanks much for posting. Hope all is well with you and your family. Warm regards, Norm
Let's not forget that Night of the Comet is essentially a spoof of Omega Man
@@finalascent Good call!
T.O.M. great score forever!
"How's that grab you Caesar?"
I dig the scene when Dutch makes his debut - on an early-1970s-styled chop!
If you want to act like Charton Heston in this movie, driving around down-town LA on a Sunday morning.
thats funny!
,,but what if it's getting dark ?
Solid State
Then it probably turns into a more non-fiction kind of Heston movie
Nallanyesmar ,,,but they'll be out soon !
man! you broke me OUT! never laughed so hard...ever!
I remember the eyes,the grey skin, and AFros from this film as a kid i thought it was a vampire movie. Ha! Ha!
Actually, the author Richard Matheson wrote the book as a vampire epidemic but the movie was made differently because of audience marketing purposes.
my favorite part is near the start when he says at the chess table to cesar "you know you used to be a nice guy once" then just like the" citizen cane movie" the camera pulls out the window to show just how alone he really is, only light on in the darkness.... then that glorious morning music starts the day......"keep going theme"
Music in stereo. Cool. I have the DVD and I think the music is in mono. I've been obsessed with this movie since they showed it at our high school. 1979, I think.
This is one of those post holocaust movies that gets it right in a hollywood way. I think the most bleak post holocaust movie I have ever seen is the Road with Viggo Mortensen that thing was seriously depressing. The music from OM was one of those scores that just elevates the movie to another level. I was noting to someone else that it really captures that 70's sound. Grainer was a master of synth, horns, guitar and strings. I love the Prisoner music as well.
Granger also composed for Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner".
I was 12 when this came out and it's always been one of my favorites....Now, more so because I can see how it was influenced by the times. The Manson family was on trial, Nixon was getting ready to make a deal for everyone to stop germ warfare experiments, a thousand sheep were poisoned by the accidental release of nerve gas which would have been an accidental release into Salt Lake City if the wind had been blowing the other way...It was almost topical. Not as bleak as "the last man on earth"
"The Bad Dream is over, Friend Neville. Now we may sleep in peace."
One of my top three movies. The musical score makes it a classic. Have downloaded the soundtrack from Itunes.
Was too young to see this when it hit the theaters, but do recall seeing it several times when it hit network TV a few years later. (I now own the dvd).
A memorable film & a superb soundtrack. Grainer's contrasting musical themes evoke a real pathos. One of the recurring themes strikes me as a funeral dirge (for all of mankind). -- In that sense, the score is somewhat reminiscent to use of "Waltzing Matilda" in "On the Beach".
"The Family" does seem a bit tame though vs. vampires.
The Family seem more realistic than vampires though. If a world wide apocalypse occurred, then The Family would make more sense.
Something to keep in mind is that this was fresh off the heels of the Manson Family murders, which was a familial, commune cult with strange ass practices. Frankly, there are probably more like them out there and the moment civilization crashes, they would go publically and become warlords like we see here. Hell, some might even be fundie or Greenie types similar to Mathias and his lot.
When I was 7 years old my parents took me to see this movie at the gulf way drive inn in Houston Tx .. I was just mesmerized by this movie, I pretended that I was Neville,and I always played by myself because nobody understood what the hell I was playing… Too this day I’m completely fascinated with generators,guns,and still want to be the last man on earth…charlton heston was the best actor on earth !!!
This was very well put together .😊
Yes I have!!!! And I loved it, I wish that was the real ending!!!
This is the second movie of Richard Matheson's "I am Legend" book. (The first movie was, "The Last Man on Earth" starring Vincent Price, and, most recently, the Will Smith version).
Great movie
Omega Man:- You are right on the Christ Analogy Thanks for letting me know. Robert.M.S.C.1. God Bless you & have a great weekend. Talk with you Later.
I was gonna tell you about the "alternate ending" video, but I saw that you've ALREADY been there. LONG LIVE NEVILLE!
Cool Soundtrack. Cheers.
Thank you, Valdez. This was one of many great Drive In fllicks my young parents took me to, and as part of the 60's-70's counter-culture period, rates a special place in my memory. Planet of the Apes and Soylent Green, as well.
The soundtrack to this was special. Also love the part (not here?) where Chuck says, "It's getting dark, they'll be in through the garage", generator down in his apartment. The "Bum-bum-ba-da-dada dump (boomp-Bah!)", music.
ICH SAH DEN FILM ZUM ERSTEN MAL MIT 6 JAHREN UND BIN HEUTE NOCH FAN DER MUSIK UND DER HANDLUNG , JA DIESER FILM HAT ZUM GROSSEN TEIL MEIN LEBEN GEPRÄGT....!!! ICH LIEBE DIESEN FILM .....!!! FÜR ALLE DIE MEIN DEUTSCH NICHT VERSTEHEN ....I LOVE THIS MOVIE....!!!!
It appears that the Omega Man was some sort of hybrid being a little bit susceptible to the light, but not as much as a family, as I notice he has to wear sunglasses during the day.
The Quiet Storm music is hauntingly elegant
You would think that rather than going out and hunting the family, that he would take care of them right out in front of this house since they attacked him first
King Hussein 0bamma of aMerico My theory on that was if he doesn't more or less get them all at once..they'll stop fucking around with catapaults and go get a tank despite what Matthias says.