Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970)

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A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old.

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10 October 2003 | Sargebri
Corman's Last Hurrah
This was a weird sort of science fiction comedy from "Professor Corman". This film pretty much reminds me of a spaced out version of the short lived show "The New People", which came out a year earlier. The whole idea of everyone over 35 being killed by a gas that didn't work on the younger population was a wild idea to begin with, but the surrealism of this movie even made it wilder to look at. Too bad that Corman's last film for A.I.P. couldn't have been a schlock classic like many of his earlier. At least on the bright side we get to look at a very young Cindy Williams, Talia Shire and Ben Vereen in what was one of, if not their first roles in a motion picture.

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Trivia

The Warrior football team in the movie is the actual name of the Socorro High School team, in Socorro, New Mexico, where part of this movie was filmed, and the real Warrior's colors really are blue and white.

Quotes

Marshal McLuhan: You know? A good woman is like a steel brush. Think about it.

Goofs

After breaking a road barrier, the car of the main character has 3 out 4 headlights broken, later they are intact, while it does not seem probable they would be repaired.

Soundtracks

Victory March
(Notre Dame fight song)
[played by marching band]

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Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi

Details

Release Date:

September 1970

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Acoma Indian Reservation, New Mexico, USA

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