| Description |
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, anamorphic widescreen; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Based on the novel by Richard Bachman. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1987. |
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Special features: New 2012 audio commentary with director Paul Michael Glaser. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Richard Dawson. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Thomas Del Ruth ; music, Harold Faitermeyer. |
| Audience |
Rating: R. |
| Summary |
Los Angeles in the year 2017 has become a police state in the wake of the global economy's total collapse. In 2019 The Running Man is the top-rated TV show, where condemned criminals are given a chance for freedom by running through a gauntlet of heavily armed killers known as Stalkers. Ben Richards an ex-cop wrongly convicted of the massacre of unarmed civilians must try and survive the Stalkers. |
| Subject |
Prisons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Science fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Zinnemann, Tim.
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Linder, George, 1948-
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Glaser, Paul Michael.
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Schwarzenegger, Arnold.
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Alonso, Maria Conchita.
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Kotto, Yaphet, 1937-
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Dawson, Richard, 1932-2012.
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Bachman, Richard.
Running man.
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Taft Entertaiment Pictures.
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Keith Barish Productions.
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Tri-Star Pictures.
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| Standard No. |
887090054409 |
| Music No. |
OF544 Taft Entertainment Pictures |
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