In the Year 2889 (film)
| In the Year 2889 | |
|---|---|
 Betamax Video Cover | |
| Directed by | Larry Buchanan |
| Produced by |
Larry Buchanan Edwin Tobolowsky |
| Written by |
Harold Hoffman Lou Rusoff |
| Starring |
Paul Petersen Quinn O'Hara Charla Doherty Neil Fletcher Hugh Feagin |
| Cinematography | Robert C. Jessup |
| Edited by | Larry Buchanan |
| Distributed by | AIP-TV |
Release date | 1967 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
In the Year 2889 is a 1967 post-apocalyptic, made-for-television science fiction film from American International Pictures about the aftermath of a future nuclear war. The film stars Paul Petersen, Quinn O'Hara, Charla Doherty, Neil Fletcher and Hugh Feagin. AIP commissioned low-budget cult film auteur Larry Buchanan to produce and direct this film as a color remake of Roger Corman's 1955 film Day the World Ended.[1]
In the Year 2889's title is borrowed from a short story of the same title by Jules Verne and his son, Michael Verne.[2][3]
Plot
A nuclear war has wiped out most of Earth's population. The film follows a group of survivors who are holed up in a secluded valley and must protect themselves from rising radiation levels, mutants, and in some cases, each other.[4]
Cast
- Paul Petersen as Steve
- Quinn O'Hara as Jada
- Charla Doherty as Joanna Ramsey
- Neil Fletcher as Captain John Ramsey
- Hugh Feagin as Mickey Brown
- Max W. Anderson as Granger
- Bill Thurman as Tim Henderson
- Byron Lord as Mutant
Production
AIP gave Buchanan the script of the 1955 Corman film Day the World Ended to use for this film, resulting in an almost line-for-line, scene-for-scene remake.
This was Buchanan's fifth Azalea Productions film. It was made by AIP six years after the success of their 1961 Jules Verne adaptation Master of the World. Because this was an even lower budget remake of the earlier low budget Corman film, it needed a new title; AIP already had a registered title available (for a previously unmade Verne project), so it was used on the Buchanan film.
Release
In the Year 2889 was completed and released in 1967 as a made-for-television movie. All promotional materials, including the original listing in TV Guide, have the title as Year 2889, but the on-screen credits give the correct title.
Reception
As of November 2015, the film held a score of 2.7 out of 10 from 638 users at the Internet Movie Database.
Home media release
In the Year 2889 was released on DVD by Retromedia Entertainment in 2004, packaged as a double feature with Buchanan's 1969 film 'It's Alive!'.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Goodsell, Greg. "The Weird and Wacky World of Larry Buchanan". Filmfax (38 April/May 1993): 64.
- ↑ "Jules Verne Book: In the Year 2889". JulesVerne.ca.
- ↑ Verne, Jules & Verne, Michael, & Metcalf, Lorettus S. (Editor) (February 1889). "In the Year 2889". The Forum. VI (6): 662–677.
- ↑ "In the Year 2889". ApocalypticMovies.com.
- ↑ http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/9113/its-alive-year-2889/
External links
- In The Year 2889 on YouTube
- In the Year 2889 on IMDb
- In the Year 2889 is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- In The year 2889 synopsis at B-Movie Central