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- Sadly for Damnation Alley, Fox ended up pulling part of its budget to help complete Star Wars. According to director Jack Smight (via Web Archive), he later discovered the studio had taken around a quarter of Damnation Alley's budget and handed it to Star Wars instead.
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Damnation Alley is a 1969 science fiction novel by American writer Roger Zelazny, based on a novella of the same name published in 1967. A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1977.
The explosions kill most of its inhabitants including the base commander, General Landers. Keegan and Tanner are unscathed, as are Denton and Lieutenant Tom Perry, who were outside, on their way to the bunker.
The Landmaster was sold to a private owner in 2005 and was restored to its original condition as featured in Damnation Alley. The Landmaster was then on the show car circuit for several years.[2]
The Landmaster is a unique 12-wheeled amphibious articulated vehicle constructed by Dean Jeffries at Jeffries Automotive in Universal City, California, for the 1977 science fiction film Damnation Alley (itself based on a novel by Roger Zelazny).
Dec 4, 2022 · Before Star Wars: A New Hope dominated cinemas upon release in 1977, rival sci-fi adventure Damnation Alley was supposed to be 20th Century Fox's big blockbuster. Based loosely on a novel by Roger Zelazny, Damnation Alley starred George Peppard and Jan-Michael Vincent as survivors of World War III.
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Damnation Alley: Directed by Jack Smight. With Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield. In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.
Oct 2, 2016 · A trio of United States Air Force servicemen are forced to leave a protected California missile silo that has allowed them to survive the holocaust. (It burns down after a drunk commanding officer passes out and drops a lit cigarette. Seriously.)
