DEATH RACE 2000
TITLE: Death Race 2000
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YEAR: 1975
FILM STUDIO: New World Pictures
DIRECTOR: Paul Bartel
CAST: David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov, Roberta Collins, Martin Kove
TAGLINE: “In the year 2000 hit and run driving is no longer a felony. It’s the national sport!”
GENRE: Science Fiction / Action / Comedy — contemporary references classify the film across these genres, with its dystopian satire central to its identity. OneSheet.org
POSTER PRINTER: M.A.P.S. Litho Pty. Ltd.
AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTOR: Roadshow — Australian classification records list Roadshow Distributors as the applicant for the 1975 theatrical release. Classification Government of Australia
POSTER DESIGN FEATURES:
Original Australian Daybill in a highly distinctive purple, lime-green and black colour scheme. The upper section is dominated by oversized typography for David Carradine, the film title and the giant numerals “2000”, while the lower illustrated montage combines Frankenstein, Annie, futuristic race cars and crash imagery. The design also carries the secondary line “A Cross Country Road Wreck!” and the Australian Roadshow release credit. The supplied poster clearly shows the M.A.P.S. Litho Pty. Ltd. printer credit at lower right.
COLLECTOR’S NOTES:
Produced by Roger Corman, Death Race 2000 has become one of the best-known cult exploitation films of the 1970s. Its premise — a nationally televised transcontinental race in which drivers score points for killing pedestrians — combines dystopian science fiction, black comedy and violent satire. Wikipedia
The film is also notable for featuring Sylvester Stallone shortly before Rocky, alongside David Carradine as the masked champion Frankenstein. Australian collector references identify this specific Daybill as an original 1975 Australian release poster, and a separate Australian listing notes the existence of a rarer alternate Daybill artwork, making poster variant identification important for this title. All About Movies
PROVENANCE:
This original Australian cinema poster is being sold directly by the family of its original collector, a projectionist who screened films during their Australian theatrical release. It is supplied with documented provenance and a Certificate of Authenticity confirming its originality and collection history, providing a direct connection between the poster and its working Australian cinema past.