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

User Rating:

3.1/10   

Director:

Roger Corman

Writer:

George Armitage (writer)

Release Date:

September 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Invite a few friends over to watch the end of the world!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Turning Thirty | Marshal | Generation Gap | End Of The World | Texas USA

Cast

Bob Corff	...	Coel (as Robert Corff)
Elaine Giftos	...	Cilla
Talia Shire	...	Coralee (as Tally Coppola)
Ben Vereen	...	Carlos
Cindy Williams	...	Marissa
Alex Wilson	...	Jason
Lou Procopio	...	Marshal McLuhan
Phil Borneo	...	Quant
Alan Braunstein	...	Dr. Drake
Jackie Farley	...	Ginny
David Osterhout	...	Texas Ranger
Juretta Taylor	...	Zoe
Michael D. Castle	...	Burroughs
Alan DeWitt	...	Dr. Murder
Bruce Karcher	...	Edgar Allen

Also Known As:

Gas! (UK) (TV title)
Gas-s-s-s (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some language, sexuality and drug content. (2003 re-rating)

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | Australia:M | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating) (2003)

Filming Locations:

Acoma Indian Reservation, New Mexico, USA

Company:

San Jacinto Productions

Trivia:

This was the last film that Roger Corman directed for American International.

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Quotes:

Marshal's man: I say we run them out of town
Marshal McLuhan: That's not the American way! Underneath those ridiculous clothes and destructive attitudes there beats a heart crying: Give me another chance! Who knows, they may be just around a dog lick from... good citizenship.

Movie Connections:

References The Singing Nun (1966)

Prime Corman,

"Author: Brian Washington ([e-mail]) from Los Angeles, California 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." Wonderful little films like "A Bucket of Blood" and "Little Shop of Horrors" were not "schlock." Using childish terminology isn't helpful in a review.