Budgeted at $17,000,000 in 1977, this Fox production was one of only two Sci-Fi releases by the studio that year, the other being a rather unimpressive idea based on the premise of a Western in Space-Star Wars. No faith being shown in Star Wars, Fox quickly lost faith in Damnation Alley too, delaying release with post-production running for ten months.
Based on Roger Zelazny's novel, rather loosely, this film starred George Peppard (Hannibal-A-Team and Jan-Michael Vincent (Airwolf & Big Wednesday) as airforce, post-apocolypic survivors with a big van, who believe others might be living in Albany. Why? You have no reseason to care.
There are two good things in this film;
- The truck is like a bendy bus and has missiles, also it cost the equivilent of $1,300,000 to make.
- Sound 360, a pre-cursor to the Surround Sound we use today emphasized the soundtrack, something Star Wars made the best use of.
Fun Fact: Cult TV show Ark II had a very similar van too.
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