Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970)
September 4, 1970Release Date
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970)
September 4, 1970Release Date


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Cast & Crew.

Bud Cort
Hooper

Talia Shire
Coralee

Elaine Giftos
Cilla

Cindy Williams
Marissa

Ben Vereen
Carlos

Bob Corff
Coel

Alex Wilson
Jason

Alex Wilson
Jason

Bruce Karcher
Edgar Allen

George Armitage
Billy the Kid / Screenplay / Associate Producer

Raye Birk
Mort Catafalque

Alan DeWitt
Dr. Murder

Stephen White
Sergeant Sentry Collar

Lou Procopio
Marshal McLuhan

Phil Borneo
Quant

Alan H. Braunstein
Dr. Drake

Jackie Farley
Ginny

David Osterhout
Texas Ranger / Location Manager

Juretta Taylor
Zoe

Michael D. Castle
Burroughs

Abe Santillanes
Na Wanka

Gary Caplan
Raincoat Harry

Janice Maureen Odell
Cheerleader

Roger Corman
Director / Producer

Charles S. Swartz
Production Executive

Barry Melton
Additional Music

Stephanie Rothman
Production Executive

Dean Cundey
Makeup Artist

Eric Maxwell
Key Grip

Vana Carroll
Wardrobe Master

Ron Dexter
Director of Photography

James M. Tanenbaum
Sound

Country Joe and the Fish
Original Music Composer

Robert Dijoux
Assistant Director

David Nichols
Art Direction

Paul Rapp
Production Manager

George Van Noy
Editor

Stephan Graham
Set Decoration
Media.






Details.
Release DateSeptember 4, 1970
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Content RatingR
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Gas-s-s-s (on-screen title: Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.) is a 1970 American post-apocalyptic black comedy film directed by Roger Corman, and produced and released by American International Pictures. The plot follows survivors of an accidental military gas leak involving an experimental agent that kills everyone on Earth over the age of 25 (a cartoon title sequence shows a John Wayne-esque Army General announcing — and denouncing — the "accident"; the story picks up as the last of the victims are dying with social commentary on Medicare and Medicaid). The subtitle alludes to the 1968 quote "it became necessary to destroy the town to save it" attributed to a U.S. Army officer after the Battle of Bến Tre in Vietnam.
Robert Corff and Elaine Giftos star, with Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams, Bud Cort, and Talia Shire (credited as "Tally Coppola") in early roles. Country Joe McDonald, who provides the music, makes an appearance as a spokesman for "AM Radio".
It was Corman's final film for AIP as director, after a long association (although he would subsequently produce a few more films for the studio). He was unhappy as AIP made several cuts without his approval, including the removal of the final shot in which God comments on the action — a shot Corman regarded as one of the greatest he had made in his life.
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