THE RUNNING MAN PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Richard Bachman,Stephen King | 256 pages | 06 Feb 2013 | Hodder & Stoughton General Division | 9781444723540 | English | London, United Kingdom The Running Man () - IMDb Navigator on the plane that Ben Richards hijacked - Games Council controller. Driver of the car that took Ben Richards from Boston. Friend of Bradley Throckmorton. Guard who loaned Richards 50 cents to call home while he was trying to enter the games. Built pollution counter. Brother of Rich, and friend of Bradley Throckmorton. Brother of Dink, and friend of Bradley Throckmorton. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator. Director: Carol Reed. Writers: John Mortimer screenplay , Shelley Smith novel. Added to Watchlist. Favourite Films of Abby's Cinema. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Laurence Harvey Rex Lee Remick Stella Alan Bates Stephen Felix Aylmer Parson Eleanor Summerfield Hilda Tanner Allan Cuthbertson Jenkins Harold Goldblatt Tom Webster Noel Purcell Miles Bleeker Ramsay Ames Madge Penderby Fernando Rey Sam Crewdson Colin Gordon Solicitor John Meillon Jim Jerome Roger Delgado Edit Storyline Hard up and with a grudge against insurance companies, English pilot Rex Black fakes his death and meets up with his wife and the money in Malaga, Spain when things have quieted down. By , after a worldwide economic collapse, the United States has become a totalitarian police state , censoring all cultural activity. The U. In , Ben Richards, a police helicopter pilot framed for a massacre during a food riot in Bakersfield , California, escapes from a labor camp with two resistance fighters, Harold Weiss and William Laughlin, and finds refuge at a resistance camp headed by their leader, Mic. Instead of joining the resistance who detest Richards at first due to his previous ties with the police , Richards seeks shelter at his brother's apartment. Richards, after discovering she has been secretly making music which is illegal by government law asks Mendez about the whereabouts of his brother, and she says that he was taken for "re-education. Blackmailing and taking Amber hostage, Richards attempts to flee to Hawaii, but she alerts airport security and Richards is captured and taken to ICS before the police can arrest him. Ben learns that Killian had enrolled them as runners anyway and swears revenge, which Killian brushes off. As the game begins, Richards and his friends are sent into the game zone, an abandoned part of Los Angeles devastated by a prior earthquake, where they are attacked by the first stalker, Subzero. They fight back and Richards garrotes Subzero to death with barbed wire — the first time a stalker has ever died on the show. Laughlin and Weiss search for the network's uplink facilities, which they realize are in the game zone. Amber sees a falsified news report on Richards' capture and, suspicious of the media's veracity, does some investigating. After learning that footage of the massacre was doctored to incriminate Richards, she is captured by her ICS colleagues and sent into the game zone where she meets up with Richards and his comrades. The runners split up into groups of two, then each pair is pursued by a different stalker, Buzzsaw, and Dynamo. Buzzsaw mortally wounds Laughlin, but Richards slays Buzzsaw by bisecting him with his own chainsaw. Weiss and Amber locate the uplink and learn the access codes, but Dynamo finds them and kills Weiss by electrocution. Amber's screams lead Richards to her, and as the two evade Dynamo, the stalker's buggy flips, trapping him inside. Refusing to kill a helpless opponent, Richards leaves Dynamo alive to jeers from the audience. He and Amber then return to Laughlin, who before dying, reveals that the resistance has a hideout within the game zone and begs Richards to complete their mission for them. Back at ICS, Killian sees Richards' popularity growing, with many viewers rooting for him to win instead of the stalkers. Off-camera, Killian offers Richards a job as a stalker; but when Richards refuses, Killian sends in the next stalker, Fireball. Fireball chases them into an abandoned factory, where Amber discovers the charred and decomposing corpses of the previous seasons' "winners," realizing that their victory was faked and they were killed and dumped inside the game zone. Fireball goes after Amber, but Richards rescues her and kills him by sabotaging his flamethrower and lighting the resulting puddle of fuel. Frustrated and running out of options, Killian calls upon Captain Freedom, a retired stalker, to kill them. However, when Freedom refuses, the network creates digital body doubles of Freedom, Richards, and Amber, which are then used to fake Richards' and Amber's deaths on screen. In the game zone, Richards and Amber are found by Mic and taken to the resistance's hideout, where they learn of their supposed deaths. Using the access codes, the rebels get into ICS' control room, broadcasting footage that exonerates Richards and reveals the truth about the game's previous contestants. As Richards heads to the main studio floor, shocking the audience who had watched him supposedly die, Amber is ambushed by Dynamo. She is able to set off a sprinkler above his head, causing his weapons to short circuit and electrocute him to death. Richards confronts Killian, who begs for his life, saying he created the show to appease the people's love of television and televised violence. In response, Richards decides to give the audience what they want, sending Killian into the game zone in a rocket sled. Without the protective netting which was removed by the resistance when they made their assault, the sled hits a Cadre Cola billboard bearing Killian's likeness and explodes, killing him to the delight of the audience. Richards and Amber kiss and then walk out of the studio hand in hand. Christopher Reeve was once attached to play Ben Richards. Schwarzenegger has stated this was a "terrible decision", as Glaser "shot the movie like it was a television show, losing all the deeper themes", and believes this hurt the film. Pop star Paula Abdul choreographed the pre-show dance sequences. The music used for the pre-show entertainment was composed by Jackie Jackson and was dubbed "Paula's Theme" in her honor. Artisan Entertainment released the film on DVD in , and again in The release includes new special features, audio commentaries and sound mix. The Running Man ( film) - Wikipedia Director: Carol Reed. Writers: John Mortimer screenplay , Shelley Smith novel. Added to Watchlist. Favourite Films of Abby's Cinema. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Laurence Harvey Rex Lee Remick Stella Alan Bates Stephen Felix Aylmer Parson Eleanor Summerfield Hilda Tanner Allan Cuthbertson Jenkins Harold Goldblatt Tom Webster Noel Purcell Miles Bleeker Ramsay Ames Madge Penderby Fernando Rey Sam Crewdson Colin Gordon Solicitor John Meillon Jim Jerome Roger Delgado Edit Storyline Hard up and with a grudge against insurance companies, English pilot Rex Black fakes his death and meets up with his wife and the money in Malaga, Spain when things have quieted down. Taglines: Famed director Carol Reed focuses on naked fear! Edit Did You Know? Goofs Stella hops onto her bed after the insurance adjuster leaves and has her shoes on. In the next scene her shoes are gone. Then she falls asleep fully clothed and her husband puts a blanket over her. Whilst dreaming, she still has her black dress on. When she awakes in the morning the dress is gone. Quotes Rex Black : Where did he get it? Stella Black : I lost it. Rex Black : Where? Stella Black : In his bed. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this. Frequently Asked Questions Q: Which car is the gorgeous convertible shown in the movie? Edit Details Country: UK. Language: English Spanish French. Runtime: min. A modern remake of the film has been mooted. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Theatrical release poster. George Linder Tim Zinnemann. Braveworld Productions Taft Entertainment. Release date. Running time. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. October Learn how and when to remove this template message. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Benjamin "Ben" A. Main article: The Running Man video game. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved March 13, Box Office Mojo. 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