I guerrieri dell'anno 2072 (1984)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1983
Running Times: 90 mins
Format: Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Regency Productions
Executive Producers: Maurizio Amati, James Vaughan
Production Manager: Peter Larson
Unit Manager: Enzo Nigro

SCRIPT
Script: Elisa Briganti, Cesare Frugoni, Lucio Fulci, Dardano Sacchetti
Story: Elisa Briganti, Dardano Sacchetti

DIRECTION
Director: Lucio Fulci
1st Assistant Director: Rinaldo Ricci
2nd Assistant Director: Luciano Palermo

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Joseph Pinori (real name: Giuseppe Pinori)
Camera Operator: Silvano Tessicini
Camera Assistants: Giancarlo Granatelli, Sandro Rubeo
2nd Unit Camera: Aldo Tonti
Gaffer: Renato Sardini
Key Grip: Antonio Marra
Stills: Tony Benetti
Camera and Lighting Equipment: Arlo 2 - Roma Cine Service
Lab: Technicolor S.p.a., Roma, Italy

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Vincent Thomas (real name: Vincenzo Tomassi)
1st Assistant Editor: Rita Antonelli
2nd Assistant Editor: Carlo Della Porta

MUSIC
Music: Riz Ortolani
Music Publishers: CAM

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Antonio Testa
Sound Mixer: Eros Giustini
Boom Operator: Giuseppe Testa
Re-Recording Engineer: Bruno Moreal
Dialogue Editor: Michael Billingsley
Dubbing Editor: Nick Alexander
Sound Effects: Cine Audio Effects
Foley Man: Alvaro Gramigna

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Franco Di Girolamo
Make Up Assistant: Rosario Prestopino
Hair: Martina Patacca, Vitaliana Patacca
Wigs: Rocchetti-Carboni
Costume Designer: Mario Giorsi
Seamstress: Lucia Baldacci
Wardrobe Assistant: Silvano Giusti
Costume House: Costumi d'Arte
Footwear: Arditi

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Corridori G and A Cinematografica S.r.l.

VISUAL EFFECTS
Optical Effects and Miniatures: Joseph Nathanson, Alvaro Passeri
Titles: Videogamma

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Directors: Jerry Mitchell, Frank Vanorio
Set Dresser: Stefano Paltrinieri
Set Furnishings: E. Rancati
Props: Agatino Fonti
Set Construction: Alvaro Belsole
Motorcycle Designer: Joe Cancellara

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Continuity: Maria Gloria Eminente
2nd Unit Continuity: Camilla Fulci
Accountant: Antonio Mastronardi
Transportation: Cinematografica Service
Insurance Consultant: Cinesicurta

LOCATIONS
Locations: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Studio: RPA Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy; Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks To: Farioli KTM; Moto Guzzi; Jawa Motorcycles

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Sergio Mioni
Stunt Double: Stefano Maria Mioni
Stunt Driver: Franco Maria Salamon

CAST
Jared Martin (Drake)
Fred Williamson (Abdul)
Howard Ross (real name: Renato Rossini) (Raven)
Eleonor Gold (real name: Eleonora Brigliadori) (Sarah)
Cosimo Cinieri (Professor Towman)
Claudio Cassinelli (Cortez)
Haruiko Yamanouchi (Akira)
Valerie Jones (real name: Valeria Cavalli) (Susan)
Donal O'Brien (Monk)
Penny Brown (Sybil)
Al Cliver (real name: Pier Luigi Conti) (Kirk)
Tony Sanders (real name: Mario Novelli) (Tango)
Gianni Di Benedetto
Matteo Corsini
Cinzia Monreale (Linda Summers (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

In the near future, television networks compete for ratings by staging producing violent but popular death sports, one of which recreates gladiatorial combat using convicted criminals on motorcycles in place of gladiators in chariots. Feeling that they need a champion to boost ratings, the company frames another game's best player and lets him loose in the new game.

AVAILABILITY

Italy
Theatrical Distributors: Titanus Distribuzione

UK
Video Distributors: Medusa

USA
Video Distributors: Media Home Entertainment

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 18

Norway
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1983
April
2: Italy – filming begins
29: Italy – filming ends

September
15: Italy - passed by the ratings board

1984
January
28: Italy – theatrical release

February
10: West Germany - theatrical release

April
12: Spain - theatrical release

1985
August
21: France - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

2072, les mercenaires du futur - French title
Año 2072: La última batalla - Argentinian title
Les centurions an 2001 - French Canadian title
Fighting Centurions
The New Gladiators
Roma, año 2072 D.C.: los gladiadores - Spanish title
Rome 2033: The Fighter Centurions – Belgian title
Rome, 2072 A.D.
Die Schlacht der Centurions - West German title
Warriors of the Year 2072

LINKS

SEE ALSO
The Running Man (1987)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

L'Ecran Fantastique no.37 (September 1983) p.57 (France)
review

Foreign Sales, Italian Movie Trade vol.9 no.4/5 (April / May 1983) p.53 (Italy)
credits, production notes, summary

Segnocinema vol.4 no.14 (September 1984) p.27 (Italy)
review

Spaghetti Cinema no.26 (USA)
review (by Craig Ledbetter)

Spaghetti Cinema no.65 p.44 (USA)
credits

Starburst no.92 p.33 (UK)
illustrated review

Variety 13 January 1988 p.20 (USA)
credits, review (by Lor)

BOOKS

Beyond Terror by Stephen Thrower pp.279 (Godalming, Surrey: FAB Press (1999) ISBN: 0952926067)
illustrated review, credits

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

bikers, criminals, death sports, decapitations, the future, gladiators, prisoners

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009