Welcome to Blood City
{{Short description|1977 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Welcome to Blood City
| image = Welcome to Blood City.jpg
| caption =
| director = Peter Sasdy
| writer = Michael Winder
Stephen Schneck
| narrator =
| starring = Jack Palance
Keir Dullea
Samantha Eggar
| music = Roy Budd
| cinematography = Reginald H. Morris
| editing = Keith Palmer
| studio = EMI Films
Stanley Chase Productions
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1977|08|23|df=yes}}
| runtime = 96 mins.
| country = Canada{{cite web|title=Welcome to Blood City (1977)|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6ba62a32|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724211249/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6ba62a32|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2012|website=BFI|accessdate=23 December 2015}}
United Kingdom{{cite web|title=Welcome to Blood City (1977)|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6ba62a32|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724211249/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6ba62a32|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2012|website=BFI|accessdate=23 December 2015}}
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $CAD900,000
}}
Welcome to Blood City is a 1977 science fiction Western film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Jack Palance, Keir Dullea and Samantha Eggar.{{cite web |url=http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/welcome-to-blood-city-v53801 |title=Welcome to Blood City - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie |website=www.allrovi.com |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724195151/http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/welcome-to-blood-city-v53801 |archive-date=24 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://moria.co.nz/sciencefiction/welcome-to-blood-city-1977.htm|title=Welcome to Blood City (1977). Western in Virtual Reality. Director – Peter Sasdy. Stars: Keir Dullea, Jack Palance, Samantha Eggar. Moria – The Science-Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review.|work=moria.co.nz|date=31 July 2000 }}
Plot
Five strangers awake finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed – what the townspeople refer to as being "immortal" – by killing twenty of the other inhabitants of the town under the scrutiny of the sheriff (Jack Palance), otherwise they will spend their lives in slavery.
Cast
- Jack Palance as Frendlander
- Keir Dullea as Lewis
- Samantha Eggar as Katherine
- Barry Morse as Supervisor
- Hollis McLaren as Martine
- Chris Wiggins as Gellor
- Henry Ramer as Chumley
Production
Shot in Cinespace Film Studios in Kleinburg, a village north of Toronto, Welcome to Blood City was an early Canada/U.K. co-production.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0076909}}
{{Peter Sasdy}}
Category:1970s Western (genre) science fiction films
Category:British Western (genre) science fiction films
Category:Canadian Western (genre) science fiction films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Films about death games
Category:Films about virtual reality
Category:Films directed by Peter Sasdy
Category:Films scored by Roy Budd
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:1977 science fiction films
Category:English-language Western (genre) science fiction films
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