10 Things You Didn't Know About Death Race 2000

[@van8ryan]

Very fun movie. Glad you picked this one. Not enough people know about it these days. R.I.P., David Carradine

[@muskokamike127]

died practicing auto erotic asphyxiation lol "shakes head"

[@HighwayPoetry]

Well said Grasshopper.

[@rhaimusg5785]

@@muskokamike127 Guess he should have practiced harder.

[@jdove6883]

What do you mean? It's a cult classic.

[@van8ryan]

@@jdove6883 Yes, but it's also a movie rarely reviewed by KZbinrs.

[@BlooMule]

My favorite line is from David Carradine: "Yes, it's a hand grenade"

[@wstine79]

"All right, all right, and yes sirree! A clean hit! A perfect hit! And no pain for the target. Too bad the guy was only 38; just two years older, he'd have been worth three times the points."

[@poindextertunes]

awesome monologue

[@NRD1985]

Bloody love Death Race 2000, so glad you covered this one.

[@mikegwillis]

Thank you Minty this is one of my all time favourites! It spawned so much! The poster inspired the look for Judge Dredd. The game Carmageddon was a direct copy, lots of influence on grand theft auto etc ...

[@sephenbarfield2531]

2000AD writer/creator Pat Mills wrote a official sequel comic Death Race 2020 in 1995 which ran for 8 issues with Kevin O'Neill on art

[@vincentcastle2157]

Glad you went with this video Minty. I had never seen this one, but now I definitely will.

[@andywellsglobaldomination]

Saw it in the cinema during its original run. Loved it!

[@poindextertunes]

its very good

[@ChurchofGroove]

A long time favorite! It's free on TUBI - I just rewatched it!

[@rosskaraba2118]

I haven't seen this, yet. But now I know where the point system while driving around with friends came from

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Yep it sure did.

[@cyborgparrot1996]

I'm shocked you didn't mention Carmageddon during the video game segment of this.

[@Enders1]

Haven't watched the video yet but I was expecting it to be mentioned, that sucks

[@shawndixon4536]

I agree. That game series was 100% a knock-off of Death Race. I haven't played that in a long time!

[@Desphexian]

@@shawndixon4536 I even purchased a wheel and pedals, just for Carmageddon. Besides, Max Damage's car seems to be modeled after Frankenstein's car.

[@shawndixon4536]

@@Desphexian I already had a Thrustmaster wheel and pedal set when the first one came out. I had been using it racing Papyrus Indycar and NASCAR at that time.

[@jeffreyrigged]

@@shawndixon4536 actually the third installment was called tdr 2000. So it was very much based on the film.

[@wstine79]

Junior Bruce, the announcer, was my favorite character of the movie. He was as colorful and over the top as the race itself.

[@rustyshackleford8456]

With every scene, I was more and more invested on this characters death! I thought it was the natural conclusion! Hero!

[@That_AMC_Guy]

Played by The Real Don Steele, who's major claim to fame was that of being one of L.A.'s most popular Disc Jockey's on KHJ FM from 1965 through 1973.

[@ranchokitty1]

@@That_AMC_Guy Boss radio baby!

[@Rkenton48]

It was the French!

[@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat]

Okay....but how stupid would you have to be to even go outside during the race, let alone near the ROAD?? 😂😂😂

[@wstine79]

Some people have their kicks.

[@spiderman4x]

Have you seen modern America lately?

[@hitmanmonaghan6633]

It’s called being “Movie dumb”. If people didn’t do stupid things, there would be no plot.

[@mr.pavone9719]

Well, have you seen the results of November 5th?

[@FoulPet]

​@@mr.pavone9719 or border policy and the state of California

[@HighwayPoetry]

Oh yes! Takes me right back to the Dodgy pic VHS days of the 80s seeing that. Good job Minty.

[@andywellsglobaldomination]

My favorite Stallone line comes in response to someone saying, "I happen to hold the power of life and death," to which Stallone replies, "And I happen to hold the clam dip."

[@UncleBadT]

this was my favourite movie as a kid, that announcer still creeps me out for some reason.

[@Hykje]

The odd-looking airplane is a Variviggen, designed by a designer of many odd-looking airplanes, Burt Rutan who many years later, designed Virgin Galactic's "Spaceship" and its carrier plane and launch platform, "White Knight." The name "Variviggen" comes from the fact that Rutan was inspired by the Swedish fighter plane "Viggen" when he designed it. The plane in the movie was the prototype model N27VV and can now be seen at the EAA AirVenture Museum.

[@iyeetsecurity922]

*Neeeeeeeerd!*

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

This was literally 10 Things I didn't know about Death race 2000 in ONE Comment!

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

I can't blame Stallone for ignoring all of his movies pre Rocky. (Especially that one movie.....)

[@ardie72]

Especially the corn movie he did

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

@ardie72 yes that was the one movie I was referring to.

[@ObsessedCollector]

Guilty pleasure of mine. I adore futuristic 1970s films

[@OllieNCS]

Here are the timestamps for this video: 0:00 - Introduction to "Death Race 2000" 0:07 - Overview of the movie's premise and key characters 0:42 - The film's outrageous and satirical nature 1:18 - Memorable Sylvester Stallone quote and introduction to the countdown 2:15 - #10: Based on a short story ("The Racer" by Ib Melc33hior) 2:59 - #9: Influence of "Rollerball" on the film's creation 3:37 - Satirical approach to violence in "Death Race 2000" 4:10 - #8: Issues with the script and creative conflicts 5:18 - Original comedic vision vs. satirical tone 5:45 - #7: The race cars were modified Volkswagens 6:20 - Creative designs and practical challenges with the cars 7:14 - #6: Casting possibilities, including Stallone’s early career 8:29 - #5: On-set tensions and weather-related delays 9:25 - #4: Video game and comic adaptations 10:11 - Roger Corman's comic series "Death Race 2020" 10:52 - #3: Alternate possible endings and creative conflicts 12:00 - Satirical tone and commentary of the film's conclusion 12:18 - #2: Box office success and critical reception 13:20 - Cultural foresight and enduring cult appeal 14:33 - #1: The legacy of "Death Race" through sequels and remakes 14:46 - Modern adaptations and Corman’s return with "Death Race 2050" 17:15 - Reflection on the original’s unapologetic nature and cultural impact

[@georgeecheveste6545]

My favorite part was EUTHANASIA DAY at the hospital. When Frankenstein runs over the doctors instead. That was ironic 😂 I always thought that this was a fun, goofy movie that didn't take itself too seriously...

[@I_like_turtles_67]

Canada health care is going to take notes.

[@BradGryphonn]

I'm 61 now, and I've watched this movie a number of times. At first, it was fun. Then it was a bit cringe. Then it all clicked, and now I love this movie! It's a hoot!

[@kamran102]

Very cool film as it's both bonkers and has depth.

[@CHRISCRAZZ-t7w]

I’ve been watching you for a couple years now. I’m watching videos from other people that explain other videos or other movies and I think you’re one of the top 10. You’re the best man keep up the good work.

[@samhaines8228]

Paul Bartel & Mary Woronov (plus some other notable actors) starred in Eating Raoul.

[@IanSowers]

Wonderful film; Bartel also co-wrote & directed

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

And Rock n Roll High School.

[@samhaines8228]

@grannyweatherwax8005 Oh that's right!!

[@christophermerlot3366]

Paul was Mary's husband. Love Eating Raoul.

[@samhaines8228]

@christophermerlot3366 Now I feel like watching it again, it's been literal decades!

[@spiderman4x]

Glad you decided to do this movie.

[@davidtarnowski2510]

Fun fact, Lee Majors was in his own dystopian car film called the "The Last Chase" from 1981. It also starred Burgess Meredith.

[@cristianpop8922]

Its very similar to Wacky Racers that old Hanna Barbera cartoon. That would be neat to see you do some of that nostalgic shows. 🫠 Great video as always Minty.

[@TheCyberMantis]

No Gnews.... is good Gnews.... with Gary Gnu!

[@jaysw9585]

Deathrace 2000 and Warriors are probably the two best b movies to come out of the 1970s

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

Warriors? You're out of your mind...but I'll admit to having watched it more than once....even as bad as it is.

[@Java1970]

Thanks for the video. I always look forward to these, especially movies from my childhood.

[@charlesballard5251]

Frankenstein's car was the "Monster", not the "Dragon". I was fortunate enough to meet Carradine at the San Diego Comic-con in... I think 2003. He and Michael Madsen were at adjoining tables promoting "Kill Bill, Vol I". I got his autograph for a friend and I THINK I got his autograph for myself as well. I can't remember. I saw the original at the drive-in when I was 8. It was my first R rated movie. My mom asked my sister about the new David Carradine movie while my sister was looking in the paper at the movie listings. My sister told her it was showing at the South Twin and what it was showing with and what the start time was for the first movie. Then my mom asked her what it was rated. My sister was 17 at the time and lied through her teeth (THANK YOU FAYE!!!!) telling her it was PG. My mother asked if she was sure. She replied she was (LIAR!!! LIAR!!! PANTS ON FIRE!!!). My mother was very uncomfortable at the first score, "A CLEAN HIT!!! A NEAT HIT!!! AND NO PAIN FOR THE TARGET!!!!". Then the first tits showed up and she tried to cover my eyes. I grinned real big and puller her hands off so I could see. Simone Griffeth... THANK YOU FOR DOING NUDE WORK!!!! I wouldn't see her tits again for over 8 years when my mother actually bought not only a VCR but also got me a used copy of "DEATH RACE 2000" for my 17th birthday. And don't even talk to me about any "Death Race X" movies that come after. I saw the first one with JS in the theater and that was enough for me. I never saw the others in that series. Then one night I get home from work and there is a flick called "Death Race 2050" available for streaming. I watched it and went right on Facebook and told my friends to avoid it if at all possible because it was an amount of time they could spend better by eating excrement. AWFUL MOVIE!!!! Great look back at a classic, Minty. Keep up the good work.

[@Humongous420]

I couldn't be more excited for this upload! Thank you for doing this video minty🎉 Death Race 2000 is an awesome movie replacement I think it's funny as hell

[@nvghostrider]

The only time I saw this was a broadcast cut on our local late night in the 80s and again on some defunct cable channel. Seems I missed more than I thought! Thanks for discussing this.

[@mariovaccarella6854]

Great Video, as usual, Minty. I remember watching this at my local theater when it first came out.

[@jonwagner6220]

One of my all time favs❤ always great content Minty!

[@davidknightx]

"I don't know why that cracks me up so much, but it just does!" SAME!

[@ShmuckOnWheels]

Stallone totally steals the movie, that's why. It's easily his funniest performance ever. My fave scenes of his are the violin scene, the "baked potato" line, then the "I did it and I'm no shmuck!" line.

[@navyhmc8302]

Another tid-bit from this movie: The aircraft at the end of the movie was designed and built by none other than Burt Rutan in the late 60's and early 70's. One of his first aircraft desgins. Known as the VariViggen. The great grandfather of the Beechcraft Starship. Another of his designs was "Messerschmitt 263" in Aces: Iron Eagle 3. The plane was actually a Scale Composites ARES one of the first mostly composite material demonstrator/test aircraft to investigate the durability of composite materials in high performance military aircraft.

[@captainolin]

Super pumped for this video thank you for making it!

[@bikingchad]

Love anything Corman! Great video as always, Minty!

[@jdsrcs8061]

Hell YEA!!! Great episode Minty!!!! One of my favorites!!!!🤘🤘🤘

[@TheCyberMantis]

One of my favorite movies when I was a kid. You never see this movie on TV anymore. They won't re-run it. Sucks because I want to watch it again.

[@00DUCK]

Cult movie classic! Thanks for doing this one, Minty! It's been a minute since I seen it. But I love it! And you were right. These are definitely 10 things I didn't know! I would have loved to seen this at the drive in movie. Let's get this viewed over 500k with 50k likes!

[@jbstoytrunk]

YES!!!! Thanks for doing this Minty!!

[@toddoughty2043]

Fun fact; the Canadian punk band The DayGlo Abortions released an album in the year 2000 called Death Race 2000 to honor the movie

[@van8ryan]

Yeah, John Landis is one of the pit crew that get killed when Machine Gun Joe backs up instead of goes forward around the second leg of the race (his "death" in AMERICAN WEREWOLF where he plays the hippie that gets hit by the car and goes through the window was apparently a "tribute" to his old Corman days when he often was a stuntman along with doing a ton of crew jobs)

[@nicholas_scott]

It reminds me of ice pirates, in that, it’s a movie that doesn’t make any sense when you describe it…: but total sense when you see it

[@davidtatro7457]

Awesome video! I love this film so much and am very glad you covered it.

[@stygianwulf3672]

Death Race 2000 has an Unofficial video game tie-in.. CARMAGEDDON!! Was originally meant to be DR2000 game!

[@MrClawt]

I love this movie so much. Thanks for covering it.

[@risinbison1106]

Saw this at the drive in when I was a teen. It was a double feature with Vanishing Point, man, those were great days.

[@animalking28]

Definitely A Movie I Need To Check Out!! Looks Awesome!! Great Job Mr. Minty!!

[@ardathbey4150]

I saw this movie on the big screen when it first came out... I TOTALLY LOVED AND STILL LOVE THIS MOVIE!... and I was fortunate to meet David a year before he died... thank you Minty for doing this one.

[@morgangallowglass8668]

LOVE this movie! Thank you for this wonderful vid!

[@kenamaro3942]

Saw this at the drive in..... loved it.

[@IR_Baboon]

Minty is the man. Young,confident and intelligent. Wish more people gave him credit.

[@kevinkeene1593]

Love this movie. Always been a David Carradine fan. Thanks for this video, Minty.

[@stevebrummett8539]

Outstanding Minty! Great video about a great movie.

[@khathaway414]

Yes this is a fun movie. Love the cars and the hand hand grenade... And the the massage scene.

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

Ooooh-Wheeee! You outdid yourself this time Minty my lad. This is a classic from my childhood thanks to the man responsible for my love of film and cinema, my old man. I believe, if I'm not mistaken, he took me to my first theater experience to see Robocop. He also had his own VHS library he made using the 2 VCR method. He also introduced me to the coolest cat of the 70's-''Fritz the Cat'. Hope your spirit is at peace pop. Love and miss ya. ❤️🙌

[@Panthror]

#11: 'Death Race 2000' was the direct inspiration for 'Carmageddon', a vehicular combat video game released for personal computers in 1997. On a side note: You mentioned the videogame 'Grand Theft Auto', but did you know that a movie with that name, directed by and starring Ron Howard, was released in 1977? Maybe you could do a video on that movie one day.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

And was also inspiration for the 'Car Wars' tabletop game of 1981.

[@mattheendpod2659]

Fantastic choice 👏🏻

[@neilhatton1612]

Thanks Minty. You’ve upped your game. I’ve never seen this film.

[@bazzahill6182]

For young people (aged under about 60) miss is the Death Race 2000 characters (and the gags) were modelled on the children's cartoon "Wacky Races". In the 1970s this was an "obvious" homage.

[@LaraFabans]

I remember Paul Bartel most from Eating Raul. Not sure it aged well, but it was hysterical once upon a time.

[@DivergentDroid]

Minty - Speaking of Lee Majors and fast cars, he was in one of my favorite films from 1981, The Last Chase. It also starred Chris Makepeace (My Bodyguard) and Burgess Meredith. It takes place in a futuristic dystopian state where cars are outlawed. A former race car driver, Franklyn Hart, (Majors) decides to gas up a hot rod and head for "Free California" across the country where driving isn't restricted by tyrants. Of course he's got to outrun cops and futuristic detection equipment all the way so he joins up with young electronics genius, Ring McCarthy (Makepeace) and The Last Chase begins! It's a Great film you haven't reviewed!

[@gdodson69]

Love this film. First saw it at a 24 hour sci-fi movie marathon back in the early 90's.

[@ScarysReviews]

1st. great choice of a classic film

[@eyecandy1301]

Another Classic thanks Minty

[@zombiebassman]

Omg Minty I've loved this movie ever since I picked up a vhs copy from the local video store as kid! I swear in another universe we would've hung out back in the day! Good show!

[@TheParot161]

Great video! A couple of thoughts occurred while I was watching it. I think the director Paul was in the movie eating Raul. That would be a great movie to do a documentary on. Also, it strikes me that Frankenstein looks an awful lot like the inspiration for Scorpius in Farscape. Hmmmmm……..🤔

[@thisdarkcorner7357]

This movie is definitely a favorite of mine, thank you Minty. Could you do 2050 as well?

[@goyitousaf6021]

Great review. Hope more people can watch it now. Good memories 😊

[@justanotheryoutubechannel3102]

baked potato... I too love that line and it's been in a now defunct favorites list almost 2 decades old... it's just so RANDOM... like "I fart in your general direction" the music you chose is UNBEARABLE can't watch this

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Dude... it's METAL!! \m/

[@darylmark]

You pulled it off Minty. Great video, and DR2K is still a great movie.

[@kalgrove6426]

I never knew Corman had his own comic book company. I'll have to look into this! Thanks Minty!! 🎉

[@jimdigriz2923]

Made me chuckle to see this pop up as I watched DR2000 yesterday and after watching this, I now know of DR2050 a Corman produced sequel. Gonna have to track that down. Cheers for that Minty.👍

[@salvatorescappini1213]

Great episode Minty🏎️🚒💥

[@RebecaLawrence-w6e]

Death Race 2000. Is a good movie. With a good cast. Peter Fonda turned down a part. He didn't like the movie. He would of been good in it. Great video Minty. Love your channel. Always look forward to the next one. Your the best. I been watching you for years. Ten Things You Didn't Know About Christine. Was my first Minty video. Loved it right away. 😄

[@TheeSlickShady_Dave_K]

awesome vid! thanks Mark

[@DaveNarn]

I saw this movie at the perfect place.. the Drive-in theater. There was a lot of burning rubber and slinging gravel when people were leaving that night.

[@krusher6969]

"He said there was nothing sweet in my ear." POW!!! Great scene.

[@CraftAero]

Awesome flick. (and so was Rollerball) Death Race was often my "get one free" with a VHS rental, just because it's so re-watchable. Several years later, I wondered if David Carradine didn't provide his own costume, like... from home ?

[@surferdude4487]

Yes. I remember the scene with the hospital workers wheeling out the very old and very sick patients for the racers to run over. I also remember that Frankenstein drove behind the bushes and took out the hospital workers instead. It still puts a smile on my face when I think about it.

[@nibiruskysb.c8943]

Pretty dark open there Minty!? WTF?...Sorry for the grammatical errors. Good vid brother.

[@jesusromanpadro3853]

The part were the doctors and nurses put the elderly on the street and waited on a platform for the driver instead ran over them. 😅 Thwre is a similar videogame called Carmageddon. It's CD doubles as the CD of the music of the game. Being hearing it for decades. 🤘

[@dvanzuijlekom]

Really fun video of an excellent movie, Minty. Yet I would have expected to see mentions of the videogame "Carmageddon" and a sequel to that game "TDR 2000", which was named as such because the publisher couldn't get the rights to use the full name.

[@notjackiechan9420]

Carmageddon 2 is one of my all time favorite games! The newer one 'Carmageddon: Max Damage' is really good too, it feels more like the first two games. /thumbsup :)

[@markdeloria20]

"Machine Gun Joe ViTurbo... loved by thousands, hated by millions" I've seen this movie so many times. I absolutely love it.

[@lukebazook1220]

Love your work, Minty. Hope you’re doing well!

[@MRaadesign]

Watched Death Race 2000 back in 1975 at our local drive-in. I was 8 years old. Been a fan for 49 years!

[@hertzollner]

Love love LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!

[@mikeyj9607]

I was stationed at a USAF remote radar site in Iceland when we got this movie ,no one had heard of it or even seen it ,we just knew it was a action movie and being remote and nothing to do a bunch of us watched it.Lets just say a bunch of airforce pukes were going nuts >At the end we all yelled out" run it again " think the poor dude showing there movie ran it 3 times .was stupid damn movie but was also very entertaining and fun ,the roof almost cane off when the doctors/nurse were an over lol

[@Laceykat66]

The ending was Corman perfect. Frankenstein is the typical anti-hero Corman was noted for. A good guy in a tough world where nothing is black & white. Great job as always Minty.

[@uncledenny2570]

Great video!😎 Whenever I see someone driving aggressively, I still think, you don't have to drive like that, this isn't Death Race 2000!!

[@musclecarczarig4003]

This movie represents everything 1970's. Such a great twisted comedy! This and "The Car" were great movies to watch on tv as a kid!

[@joshuabrucemellis7933]

Sly Stallone! One of his only deaths in a film.

[@vanhopecomedy]

I love this movie. In 1997 a PC racing game called Carmageddon homaged a ton of this movie and I played it for years on end. Definitely worth checking out!

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Whoa Dude... now ur finally getting into METAL! \m/

[@wmnoe]

My GF and I were lucky enough to see ROLLERBALL and DR2000 at Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Theater last year and it was glorious. SOLD OUT and everyone loved the presentation.

[@goliath9081]

Great recap of this movie

[@TheSkullKlownTSK]

Great video. I found out that in Death Race 2 2010 that there's a character named Markus Kane which is a reference to Twisted Metal's character Marcus Kane aka Needles Kane the clown that drives Sweet Tooth ice cream truck. You can tell that the people that made Twisted Metal we're fans of Death Race 2000. And someone that worked on Death Race 2 2010 was a fan of Twisted Metal. Just wow, what a nice full circle in my opinion. Idk if you watched the Twisted Metal show but if you haven't, if you like Death Race 2000 you will like Twisted Metal show or even the games. 😇

[@reh3884]

My mom took us to see this at the drive-in when it first came out. It was awesome. I loved the part where the doctors and nurses wheeled the patients out for the drivers to run over but they ran over them, instead!

[@kurisu7885]

I know it's even less direct, but I think this movie also inspired the video game series Carmageddon and Twisted Metal.

[@jean-philippetessier6354]

The carmageddon main car has the same spiky spine on top of it as Frankenstein's car. Definitely intentional.

[@kurisu7885]

@@jean-philippetessier6354 The Red Eagle series of cars driven by Max Damage.

[@kimmer6]

I was a student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the 1970's. I saw Death Race 2000 and really enjoyed it. Maybe a few months later, I was going South on Highway 101 when I saw a car carrier big rig ahead transporting some odd looking colorful cars. I got close and was thrilled to see that these were the Death Race 2000 race cars. There was also an odd looking aircraft in the movie. It was a Very Viggen homebuilt designed by Burt Rutan, another Cal Poly graduate.

[@ChurchofGroove]

MAY I ADD AN ELEVENTH THING? Because I love this film, I just re-watched it after your video. For the first time, I was struck by the soundtrack. Turns out it was a guy named Paul Chihara, who speak three years as a kid in a Japanese internment camp in the US, later to become a composer and soundtrack artist. He never got huge, but has quite a bit of movie and TV to his credit, including "Manimal"! Quite a journey.