In the Year 2889 (film)
1969 television film by Larry Buchanan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the Year 2889 (also known as Year 2889) is a 1969 American made-for-television horror science fiction film from American International Pictures about the aftermath of a future nuclear war.[1] The film stars Paul Petersen, Quinn O'Hara, Charla Doherty, Neil Fletcher and Hugh Feagin. AIP commissioned low-budget cult film auteur Larry Buchanan to produce and direct this film as a color remake of Roger Corman's 1956 film Day the World Ended.[2]
In the Year 2889 | |
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Genre | Horror Sci-fi |
Written by | Harold Hoffman Lou Rusoff |
Directed by | Larry Buchanan |
Starring | Paul Petersen Quinn O'Hara Charla Doherty Neil Fletcher Hugh Feagin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Larry Buchanan Edwin Tobolowsky |
Cinematography | Robert C. Jessup |
Editor | Larry Buchanan |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Production company | Azalea Pictures |
Original release | |
Release | January 19, 1969 (1969-01-19) |
Although not set in the year 2889, In the Year 2889's title is borrowed from a short story of the same title by Jules Verne and his son, Michael Verne. (The film however did not follow the Jules Verne story at all.) The screenplay was written for Buchanan by Harold Hoffman.[3][4]