The Running Man (1987 film)
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The Running Man is a 1987 American dystopian action film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura. The film is set in a dystopian United States between 2017 and 2019, featuring a television show where convicted criminal "runners" must escape death at the hands of professional killers. It is very loosely based on the 1982 novel of the same title written by Stephen King and published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.
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Directed by | Paul Michael Glaser |
Screenplay by | Steven E. de Souza |
Based on | The Running Man by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) |
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Cinematography | Thomas Del Ruth |
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Music by | Harold Faltermeyer |
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Distributed by | Tri-Star Pictures |
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Running time | 101 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $32 million[2] |
Box office | $38.1 million (United States)[2] |
The Running Man was a moderate box office success in the United States, grossing $38 million on its $27 million budget, but opened to mixed reviews from critics. A new movie adaptation of the novel, announced in early 2021, is in development at Paramount Pictures, with Edgar Wright directing and Michael Bacall writing the script.[3]