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The Running Man is a 1987 film adaptation loosely based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser, the film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jesse Ventura, Jim Brown and Richard Dawson. The film, set in a dystopic year 2017, is about a TV show called The Running Man, where "runners" must escape death at the hands of professional killers. The film differed significantly from the novel; it recalls some scenes from a French movie with a similar... full article at wikipedia
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  • Nov 13, 1987
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  • The year is 2019. The finest men in America don't run for President. They run for their lives.
  • It is the year 2017. "The Running Man" is a deadly game no one has ever survived.
  • Welcome to America in 2025, when the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives.
  • 2019. A game nobody survives. This year might be the exception.
  • A game nobody survives. But Schwarzenegger has yet to play.
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  • 101.0min
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  • 17
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Created by wp_typer Dec 7, 2006
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