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Welcome to Blood City
Welcome to Blood City
Directed by	Peter Sasdy
Written by	Michael Winder; Stephen Schneck
Starring	Jack Palance; Keir Dullea; Samantha Eggar
Cinematography	Reginald H. Morris
Edited by	Keith Palmer
Music by	Roy Budd
Production; companies	EMI Films; Stanley Chase Productions
Release date	23 August 1977;
Running time	96 mins.
Countries	Canada; United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$CAD900,000

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Welcome to Blood City is a 1977 science fiction Western film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Jack Palance, Keir Dullea and Samantha Eggar.^[3]^[4]

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

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

^ "Welcome to Blood City (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ "Welcome to Blood City (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ "Welcome to Blood City - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". www.allrovi.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ "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". moria.co.nz. 31 July 2000.

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Welcome to Blood City at IMDb

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[1] "Welcome to Blood City (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[2] "Welcome to Blood City (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[3] "Welcome to Blood City - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". www.allrovi.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

[4] "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". moria.co.nz. 31 July 2000.

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+'''''Welcome to Blood City''''' is a 1977 [[Science fiction film|science fiction]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[Peter Sasdy]] and starring [[Jack Palance]], [[Keir Dullea]] and [[Samantha Eggar]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
 ==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 towns people 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.
+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==
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 ==Production==
-Shot in [[Kleinburg Studios]] north of [[Toronto]], ''Welcome to Blood City'' was an early Canada/U.K. tax-shelter co-production.
+Shot in [[Cinespace Film Studios#Kleinburg|Cinespace Film Studios]] in [[Kleinburg]], a village north of [[Toronto]], ''Welcome to Blood City'' was an early Canada/U.K. co-production.
-==Historical context==
-It is perhaps the first cinema release movie in the "virtual-reality" genre after the 1973 made for German television film ''[[World on a Wire]]''. A theme possibly first presented in Daniel F. Galouye's 1964 novel ''[[Simulacron-3]]'', later to be explored again in ''[[The Matrix]]'' and ''[[The Thirteenth Floor]]''.
 ==References==
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+[[Category:British Western (genre) science fiction films]]
-[[Category:British Western (genre) films]]
+[[Category:Canadian Western (genre) science fiction films]]
-[[Category:Virtual reality in fiction]]
-[[Category:Films about virtual reality]]
 [[Category:EMI Films films]]
-[[Category:Canadian Western (genre) 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:1970s Canadian films]]
+[[Category:1970s British films]]
+[[Category:1977 science fiction films]]
+[[Category:English-language Western (genre) films]]
+[[Category:English-language science fiction films]]
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