Richard Matheson's novel, I am Legend,, had been adapted three times into motion pictures. Vincent Price starred in the first in 1964. The Omega Man with Charlton Heston came next. Will Smith starred in the third in 2007.
In the Heston version, biological warfare wipes out the planet in 1975. Robert Neville survives and creates a serum to cure survivors that were transformed into zombie-like albino nut jobs. These infected people, the Family, try to destroy technology because they feel that technology destroyed the world. In the end, Neville dies, but gives the serum to unaffected survivors who head for the hills.
On a side note, the film featured the first interracial kiss in movie history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkU18MrBzU
In the Heston version, biological warfare wipes out the planet in 1975. Robert Neville survives and creates a serum to cure survivors that were transformed into zombie-like albino nut jobs. These infected people, the Family, try to destroy technology because they feel that technology destroyed the world. In the end, Neville dies, but gives the serum to unaffected survivors who head for the hills.
On a side note, the film featured the first interracial kiss in movie history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkU18MrBzU
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