Captain America (1979 film)

Captain America is a 1979 American made-for-television superhero film loosely based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, directed by Rod Holcomb and starring Reb Brown. The film was followed by the sequel Captain America II: Death Too Soon, also released in the same year.[1]

Captain America
DVD cover
GenreSuperhero film
Based on
Written byDon Ingalls
Directed byRod Holcomb
StarringReb Brown
Theme music composer
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Executive producer(s)Allan Balter
Producer(s)Martin M. Goldstein
CinematographyRonald W. Browne
Editor(s)Michael S. Murphy
Running time97 minutes
Production company(s)Universal Television
Distributor
Release
Original networkCBS
Picture formatColor (Technicolor)
Audio formatMono
Original release
  • January 19, 1979 (1979-01-19)
Chronology
Followed byCaptain America II: Death Too Soon

Plot

Steve Rogers (Reb Brown) is a contemporary man whose father was a 1940s government agent. The very patriotic attitude of Steve's father earned him the nickname "Captain America". His father was later murdered. Rogers, a former Marine now making a living as an artist and traveling the countryside in a conversion van, is inspired by his father's story to sketch a superhero. After receiving potentially fatal injuries in an attempt on his life intended to seem like an accident, he is administered an experimental chemical called the FLAG formula; FLAG is an acronym for "Full Latent Ability Gain", a kind of "super-steroid" (Rogers's father had developed the FLAG serum from his own glands). The formula not only saves his life, but enhances his strength and reflexes. These new abilities inspire Dr. Simon Mills (Len Birman), the research biochemist and intelligence official behind FLAG who was once a friend of Steve's father, to recruit Steve and give him a costume based on his drawing.

As Captain America, Steve's conversion van is re-configured so that it can launch a high-tech motorcycle. The bike features rocket thrust, a jet booster for rapid acceleration, a stealth setting that reduces engine and road noise, and (as shown only in Captain America II: Death Too Soon) a detachable wing resembling a hang glider that allows limited gravity-powered flight. In the last scene of the film, Rogers decides to become the same Captain America as his father had been in every way—this means wearing an identical uniform to that which his father had worn, the "classic" Captain America uniform, which Brown, as the Captain, is shown wearing in the final scene (Brown again wore the classic uniform when he reprised his roles as Rogers and as the Captain in Captain America II: Death Too Soon).

Cast

Release

The film was released theatrically in Colombia in 1981.[2]

Reception

The movie received a mixed reception from critics.[3][4]

References
  1. Cord Scott, Robert G. Weiner (2009), Captain America and the struggle of the superhero, p. 221, ISBN 978-0-7864-3703-0
  2. McEniry, Matthew J.; Peaslee, Robert Moses; Weiner, Robert G. (30 March 2016). Marvel Comics into Film: Essays on Adaptations Since the 1940s. McFarland. ISBN 9780786443048. Retrieved 29 March 2017 – via Google Books.
  3. "MARVEL IN THE 1970S: DR STRANGE AND CAPTAIN AMERICA". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  4. "ANether Regions: 07.12.11: Captain America - The 1979 TV Movies". 411. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
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