Richard Matheson's 1954 novel "I Am Legend".?!


Question: Richard Matheson's 1954 novel "I Am Legend" has been adapted into a movie three times: "The Last Man on Earth" (1964), "The Omega Man" (1971), and "I Am Legend" (2007).

Does anyone know which adaption is most faithful to the original novel?


Answers: Richard Matheson's 1954 novel "I Am Legend" has been adapted into a movie three times: "The Last Man on Earth" (1964), "The Omega Man" (1971), and "I Am Legend" (2007).

Does anyone know which adaption is most faithful to the original novel?

According to critics, the retelling that actually sticks closest to the original work is "The Last Man On Earth", which was originally titled L'Ultimo Uomo Della Terra.

The odd thing about that, though, is that the screenplay for this film was originally written by Richard Matheson, the author. However, when presented to the British Board of Censors (as all film projects had to be at the time), the Board refused to approve the film for production and release - they felt the story was too "horrific" for British movie-goers.

Against Matheson's wishes, Hammer Films brought William Liecester in to re-write the screenplay so that it would satisfy the Board's concerns. Matheson rejected the rewrite, and demanded that his name be taken off the film, so he is credited as "Logan Swanson".

Matheson hated the American star mandated by the studio, Vincent Price, and he was disappointed that all the gory scares were edited out. Nonetheless, Last Man is seen as the most faithful to the original story - Omega Man is seen as an extremely loose adapatation of the novel.

I know the first 2 weren't terribly faithful, though both have merit. Hopefully the new one will be the best.

haven't seen I Am Legend yet, but I'm going to guess it's not real close
probably The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price

Well i havent actually seen any of them

But if i knew exactly what the novel was about, id have better reference



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