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Captain America (1979 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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.
Plot
Steve Rogers (Reb Brown) is a former Marine whose father is a 1940s government agent. His father's patriotic attitude earns him the nickname "Captain America". His father is later murdered.
Rogers, 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. He is critically injured from an attempt on his life that is set up to seem like an accident.
He is administered an experimental serum called the FLAG formula, an acronym for "Full Latent Ability Gain" a kind of "super-steroid" which Rogers' father had developed 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 and a stealth setting that reduces engine and road noise. In the sequel, 'Captain America II: Death Too Soon' it also possesses a detachable wing resembling a hang glider that allows limited gravity-powered flight.
In the final act of the film, Rogers decides to become the same Captain America as his father had been, donning a uniform identical to the one his father had worn: the "classic" Captain America uniform.
Cast
* Reb Brown as Steve Rogers / Captain America
* Len Birman as Dr. Simon Mills
* Heather Menzies as Dr. Wendy Day
* Robin Mattson as Tina Hayden
* Joseph Ruskin as Rudy Sandrini
* Lance LeGault as Harley
* Frank Marth as Agent Charles Barber
* Steve Forrest as Lou Brackett
*Chip Johnson as Jerry
*James Ingersoll as Lester Wiant
*Jim B. Smith as F.B.I. Assistant
* Jason Wingreen as Surgeon
*June Dayton as Secretary
*Diana Webster as Nurse
* Dan Barton as Jeff Hayden
Release
The film was released theatrically in Colombia in 1981.
Reception
The movie received a mixed reception from critics.
References
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