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Le prix du danger
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Wikipedia article
'Le Prix du Danger' ('The Prize of Peril') is a 1983 French-Yugoslav science fiction movie, directed by Yves Boisset. It is based on Robert Sheckley's short story "The Prize of Peril", published in 1958.
Premise
In the most popular television game show of the near future, regular people volunteer to be hunted by a team of five pursuers who are also volunteers. If they survive, they get an enormous cash prize, but no one has managed to survive the game show. A new volunteer needs the money to support his family.
See also
* 'Das Millionenspiel' – German TV movie from 1970
* 'The Running Man' – 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
* 'The Hunger Games' (film series)
Bibliography
*Willis, Donald C. (1985), 'Variety's Complete Science Fiction Reviews', Garland Publishing Inc, pp. 415416,
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