| | Earthquake DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Action Videos, Thriller, Adventure, Mystery, Suspense, Recommended, Essential Cinema, Love Triangles, 1970s, Los Angeles, California, Love Affairs, Blockbuster, Hollywood, Disasters, California, Escape, All-Star, Special Effects | | Starring | Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Ava Gardner, Richard Roundtree, Genevieve Bujold, Victoria Principal, Marjoe Gortner, Walter Matthau, Lloyd Nolan, Barry Sullivan, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Gabriel Dell, Monica Lewis, Don Wilbanks, Tiger Williams | | Director | Mark Robson | | Art Department Coordinator | Fred Tuch | | Art Director | Preston Ames | | Costume Designer | Burton Miller | | Director of Photography | Philip H. Lathrop | | Editor | Dorothy Spencer | | Executive Producer | Jennings Lang | | Matte Artist | Hoffman A. Roswell
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Standard Screen; Soundtrack English The lives of several Angelenos are shaken up when the Big One hits Los Angeles. Heading the gigantic, star-studded cast is Charlton Heston as an adulterous engineer and Ava Gardner as his jealous wife. Other characters include an Evel Knievel-like daredevil, a psychotic grocery store manager, and a hot-tempered cop -- all of whom respond to the disaster in a variety of ways, ranging from heroic to deranged.
This essential 1970s disaster epic, with a script co-authored by Mario Puzo (THE GODFATHER), centers around a devastating earthquake in Los Angeles and the shocking aftermath it causes. The all-star cast is led by Charleton Heston as a construction engineer whose marital problems supply him with plentiful stress before the quake even hits. The film was presented theatrically with a sound process known as "Sensurround," which caused cinemas to physically vibrate during quake sequences. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Cinematography. Academy Awards: Best Sound.
Color by Technicolor.
Originally released in Sensurround, a sound system which creates low-frequency vibrations that simulate the sensation of small tremors in the theater. Universal charged exhibitors $500 a week for use of the system. A warning for the faint-hearted flashed on the screen before the film began.
Additional cast members: Scott Haylands (Assistant Dam Caretaker); Tiger Williams (Corry Marshall). Walter Matthau is credited under his real name, Walther Matuschanskavasky.
Additional technical credit: Jack McMasters, special effects.
Waldon O. Watson, Richard J. Stumpf, Robert J. Leonard and the Universal City Studios Sound Department received a Class II Technical Award for the development and engineering of the Sensurround System for motion picture presentation.
The disaster movie was a unique phenomenon of the 1970s. "The Poseidon Adventure," about the sinking of a giant ocean liner, was the movie that launched (no pun intended) the mini-genre. Other entries, besides "Earthquake," include "The Towering Inferno" and the "Airport" movies. All disaster movies conformed to a similar plan: a vast array of characters (portrayed by movie stars and celebrities), usually trapped in one place together (airplane, skyscraper, ocean liner), confront a major calamity. Though these characters are plagued by a variety of personal problems, they are all linked by their common fight for survival.
Copyright 1974 Universal Pictures. Earthquake Quotes/Excerpts: "I know you'll laugh, but -- I think we're going to have a really big quake." Earthquake Reviews: "They really don't make 'em like this anymore." -- Rating: B
-- Steve Simels, Entertainment Weekly "There wasn't a boy in the 1970s who didn't get all giddy over this pleasing and plot-light demolition derby..."
-- Joshua Rich, Entertainment Weekly
This is the only Don Wilbanks video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Tiger Williams. Earthquake | List Price | $14.98 (You save $5.29) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 1974 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9529  | | CD Universe Part number | 7051930 | | Catalog number | 61030469 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 09, 2006 | | Rating | PG (MPAA) | | Running Time | 123 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled; Anamorphic Widescreen |
Earthquake Movie Review Average Rating: (2.5 out of 5 stars)   not feature leangh movie
This DVD is not the full leangth of the movie
The cut a lot of it out.
Thanks
Dan
Submitted by danfielder (Carson City Nv) 
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 This IS the full film
Another reviewer said that this isn't the full film - it is - it is 100% the original version released in theaters. In 1976, NBC filmed some new sequences for the television premier, but they in no way matched the orignal and in fact, the director hated them so much that his name was removed. The new sequences are JUNK, in every way, shape and form. So, to those so-called 'experts' who think the film is cut, it is NOT - it is exactly the length shown in theaters in 1974.
Submitted by Disclord (Plattsburg, Missour, USA)
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EARTHQUAKE
IF YOU WANT A REVIEW ON MOVIES, YOU SHOULD LIST A RATING FOR MOVIES. I CAN'T RATE BY AVERAGE BECAUSE IT ISN'T MUSIC.
Submitted by a reviewer (WEST VALLEY CITY, UT, USA)
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This review is for a different format. light plot line
Superfluous, shakey (no pun intended),...weak.
Submitted by DChiplock (Michigan)
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Earthquake DVD Charlton Heston leads an all-star cast in an epic film about ordinary citizens who must come together in the face of an unstoppable natural disaster!
When the most catastrophic earthquake of all time rips through Southern California, it levels Los Angeles and sends shockwaves through the lives of all who live there. Now strangers must become heroes as the city struggles to get to its feet before the next terrifying aftershock hits!
Also starring Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Victoria Principal, Genevieve Bujold and Richard Roundtree, Earthquake combines outstanding performances with Academy Award-winning sound and groundbreaking special effects.
Source: Universal Studios Home Video
Region 1
Note: This release also includes the original Theatrical Sensurround Audio.
Snap Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - Spanish
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Sensurround 3.1 - English
Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional
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