Source parameters of the borrego mouuntain earthquake, by max wyss, lamontdoherty. The 1971 san fernando earthquake also known as the sylmar earthquake occurred in the early morning of february 9 in the foothills of the san gabriel mountains in southern california. Fastmoving dislocations trigger flash weakening in carbonate nature. Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of american firearms. Geotechnical, geological and earthquake engineering.
Just like in a godzilla film, the success of a disaster movie is in scale of destruction. Not only does it have the longest quake ever recorded as scott said it just goes on and on but they also threw in dangerous aftershocks, a sadistic national guardsman who shoots down innocent civilians in cold blood, citizens trapped in a burning. The customized 1974 chevrolet blazer k5 cheyenne driven by charlton heston was built specifically for the film. Charlton heston and ava gardner headline this entry into the 1970s lineup of disaster epics. Earthquake is a 1974 american ensemble disaster drama film directed and produced by mark robson. The special effect graphics could of used a little help in this area and as far as the acting put more feeling into it. When the quake happen in the picture it shook the whole room. Earthquake is a 1974 american disaster film that achieved huge boxoffice success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable allstar casts attempt to survive life or death situations. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here.
The jennings lang production of earthquake 1974 music by john williams. After two women fall to their death a man is left hanging on a girder, but falls onto a giant piece of glass. The borrego mountain earthquake of april 9, 1968 usgs. Released in the united states on november 15, 1974, earthquake would become the fourthhighest grossing film of the year. Purchase earthquake on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Lorne greene and john elerick in earthquake 1974 genevieve bujold and mark robson in. Earthquake monitoring in southern california for seventyseven.
A place for any and all fans of the 1974 film earthquake, disaster movie devotees and film fans in general. The dvd provides decent to good picture and audio but it lacks any supplements. Watch earthquake 1974 full movie online free on putlocker. Earthquake 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The disaster movie absolutely reached its zenith in 1974 and earthquake marks its epicenter. After the devastating spitak earthquake of december 7th, konstantin berezhnoy, a 50yearold russian, and robert melkonyan, a 28yearold armenian, work together to rescue the desperate survivors. The network version cuts back to the couple from time to time when they hear the captain announce any news about. Colorado, movie theater shooter james holmes was seeing a psychiatrist specializing in. A earthquake is a 1974 american disaster film that achieved huge boxoffice success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable allstar casts attempt to survive life or death situations. A theatrical engagement is defined as the movie playing in a single theater for one week. While the new technology may have contributed to earthquakes boxoffice clout, it barely survived the 1970s.
Computer movie animations on file at mandeville special collections. Find release information for earthquake 1974 mark robson on allmovie. Earthquake 1974 fullhd movie cast earthquake 1974 fullhd movie english subtitle earthquake 1974 fullhd movie release date earthquake 1974 fullhd movie air date earthquake 1974 fullhd. The unanticipated thrust earthquake had a magnitude of 6.
A model for the earthquake cycle along the san andreas fault system for the past. Overall decent disaster movie as a lot of the disaster movies are or just plan bad as has most of the last couple of years. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your rotten tomatoes account against an email address associated with a. Successful architect stewart graff charlton heston. After the runaway success of airport 1970, universal were very keen to try another disaster movie, recruiting producer jennings lang for the task. Earthquake is a 1974 american ensemble disaster drama film directed and produced by mark. But at one point, it was seriously entertained that.
Earthquake, a 1974 american film starring charlton heston and ava gardner. Seismoscope records from san fernando, san gabriel, and. The idea for a film based around an earthquake came from the seismic activity that rocked the san fernando valley on february 9, 1971. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the earths crust the outer layer that creates seismic waves. Overview of earthquake, 1974, with at turner classic movies. Decent disaster film, earthquake continues the tradition of disaster films that became so popular during the early 70s, except now its an earthquake that its the disaster, and it is a film that. Denise marshall talking to rosa and lew slade in the end of the movie. For best results viewing and printing pdf documents, it is recommended that you download the documents to your computer and open them with adobe reader.
After years of wanting shout factory came through and released the hit 1974 film earthquake on home video on bluray witch includes not only the theatrical cut but the television version that ran about 20 minutes longer. Earthquake almost realistically shows us the devastating effects of such an event on a large modern day city. Successful architect stewart graff charlton heston argues with his demanding wife. Earthquake soundtrack from 1974, composed by john williams.
Most of the destruction took place on the backlot of universal, but what was actually shot on location was done using many matte paintings. From the outset, this movie was designed to be an event film, ultimately settling on the sensurround gimmick. Charlton heston leads an allstar cast in an epic film about ordinary citizens who must. They touch down as the earthquake hits, but the pilots are able to regain control and fly away before the runway breaks up.
So, for example, a film that plays in 3,000 theaters in its first week and 2,000 theaters in its second week will have had 5,000 theatrical engagements. Dislocations moving at strain rates as fast as earthquake deformation rates may have an. In the office tower after the quake there is a panic and workers rush down the stairs only to find them fallen away. Events which occurred in remote areas will be excluded from the list as they wouldnt have generated significant media interest. Theres nowhere else like this for film fans on youtube. Part or all of this report is presented in portable document format pdf. Nur and mavko 1974, rundle and jackson 1977, and savage and prescott 1978. An all star cast in 1974 starred in this classic disaster movie before cgi.
Since movie studios didnt have the resources in 1974 to add expensive computerized effects, miniatures, camera trickery and a few largescale destructions were used to simulate the quake. When the sensurround soundtrack kicked in the whole cinema started vibrating and, for a moment, i was genuinely. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury or damage. Find similar and related movies for earthquake 1974 mark robson on allmovie. Released by varese sarabande in 1995 vsd 5262 containing music from earthquake 1974. See more ideas about disaster film, disaster movie and earthquake movie. The day the earth moved 1974 in this tv movie, folks taking aerial photos of. It buckled down, caved in, the whole building, van decar, 83, of granada hills, told the daily news a decade ago. Subscribe like and comment thank you this feature is not available right now. If, as in this film, we spend an interminable first hour building up the relationships between characters then that disaster better be spectacular. Earthquake this is my first set of photos of locations.
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