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Earthquake (1974) 5.7
Various stories of various people as an earthquake of un-imagineable magnitude hits Los Angeles. Director:Mark Robson |
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Cast
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| Ava Gardner | ... | ||
| George Kennedy | ... |
Lew Slade
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| Lorne Greene | ... | ||
| Geneviève Bujold | ... |
Denise Marshall
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| Richard Roundtree | ... |
Miles Quade
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Marjoe Gortner | ... |
Jody
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Barry Sullivan | ... | |
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Dr. James Vance
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| Victoria Principal | ... |
Rosa Amici
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| Walter Matthau | ... |
Drunk
(as Walter Matuschanskayasky)
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Monica Lewis | ... |
Barbara
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Gabriel Dell | ... |
Sal Amici
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| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | ... |
Chavez
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Lloyd Gough | ... |
Bill Cameron
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Construction Engineer Stuart Graff is estranged from his jealously possessive wife, Remy, and has an affair with Denise Marshall, the widow of a co-worker. Meanwhile, Remy tries to persuade her father, Sam Royce, who is Stuart's employer, to use his influence to stop Stuart from seeing Denise. Rogue policeman Lew Slade is suspended from the L.A.P.D. for having punched an obtuse officer from another jurisdiction. Embittered, Slade contemplates quitting the police force. Jody, a perverted grocery store manager, lusts after Rosa Amici, sister of Sal, the assistant to Miles Quade, an aspiring daredevil motor cyclist. The lives of all these people are devastated when a major earthquake rips through Los Angeles and reduces the city to ruins. Written by Kevin McCorry <mmccorry@nb.sympatico.ca>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 November 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Terremoto See more »Filming Locations:
1329 Carroll Avenue, Central Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$7,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$79,700,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
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| (TV) | (Ontario)Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints)| Sensurround (70 mm and 35 mm magnetic prints)| Mono (35 mm optical prints)| 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Dr. Stockle: Second biggest. I'll top the list.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
In a bizarre coincidence, the location on the first day of shooting was rocked by an earthquake. In an even more bizarre coincidence, an earthquake also struck the location where the last day of shooting occurred. See more »Goofs
During the chase scene, the branch of a tree suddenly changes position before the county police's car passes the crossroads to join the other two. See more »Quotes
Mayor Lewis: The governor and I aren't even in the same party. If this turns out to be a false alarm, he'll make me out to be the biggest fool west of the Mississippi.Dr. Stockle: Second biggest. I'll top the list.
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Earthquake almost realistically shows us the devastating effects of such "an event" on a large modern day city. Since movie studios didn't have the resources in 1974 to add expensive computerized effects, miniatures, camera trickery and a few large-scale destructions were used to simulate the quake. However even by today's standards, most (but not all) effects work pretty well. Many of the buildings we see crumbling to the ground are actual locals in Los Angeles and anyone who ever lived is this area (myself included) would still find watching this film chilling to say the least. The sets are very impressive - they made one helluva mess of Universal Studios making this film. The acting is so-so and the ending is disappointing and leaves us with a lot of unanswered questions: what ever happened to Miles and Rosa's brother anyway? And the scenes with Jody the weirdo are just plain uncomfortable. But as far as pure "end of the world" disaster entertainment goes, this film has it all.