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11 November 1990 (USA)
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The BIG one....is coming! more
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After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Joanna Kerns | ... | Dr. Clare Winslow | |
| Dan Lauria | ... | Steve Winslow | |
| Bonnie Bartlett | ... | Anita Parker | |
| Lindsay Frost | ... | Laurie Parker | |
| Alan Autry | ... | Matt | |
| Joe Spano | ... | Chad Spaulding | |
| Holly Fields | ... | Heather Winslow | |
| Brock Peters | ... | David Motubu | |
| Stephen Elliott | ... | Owen | |
| Robert Ginty | ... | Warren Cates | |
| Clarence Gilyard Jr. | ... | Roy Bryant | |
| Silvana Gallardo | ... | Sonia | |
| Michael T. Weiss | ... | Larry, the Mayor's City Official Aide | |
| Charles Siebert | ... | Mayor Frank Baldwin | |
| Richard Herd | ... | Ray Goodrich |
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The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
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USA:106 min (video version) | USA:180 min (original version) | 60 min (3 episodes)
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Clare Winslow's house is the same one used for "I Dream of Jeannie" (1965).
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Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
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Once more, Los Angeles is the target of a large M8+ earthquake; however, scientifically, this one was much more believable than the megaquake on the San Andreas fault in "Earthquake" (1974). However, the plot on the original 4-hour TV movie was way too complicated, and in parts, irrelevant. When a three-hour version was released later, it was clear that the cut parts--centered around the visit and assassination attempt on a foreign head of state, even after the city is in ruins afterwards--had contributed nothing to the movie as a whole. Though still weak, the plot did show the problems with earthquake prediction and dealing with the real world. The attempt to hush-up the threat of an earthquake to the Los Angeles area was real after the Long Beach earthquake of 1933 and for the same reason--money. The reaction to a prediction was quite believable as well--much panic, which then adversely affects those that keep their heads. Overall, a good movie--not great, but certainly interesting.