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Writer (WGA):
James S. Henerson (written by)
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Release Date:
20 April 1993 (USA) more
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2017: The greenhouse effect and global warming take their toll as droughts, floods, and hurricanes wreak mass destruction in a world gone mad, one family struggles to survive against all odds... | add synopsis
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Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination more
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Cast

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Craig T. Nelson ... Drew Morgan

Bonnie Bedelia ... Suzanne Morgan

Richard Farnsworth ... Frank Morgan

Jürgen Prochnow ... Larry Richter

Justin Whalin ... Paul Morgan
Ashley Jones ... Linnie Morgan

Sal Lopez ... Valdez

Shawn Toovey ... Jake Morgan
Charles Haid ... Buddy Eckhard
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Trisha Simmons

John Vernon ... Boudreaux
Hunt Scarritt ... Duane
Doug Bourgeois ... Young Doctor on Barge

Jim Gleason ... Doctor Pinson (as James Gleason IV)
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195 min
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Over-baked, 18 May 2006
5/10
Author: Raegan Butcher from Raincity, Pacific Northwest

When this was first televised as a two part mini-series I watched the first night and opted out for the 2nd; now, some 13 yrs later, after renting it from Portland's finest (and the country's finest, if truth be told) video store MOVIE MADNESS and watching the entire four hours I can safely say that buried inside the 240 minute mammoth of overcooked plotting and sweaty melodramatics is a fine 90 minute movie.

Craig T Nelson is a hell of a good actor and that's the trouble: he plays a completely unlikable character to irritatingly well effect; that is one of the main drawbacks of THE FIRE NEXT TIME. There is no one to root for; Nelson's character is a selfish pig from the get-go and he never gets much smarter or nicer. I realize that its not his fault--the script makes everyone a symbol and he has to stand for The Guilty Short-Sighted Consumer of All The World's Goodies....other actors are saddled with equally heavy burdens to carry.

Which leads me to another major drawback : the uneven tone of the script; you get semi-interesting first night scenes between the extremely underrated Charles Haid and Craig T. Nelson alongside some real 2nd night howlers like the absurd scene with Lousie Fletcher-- who chirpily tells Bonnie Bedelia ( who I must say looks wonderful with her ample bosom on sweaty display) "In the morning you will be issued your regulation camouflage army fatigues; its our way of keeping our message of hope alive." I am not kidding; she actually says that--and she is supposed to be the representative of the Evil Pro-Earth whatever the hell you want to call them. Ludicrous. As is most of the rest of this thing; but there are some interesting notions. Not ALL worthless but you have to wade thru a lot of dumb stuff.

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