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Director:
Robert Iscove
Writers (WGA):
Leo E. Arthur (story)
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Release Date:
22 February 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A man attempts to rescue people trapped on the I-880 bridge after the top half collapses during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Really good. more (4 total)

Cast

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Rubén Blades ... Pastor Beruman

Len Cariou ... Buck Helm

David Morse ... Dr. Jim Betts
Sandy Duncan ... Lorrie Helm
Ada Maris ... Petra Beruman

Scott Hylands ... Frank Stewart

Don S. Davis ... Dave
Ian Tracey ... Mark Helm
Blu Mankuma ... Fireman Shafer

John Pyper-Ferguson ... Greg Helm

Jerry Wasserman ... Dr. Scott
Ric Reid ... Dermaine Bernstein
Sabrina Wiener ... Cathy Beruman
Jeffrey Licon ... Julio Beruman

Suki Kaiser ... Nan Callahan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Miracle on I-880
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:12 | UK:PG
Company:
Columbia Pictures Television more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Really good., 16 June 2004
Author: Paul Morris from Brisbane, Australia

Great TV-movie about the collapse of Interstate 880 during the '89 San Francisco quake. There is a wonderful cast of well-known character actors, including Ruben Blades, Scott Hylands and David Morse. The film combines archive footage with its own staged "collapse site", which looks a bit tacky at times, but certainly serves the purpose when we are between the layers, watching as medical teams try and pull survivors from the wreckage of their vehicles. There is a particularly closed-in atmosphere during these scenes, and together with the added effects of blasting horns and blinking turn signals, it seems all-too real at times.

Many of these made-for-TV disaster movies are notoriously poor and have quite a reputation, but I-880, as it is also known, breaks away from this mould to give us a compelling and touching real-life drama, with an especially emotional ending that is a bit of a kick in the face. Certainly worth a look if you can find it.

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