Greatest Ever Disaster Movies (2007) (TV)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Directors:

Luke Dolan
Tim Van Someren

Release Date:

19 December 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Action

Cast

Giles Coren	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Aaronovitch	...	Himself
Paul W.S. Anderson	...	Himself
Ruth Badger	...	Herself
Rick Baker	...	Himself
Michael Biehn	...	Himself
Jacqueline Bisset	...	Herself
Jan de Bont	...	Himself (as Jan De Bont)
Ian Bryce	...	Himself
Scott Capurro	...	Himself
Veronica Cartwright	...	Herself
Andrew Collins	...	Himself
Ali Cook	...	Himself
Nathaniel Coombs	...	Himself (as Nat Coombs)
Vivien Creegor	...	Herself
Rob Deering	...	Himself
Jakki Degg	...	Herself
Illeana Douglas	...	Herself
Hector Elizondo	...	Himself
Cary Elwes	...	Himself
Craig Fairbrass	...	Himself
Janina Faye	...	Herself
Ken Feil	...	Himself
Pete Firman	...	Himself
Michael Fish	...	Himself
Jacqui Hames	...	Herself (as Detective Jacqui Hames)
Stephen Herek	...	Himself
Rob Hicks	...	Himself (as Dr Rob Hicks)
Peter Jason	...	Himself
Stephen Keane	...	Himself
George Kennedy	...	Himself
James King	...	Himself
Ben Knowles	...	Himself - Zoo magazine
Ali Larter	...	Herself
Ted Levine	...	Himself
Lara Lewington	...	Herself
Derek Malcolm	...	Himself
Michelle Marsh	...	Herself
Christopher McDonald	...	Himself
John C. McGinley	...	Himself
Bill McGuire	...	Himself
Jake Meyer	...	Himself
Shazia Mirza	...	Herself
Kim Newman	...	Himself
John Newton	...	Himself
Barry Norman	...	Himself
Emma Norman	...	Herself
Linda Papadopoulos	...	Herself
Lucy Pinder	...	Herself
David Poland	...	Himself
Gershon Portnoi	...	Himself
Matthew Pritchard	...	Himself (as Pritchard)
Kathleen Quinlan	...	Herself
Michael Rooker	...	Himself
Junior Simpson	...	Himself
Meric Srokosz	...	Himself (as Dr. Meric Srokosz)
Tony Todd	...	Himself
Danny Trejo	...	Himself
Robert Vaughn	...	Himself
Dee Wallace	...	Herself (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Toby Young	...	Himself
Billy Zane	...	Himself

Runtime:

UK:165 min (including commercials)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Diverse Productions

Greatest Ever Disaster Movies

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

If you like the Channel 4 100 Greatest Lists, then this is almost as good as them, apart from maybe some of the choices for the certain categories. Hosted by Giles Coren (who for a while did the Channel 5 series Movie Lounge), this particular countdown focused on the Disaster Movies, i.e. those involving destruction, explosions and natural disasters. Unfortunately, this list didn't have all the films I would have expected, most of them weren't even Disaster, they were science fiction, action or thrillers more than the genre it should be paying attention to, only tiny elements of them are Disaster material. With contributions from Rick Baker, Jan De Bont, Ian Bryce, Andrew Collins, Stephen Herek, James King, Ali Larter, Michelle Marsh, Barry Norman, Matthew Pritchard and Junior Simpson. Films on the list included: Final Destination, Air Force One, Airport!, Twister, Earthquake (that's one), The Poseidon Adventure (that's one), Predator, Speed, War of the Worlds (Tom Cruise version), Con Air, The Day After Tomorrow (that's one), The Towering Inferno, Apollo 13, Armageddon (that's one), and number one was Die Hard (!). From the fact that it had less "disaster movies", I give it a low rating, but it was okay to watch. Good!