Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Charlton Heston | ... | Graff | |
| Ava Gardner | ... | Remy | |
| George Kennedy | ... | Slade | |
| Lorne Greene | ... | Royce | |
| Geneviève Bujold | ... | Denise (as Genevieve Bujold) | |
| Richard Roundtree | ... | Miles | |
| Marjoe Gortner | ... | Jody | |
| Barry Sullivan | ... | Stockle | |
| Lloyd Nolan | ... | Dr. Vance | |
| Victoria Principal | ... | Rosa | |
| Walter Matthau | ... | Drunk (as Walter Matuschanskayasky) | |
| Monica Lewis | ... | Barbara | |
| Gabriel Dell | ... | Sal | |
| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | ... | Chavez (as Pedro Armendariz Jr.) | |
| Lloyd Gough | ... | Cameron | |
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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:
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Budget:
$7,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$79,700,000Company Credits
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| (TV) | (Ontario) | (DVD)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)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Beau Bridges, Alan Alda, Stacy Keach, James Brolin, Rock Hudson, John Cassavetes, Kevin Tighe, and William Atherton were considered for the part of Officer Lew Slade. See more »Goofs
Also, the airliner is cleared to land on runway 25; it actually lands on runway 13. See more »Alternate Versions
The doctor who comes to the Graff house in the deleted scene is Jim Vance, the doctor who later examines people (like Sam Royce) at the Wilson Plaza. It is revealed that he is a friend of the Graff's and Stewart learns that a baby that they were to have a year ago was aborted by Vance at the request of Remy (Stewart was told it was a miscarriage. The dialogue for this scene and many other deleted scenes are available (with pictures) at EarthquakeMovie.com. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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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.