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Avalanche

  • 19781978
  • PGPG
  • 1h 31m
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3.7/10
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Mia Farrow and Rock Hudson in Avalanche (1978)
The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
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The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
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2.2K
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    • Corey Allen
    • Corey Allen
    • Frances Doel(story)
    • Gavin Lambert
  • Stars
    • Rock Hudson
    • Mia Farrow
    • Robert Forster
    • Corey Allen
    • Corey Allen
    • Frances Doel(story)
    • Gavin Lambert
  • Stars
    • Rock Hudson
    • Mia Farrow
    • Robert Forster
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    • 52User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
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    Rock Hudson
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    • David Shelby
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    • Caroline Brace
    Robert Forster
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    • Nick Thorne
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    • Florence Shelby
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    • Henry McDade
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    • Trivia
      During filming, the special effects crew used Styrofoam to augment the "snow effects" of the avalanche. Once the spring thaw hit, Stryrofoam was discovered all over the Durango. By then, the company was long gone.
    • Quotes

      Caroline Brace: David, you're like weather, you just happen.

    • Alternate versions
      When originally released theatrically in the UK, the BBFC made cuts to secure a 'A' rating. All cuts were waived in 1986 when the film was granted a '15' certificate for home video.
    • Connections
      Edited into Meteor (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Difficult Season
      Additional music arrangement by Mark Wilde

      Performed by Paladin (Gary Nabors, Greg Weber, Curtis Johnson, Mark Wilde, Ray Loos)

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    4/10
    Let it snow, let it snow, let it … storm!
    I'm an avid fan-boy of 1970's disaster movies. Not so much because they're intense and captivating since, quite frankly they're not, but actually just because they're so exaggeratedly clichéd and kitschy. You can easily summarize ALL the 70's disaster movies ever made with one and the same synopsis, only the nature of the disaster differs. It can be a fire, flood, volcanic eruption, virus, shipwreck or – like in this case – an avalanche! The main difference between this film and the majority of classic titles (such as "The Towering Inferno" and "The Poseidon Adventure") lies in the budget. Usually Irwin Allen produced this sort of stuff and he had plenty of money to spare. "Avalanche", on the other hand, is a Roger Corman production and he's mostly (in)famous for delivering cheap and extremely low-budgeted cult films. A half-decent disaster movie is simply impossible to accomplish without a bit of budget, and this clearly shows in "Avalanche". The special effects are pitiable, with whole bunches of people getting buried underneath thick and oddly shaped boulders of Styrofoam. But, aside from the budgetary restrictions, "Avalanche" does live up to four out of five essential disaster movie trademarks. #1: there needs to be at least one major star and a long list of secondary stars. Rock Hudson and Mia Farrow were big names around the time, but the supportive cast is a bit disappointing. I assume that Roger Corman spent all his actors' budget on the aforementioned two names and Robert Forster. #2: The characters are usually split into two camps with completely opposite ideals and/or initiatives. Why, yes! Although the "righteous" camp is extremely small this time. Rock Hudson is the owner of a fancy winter sport resort in Colorado and he keeps on expanding the area to lure more tourists. Robert Forster is the tree-hugging reporter who endlessly warns him that the expansion needs to stop otherwise there will be avalanches. #3: regardless what type of disaster we're dealing with, variants of the exact same perilous situations are always applicable. Too true, we have people that are buried alive, trapped in ski lifts, crushed or dead in gas explosions. #4: always remember that, when the situation appears to be at it worst, it can and will still get even worse! That's another true cliché of the disaster film! In "Avalanche", for example, there's a sequence in which an ambulance transporting people who narrowly escaped dead already, crashes into a ravine! Only for die-hard disaster movie fanatics.
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    • Nov 25, 2010

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    • Release date
      • September 29, 1978 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • The Lodge at Tamarron, 40292 Hwy 550 North, Durango, Colorado, USA
    • Production companies
      • Avalanche Productions
      • New World Pictures
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    • 1 hour 31 minutes
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