When Time Ran Out...

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2h 1min

When Time Ran Out... (1980)

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Action Adventure Drama

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

Director
- James Goldstone
Writers
- Gordon Thomas(based on the novel "The Day the World Ended" by)
- Max Morgan Witts(based on the novel "The Day the World Ended" by)
- Carl Foreman(screenplay)
Stars

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

When Time Ran Out... (1980)

When Time Ran Out... (1980)

William Holden, Paul Newman, and Jacqueline Bisset in When Time Ran Out... (1980)

When Time Ran Out... (1980)

William Holden in When Time Ran Out... (1980)

William Holden in When Time Ran Out... (1980)

William Holden and Jacqueline Bisset in When Time Ran Out... (1980)

Ernest Borgnine and Red Buttons in When Time Ran Out... (1980)

Ernest Borgnine and Red Buttons in When Time Ran Out... (1980)

Paul Newman and Jacqueline Bisset in When Time Ran Out... (1980)

Paul Newman, James Franciscus, and John Considine in When Time Ran Out... (1980)

Paul Newman in When Time Ran Out... (1980)

Director
- James Goldstone
Writers
- Gordon Thomas(based on the novel "The Day the World Ended" by)
- Max Morgan Witts(based on the novel "The Day the World Ended" by)
- Carl Foreman(screenplay)
All cast & crew

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Tourists are surprised by a volcanic eruption in a lonesome hotel in the Caribic. The hotel owner ignores all warnings and advises his guests to wait for a rescue team. Only a small group follows expert Hank to reach higher regions. They start an adventurous journey across the island. —Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

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Taglines
- An all-star cast is on the run when Mother Nature blows her top!
Genres
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide

Trivia
Toward the end of his life, Paul Newman confessed in interviews that this was the only film he ever did solely for the money. He called it "that volcano movie" and said that he and most of the cast knew it would be a bomb from day one. Many believe that part of his salary from this movie was used as seed money for a salad dressing business he was setting up with A.E. Hotchner, with 100% of the profits, after taxes, going to educational and charitable organizations. Newman's Own, established in 1982, has raised over $260 million for charities all over the world, and continues to grow and prosper.

Goofs
An oil rig drilling into the side of a volcano triggers the eruption. Oil fields are not found on or near active volcanoes; there isn't enough time between eruptions for any petroleum products to form or be deposited.

Quotes
Kay Kirby: I don't need the wine, you get me drunk!

Alternate versions
There are at least three versions of this film, the original 121 minutes vesion, a cut 104 minutes one, and a 141 minutes expanded video home version

Connections
Edited into La Classe américaine (1993)

Top review

5/10

The volcano is the star!

3/14/18. I have forgotten how suspenseful these old disaster movies were, even formulaic as they were. Why mess with what works? Irwin Allen was always good with that: A love triangle, a helicopter, a loss of one or two of the big stars and you got yourself a hit. While many of the big stars featured were mostly past their prime, that was okay when the disaster was actually THE STAR of the movie. Catch it for nostalgia's sake.

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Release date
- March 28, 1980 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Earth's Final Fury
Filming locations
- Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa - 78-128 Ehukai Street, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA
Production companies
- International Cinema
- Warner Bros.
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Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $3,763,988
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,400,994
- Mar 30, 1980
Gross worldwide
- $3,763,988

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Runtime
- 2h 1min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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