Earthquake

When the big one finally hits L.A.

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DVD Features:

Rated: PG
Run Time: 2 hours, 3 minutes
Video: Color
Released: May 9, 2006
Originally Released: 1974
Label: Universal Studios
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Note: This release also includes the original Theatrical Sensurround Audio.
Packaging: Snap Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:

Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - Spanish
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Sensurround 3.1 - English
Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Victoria Principal, Richard Roundtree, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Marjoe Gortner & Ava Gardner
Performer:		Barry Sullivan, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Walter Matthau, Monica Lewis, Lloyd Nolan, Gabriel Dell, Tiger Williams & Don Wilbanks
Directed by		Mark Robson
Edited by		Dorothy Spencer
Screenwriting by		Mario Puzo & George Fox
Composition by		John Williams
Produced by		Mark Robson
Director of Photography:		Philip H. Lathrop
Executive Production by		Jennings Lang

Memorable Quotes and Dialog:

"I know you'll laugh, but

- I think we're going to have a really big quake."

Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1974 - Best Sound

Academy Awards 1974 - Best Visual Effects

Academy Awards 1974 - Scientific or Technical Award

Entertainment Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly

Jun 4, 2004

Three Movie Buffs

Sep 21, 2012

Time Out

Jan 26, 2006

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Apr 8, 2015

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Film Frenzy

May 24, 2019

TV Guide

May 25, 2015

Product Description:

This essential 1970s disaster epic, with a script co-authored by Mario Puzo (THE GODFATHER), centers around a devastating earthquake in Los Angeles and the shocking aftermath it causes. The all-star cast is led by Charleton Heston as a construction engineer whose marital problems supply him with plentiful stress before the quake even hits. The film was presented theatrically with a sound process known as "Sensurround," which caused cinemas to physically vibrate during quake sequences.

Description by Universal Studios Home Video:

Charlton Heston leads an all-star cast in an epic film about ordinary citizens who must come together in the face of an unstoppable natural disaster!

When the most catastrophic earthquake of all time rips through Southern California, it levels Los Angeles and sends shockwaves through the lives of all who live there. Now strangers must become heroes as the city struggles to get to its feet before the next terrifying aftershock hits!

Also starring Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Victoria Principal, Genevieve Bujold and Richard Roundtree, Earthquake combines outstanding performances with Academy Award-winning sound and groundbreaking special effects.

Plot Synopsis:

The lives of several Angelenos are shaken up when the Big One hits Los Angeles. Heading the gigantic, star-studded cast is Charlton Heston as an adulterous engineer and Ava Gardner as his jealous wife. Other characters include an Evel Knievel-like daredevil, a psychotic grocery store manager, and a hot-tempered cop -- all of whom respond to the disaster in a variety of ways, ranging from heroic to deranged.

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Production Notes:

Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Cinematography. Academy Awards: Best Sound.
Color by Technicolor.
Originally released in Sensurround, a sound system which creates low-frequency vibrations that simulate the sensation of small tremors in the theater. Universal charged exhibitors $500 a week for use of the system. A warning for the faint-hearted flashed on the screen before the film began.
Additional cast members: Scott Haylands (Assistant Dam Caretaker); Tiger Williams (Corry Marshall). Walter Matthau is credited under his real name, Walther Matuschanskavasky.
Additional technical credit: Jack McMasters, special effects.
Waldon O. Watson, Richard J. Stumpf, Robert J. Leonard and the Universal City Studios Sound Department received a Class II Technical Award for the development and engineering of the Sensurround System for motion picture presentation.
The disaster movie was a unique phenomenon of the 1970s. "The Poseidon Adventure," about the sinking of a giant ocean liner, was the movie that launched (no pun intended) the mini-genre. Other entries, besides "Earthquake," include "The Towering Inferno" and the "Airport" movies. All disaster movies conformed to a similar plan: a vast array of characters (portrayed by movie stars and celebrities), usually trapped in one place together (airplane, skyscraper, ocean liner), confront a major calamity. Though these characters are plagued by a variety of personal problems, they are all linked by their common fight for survival.
Copyright 1974 Universal Pictures.