Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
|
Reviews
Amazon.co.uk Review
The disaster-movie trend of the early and mid-1970s was starting to wear out its welcome when Earthquake was released in 1974. It’s another one of those enjoyably mindless all-star marathons, and the title tells you all you need to know about the plot. Charlton Heston offers his trademark brand of macho courage as the citizens of Los Angeles brace for the Big One--an earthquake that rattles the city to its crumbling foundation. It's got all the sophistication of a Love Boat episode, but the movie's momentum scores high marks (at least on the Richter scale), and the Oscar-winning sound design and special visual effects are still impressive, especially when you consider that advanced computer-graphics effects were still two decades in the future. Genevieve Bujold adds a touch of class to the all-star ensemble, and of course, what self-respecting disaster flick would be complete without a role for George Kennedy? In more ways than one, this cheesy movie rocks! (If you want to re-create the movie's original sound process known as "Sensurround," you’ll just have to crank up the bass and subwoofer on your home theater system until plaster cracks and windows shatter!) --Jeff Shannon
Special Features
English
Region 2
Region 2
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
DEVASTATING!!,
By
This review is from: Earthquake [VHS] [1974] (VHS Tape)
Even for a 70's era disaster flick, the special effects for the time are awesome, the quake looking rather real!! Actually, the special effects even beat out some of today's "disasters". Some of today's computer effects are just unreal in nature and don't compare with the originality of the effects from the 70's disaster movies. The 70's methods may be dated, but are sure REALISTIC!On the richter scale, this film measures an 8.0
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the greatest disaster movies ever made!,
By
This review is from: Earthquake [DVD] (DVD)
Certainly one of the greatest disaster movies ever made, and one of the biggest movies of the 70s. Stars Lorne Greene, Charlton Heston, George Kennedy and Ava Gardner. A story of ordinary life with everyday problems that swiftly melt into insignificance when a massive earthquake strikes and threatens the survival of a large city! This has some great special effects for its day, and some interesting stories woven into the disaster. Also stars a young Victoria Principal (Dallas) Great movie!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mono,
By
This review is from: Earthquake [DVD] [1974] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
EARTHQUAKE is a great film but the only thing that spoils the DVD release on Region 1 and Region 2 and probably other Regions, it's always in Mono. The Region 1 laser disc version was in 5.1 Stereo sound and I can't understand why the sound was downgraded to Mono. This happened when THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE first came out on DVD, it was Mono and the laser disc version was THX Stereo. Luckily Fox re-released THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE as a two-disc set and it was upgraded to the 5.1 Stereo sound. I hope Universal re-release EARTHQUAKE.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
|
Most Recent Customer Reviews |
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
