- Actors: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Genevičve Bujold
- Directors: Mark Robson
- Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Good Times Video
- DVD Release Date: 1 May 2001
- Run Time: 123 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 6305137277
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 145,887 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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
Synopsis
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. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Cinematography. Academy Awards: Best Sound.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format: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
Format: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!
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
Format: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.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Oldies are the best!
Saw this film when it hit the cinema, the special FX at the time were amazing! Yes, I know it's dated and so are the clothes lol, but it still a great film in my opinion!
Published 12 months ago by "Bookworm"
This used to be one hell of a town, officer.
Earthquake is directed by Mark Robson and written by Mario Puzo and George Fox. It stars Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Ava Gardner, Geneviève Bujold, Lorne Greene,... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Spike Owen
Question
Can anyone who has bought this movie tell me if this is the Uncut version or is it still the cut version that we kept getting on VHS? Read more
Published 17 months ago by Moonsith
boring
wanted to watch this film after watching The Towering Inferno, as i am a fan of disaster movies.from the start you heard the rumble of the quake and i theought wow this is a good... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2009 by Mr. William T. Watson
EARTHQUAKE
THIS FILM WAS WORTH WATCHING THIRTY YEARS AGO, AND I DO NOT THINK IT HAS LOST ANY OF ITS IMPACT TODAY. Read more
Published on 22 July 2009 by June Rough
Shaken but not stirring
Earthquake was 1974's other big disaster movie, but despite the big budget and the `all-star' cast it's dated much worse than The Towering Inferno. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2008 by Trevor Willsmer
One of the greatest disaster movies ever made!
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. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2008 by FAMOUS NAME
Mono
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. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2007 by Darren Fuge
Earthquake
This has to go down as being one of he most exciting and best-executed film of all time. The actors enhance the reality of the disaster without being over the top resulting in a... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2003 by Gavin Sharp
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?
