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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal Studios
EAN: 0025193046925
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 10
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 3.0EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D30469D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 09, 2006
Running Time: 123 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 15, 1974
Editorial Review:
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.System Requirements:Running Time 123 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG UPC: 025193046925 Manufacturer No: 30469
Amazon.com:
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
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
my two older brothers and i grew up in CALIFORNIA . i was eleven when we saw this film together at the time of its' theatrical release . it was shown in SESAROUND . we laughed so hard and often within the first 40 minutes or so (whenever there'd be an earthquake on screen and our seats would shake ) we left , as we were distracting the other filmgoers . sorry . looking back . i can give no stronger recommendation to a film than this one . we'd experienced some real serious quakes and aftershocks ... Read More
Rating:  -
EARTHQUAKE
(USA - 1974)
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1 (Panavision)
Theatrical soundtrack: 6-track stereo (Sensurround encoding)
Several disparate characters are drawn together in the aftermath of an earthquake which devastates Los Angeles.
Soapy addition to the 1970's disaster cycle, featuring an all-star cast going through the dreary motions (who CARES if Charlton Heston is threatening to leave wife Ava Gardner for younger woman Geneviève Bujold?) ... Read More
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This is one of the most memorable movies of the 70's, it's got everything: action, drama, infidelity, fire, floods and the "EARTHQUAKE". When I saw this movie back on 1974 I did not notice some of the cheesy visual effects I notice now. Still that does not diminish the quality and the impact that "Earthquake" leaves in you. The plot, on the part of the drama has some holes but if you focus on the earthquake and the trauma it leaves on the survivors, the movie won't disappoint you. However the DVD ... Read More
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Along with "Airport'75", "The Towering Inferno", and "The Poisiodon Adventure", "Earthquake" is really the last great 1970's disaster film. Filled with former movie stars and awesome special effects, the film is engrossing and entertaining. The title basically tells you that the movie is about an earthquake, and in this instance it hits Los Angeles. Watching it one wonders if the Big One will ever strike sounthern California?
The film is clean and the sound impeccable, but there are no special ... Read More
Rating:  -
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. Part of the problem is the soap operatics in the foreground, with Charlton Heston torn between neurotic wife Ava Gardner and his young mistress Genevieve Bujold taking centre-stage among various minor daytime soap subplots courtesy of writer Mario Puzo. Rather than making you care about the fate of the characters, they just leave you impatient for the quake ... Read More
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