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Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake (1974) #1955 Viewing Date: 7-22-2006 Posting Date: 12-19-2006 Directed by Mark Robson Featuring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy A huge earthquake devastates Los Angeles,...

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I remember when I saw it that I sat in the back of the theater all the way to one side - right next to one of those big Sensurround box set-up/thingies. BRRRRRRRRR-RMMMMM-BRRRRRRRRRR-ERBBBBBBBBBB Also...

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Reddog22:- "I wonder if the sequel would have followed Heston and Gardner's adventures further down the storm drain?" Yes, they would have run into a bunch of CHUD's, some angry giant ants with bad...

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Wasn't Richard Roundtree the Cyclist Dude?

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Yea, it was Roundtree.

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...And Gabriel Dell was his assistant!! A proposed "Shaft meets the Dead End Kids" spin-off in which Shaft teams with Satch/Huntz Hall to rescue a heroin addicted Whitey from Harlem drug dealers was...

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>>Shaft meets the Dead End Kids>> The film's most credible coupling by a long shot.

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As a fan of DC comics' Black Lightning character, I always enjoyed Richard Roundtree's costume in this.

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Quote:The main thing I remember about the movie is Victoria Principal's t-shirt. You mean there was actually more to the movie than that?

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rvoyttbots wrote:That truck load of cattle always cracks me up. They are so obviously plastic toys as the truck flies off the overpass. And that house that tumbles down the side of the hill. Lol The...

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I think she could have that effect on ANYONE. People who've seen Judge Roy Bean have wondered how she never took off in the movies (as opposed to TV), considering how good she was in that one. What's...

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scotpens wrote: So, what’s the deal with Marjoe Gortner’s character? He’s got male bodybuilder photos on his wall, and his co-workers accuse him of being a three-letter word that starts with “F”...

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reddog122 wrote: Quote: A sequel was planned, but never made. I wonder if the sequel would have followed Heston and Gardner's adventures further down the storm drain? "My revenge has spread over...

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Then there was the '70s joke:  What do you call Earthquake and The Towering Inferno on a double bill?Shake 'n Bake!

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I remember that!

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Indeed, when we went to see TOWERING INFERNO, EARTHQUAKE was playing next door and from time to time we could feel the Sensurround leaking over through the wall and floor.  So we really got our...

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A couple of SENSURROUND stories, when Earthquake played in Boston it was at the old Gary Theater, patrons watching it got an extra thrill, not only the vibrations from the speaker but also plaster...

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EARTHQUAKE had special effects that ran the gamut from hokey and unconvincing to absolutely invisible.  So, I saw it many times in those pre-VCR days to study those effects.  One of those viewings was...

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Bunnyman wrote:A couple of SENSURROUND stories, when Earthquake played in Boston it was at the old Gary Theater, patrons watching it got an extra thrill, not only the vibrations from the speaker but...

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I haven't seen it in a long while, so when I read a reference to the Walter Matthau cameo I didn't get the joke. But recently I ran into it accidentally on YouTube, and it's pretty entertaining.

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reddog122 wrote:Quote:A sequel was planned, but never made. I wonder if the sequel would have followed Heston and Gardner's adventures further down the storm drain?"My revenge has spread over...

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