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Earthquake
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Earthquake Poster

MPAA Rating:
PG

US Runtime: 123 min

Premiere Date:
Nov 15, 1974   [USA]
 
Director: Mark Robson
 
Writer: Mario Puzo
 
Producers: Jennings Lang   [Executive Producer]
Mark Robson   [Producer]
 
Music by John Williams
 
Cinematography: Philip H. Lathrop
 
Edited by: Dorothy Spencer
 
Production Companys: The Filmakers Group
Universal Pictures
 


Cast:

Charlton Heston
Stewart Graff
Ava Gardner
Remy Royce-Graff
George Kennedy
Sgt. Lew Slade
Lorne Greene
Sam Royce
Geneviève Bujold
Denise Marshall
Richard Roundtree
Miles Quade
Marjoe Gortner
Jody
Barry Sullivan
Dr. Willis Stockle
Lloyd Nolan
Dr. James Vance
Victoria Principal
Rosa Amici
Walter Matthau
Drunk
Monica Lewis
Barbara
Gabriel Dell
Sal Amici
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Officer Emilio Chavez
Lloyd Gough
Bill Cameron
John Randolph
Mayor Lewis
Kip Niven
Walter Russell
Scott Hylands
Assistant Caretaker
Tiger Williams
Corry Marshall
Donald Moffat
Harvey Johnson
 
Jesse Vint
Buck
Alan Vint
Hank
Lionel Johnston
Ralph
John S. Ragin
Chief Inspector LADWP
George Murdock
Colonel
Don Mantooth
National Guardsman
Michael Richardson
National Guardsman
Alex Brown
Pool Player
Bob Cunningham
Frank Ames
Johnny Dennis
Brawny Foreman
Gene Dynarski
Fred
Bob Gravage
Farmer Mr. Griggs
H.B. Haggerty
Pool Player
Tim Herbert
Las Vegas Man
Dave Morick
Technician
Ines Pedroza
Laura
Joan Blair
Pawnbroker's wife (uncredited)
Debralee Scott
Kathie (uncredited)
Shannon Christie
Nurse (uncredited)
Reb Brown
Boy on Motorcycle (scenes deleted)
 
 

Crew:

Tom Greene
production associate
 
Clifford Stine
special photography
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$7,000,000 (USA)
Color Info:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo / 70 mm 6-Track / Mono / Sensurround
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Panavision
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
70 mm
Shooting Dates:
Feb 1974 - Aug 1974
Production Dates:
Nov 1973 - Oct 1974

Quotes:

  • Mayor Lewis: The governor and I aren't even in the same party. If this turns out to be a false alarm, he'll make me out to be the biggest fool west of the Mississippi.
    Dr. Stockle: Second biggest. I'll top the list.
     

Trivia:

  • Before stereo TV sound was commonplace, NBC aired "Earthquake" with the soundtrack simulcast on local FM radio stations so that viewers could recreate "SenSurround" at home.
     
  • The first film to be presented in "Sensurround," a special low-frequency bass speaker setup consisting of four huge speakers loaned by distributors to select theatres showing the film. This system was employed only during the quake sequences of the film, and was so powerful that it actually cracked plaster at some movie theaters. "Sensurround" was employed in only three other films released by Universal: Midway, Rollercoaster, and the theatrical release of Battlestar Galactica.
     
  • Some of the scenes of panicking extras in the movie theater is footage from Torn Curtain.
     
  • Ava Gardner surprised director Mark Robson by insisting that she do her own stuntwork, including dodging blocks of concrete and heavy steel pipes.
     
  • Walter Matthau asked to play the drunk in the bar after seeing the scene description "A drunk sits at the end of the bar" in the shooting script. Despite the director's objections, and the fact that the character originally had no lines, he insisted that he play the part. Matthau got his way, and his performance provided much needed comedy relief.
     

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