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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Studio: Direct Source Label Catalog: DVD Release date: 2006-04-25 Media: DVD released in theatres: 1991 Running time in minutes: 177 DVD aspect ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC DVD Region code: 1 released in theatres: 1991 Ean: 0779836174291 Upc: 779836174291 Director:
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Summary: Bought this for a dollar at Wal-Mart and was very happy OK, no Oscar winner(or Emmy winner , as this was a T.V. mini-series) here but a very nice pre-CGI effects try at once again sending Los Angeles rolling around and destroying the dream factory. THe effects are not bad and the actors are very good and the 3 hours roll(sorry had to do it) by very well. Summary: Well-done disaster flick Joanna Kerns, the lovable mom from Growing Pains, leads us through the "Big One" that hits Southern California. I admit that my penchant for disaster movies biases me, but The Great Los Angeles Earthquake provides a better-than-B-movie presentation of the destruction of L.A. The 'science' appeared convincing enough to bring me into the story. A cross between an educational after-school special and a prime-time disaster flick intended to grab market share, this movie adequately captures the drama surrounding the event, before, during, and after. The underlying storylines moves us through easily and credibly. The special effects certainly date this movie to some degree, but considering its own era, and the fact that the film was made for TV, the effects come off as convincing enough to repel laughter and instead draw in the audience into a horrible realism. I waited years for the movie to be placed on DVD. It's well worth the wait. Summary: The way a natural disaster flick is SUPPOSED to be! This movie was so good, I don't think I could watch it again. This is not to knock the movie in any way, it's just my stomach isn't made for these movies. That said, the whole movie is very realistic, and the ending is not a feel good ending like Aftershock. So if you like these movies, strap yourself in. Summary: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake Very prompt order receiving (unlike the ones I have waiting since 22nd December to receive directly from Amazon.com for textbooks). The movie was used by several students for reports due in a Natural Disasters class in college. We had to pick out what was "right" about the science and what was "wrong" about the science. This particular movie was mine to do so was very interested in it. It portrayed an earthquake on a real fault pretty good but what happens in earthquakes and the time it takes to get to people (or across town in a disaster) is unreal. Summary: Shake, rattle and roll with The Great Los Angeles Earthquake Disaster movie fans will be happy to know that the DVD transfer of The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (originally titled The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake) appears to be a complete and uncut translation of the original miniseries that aired on NBC in 1990. For a made-for-TV movie, the special effects are outstanding, made even more incredible considering the lack of CGI at the time. Some scenes and subplots cut from the VHS version and the version farmed out for syndication on local stations have been restored, most notably the assassination subplot (featuring Clarence Gilyard, Jr. and the late Brock Peters) and the original ending (featuring Dan Lauria). The Big One is a better, more realistic disaster thriller than the later 10.5 and 10.5 Apocalypse that NBC most recently broadcast, and has better effects than CBS's more recent earthquake offering, Aftershock: Earthquake in New York, although that movie is pretty good. For the money, getting three hours worth of movie is a treat. Buy this movie! |
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| Collectible price | - | - | $11.99 | - | - | - |
| Catalog | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| Release date | 2006-04-25 | 2006-04-04 | 2006-08-01 | 2001-02-20 | 2006-11-07 | 2005-02-15 |
| Media | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| discs number | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| released in theatres | 1991 | 2005-11-06 | 2006-05-21 | 1999-11-14 | 2006-02-25 | 2004-11-14 |
| Running time in minutes | 177 | 169 | 169 | 170 | 92 | 174 |
| DVD aspect ratio | 1.33:1 | 1.77:1 | 1.66:1 | 1.33:1 | 1.78:1 | 1.33:1 |
| Audience Rating | NR (Not Rated) | NR (Not Rated) | NR (Not Rated) | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | NR (Not Rated) | Unrated |
| Format | Color, DVD-Video, NTSC | Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen | Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen | Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC | Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen | Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC |
| DVD Region code | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ean | 0779836174291 | 0096009443399 | 0096009420796 | 9781574927948 | 0096009473198 | 0707729169444 |
| Book Isbn | - | - | - | 1574927949 | - | - |
| Upc | 779836174291 | 096009443399 | 096009420796 | 707729115991 | 096009473198 | 707729169444 |
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