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Earthquake is a 1974 American action, drama, and thriller film directed by Mark Robson, who also produced the movie. The screenplay was written by Mario Puzo, based on a work by George Fox. The cast includes Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, and Lorne Greene. John Williams composed the score, Philip H. Lathrop served as director of photography, and Dorothy Spencer edited the film. Alexander Golitzen handled production design.
The narrative is set in Los Angeles, where filming also took place. Universal Pictures produced and distributed the film, which was later distributed by Netflix. The movie has a runtime of approximately 123 minutes. It was released in 1974 and 1975. The production budget was 7,000,000, and the revenue reached 79,666,653.
Critically, the film received an Academy Award for Best Sound. It was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Production Design. Audience ratings include a 6.119 average from 360 votes on TMDb and a 6.0 rating from 18,258 votes on IMDb.
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6.1Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Cast
- Charlton Heston as Stewart Graff
- Ava Gardner as Remy Royce-Graff
- George Kennedy as Sgt. Lew Slade
- Lorne Greene as Sam Royce
- Geneviève Bujold as Denise Marshall
- Richard Roundtree as Miles Quade
Themes
- fire
- supermarket
- skyscraper
- architect
- natural disaster
- earthquake
- flooding
- parking garage
- national guard
- child in peril
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Mark Robson
- Screenwriter
- Mario Puzo
- Cast member
- Jesse Vint
- Composer
- John Williams
- Producer
- Mark Robson
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Philip H. Lathrop
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 819718
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Actors during filming of "Earthquake", 1974.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- publication date
- 1974-11-15
- film editor
- Dorothy Spencer
- title
- Earthquake
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- production designer
- Alexander Golitzen
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- George Fox
- different from
- earthquake
- review score
- 44%
- capital cost
- 7000000
- box office
- 79666653
- Commons category
- Earthquake (1974 film)
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