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1970’s Disaster Movies Were Awesome
Posted on 8/31/26 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 8/31/26 at 10:29 pm
Gosh, I loved these movies: Poseidon Adventure, Airport, The Toweing Inferno - which had one of the greatest casts ever assembled - Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Robert Vaughn, William Holden, Dabney Coleman, OJ SIMPSON
What others have I forgotten?
What others have I forgotten?
Posted on 8/31/26 at 10:37 pm to WinnaSez
Irwin Allen wasn't done in the 70's. "When Time Ran Out" was the volcano movie from 1980. Paul Newman, William Holden, Jaqueline Bisset, Ernest Borgnine, Burgess Meredith, and others.
Posted on 8/31/26 at 10:44 pm to WinnaSez
quote:I like the smaller scale TV movies:
What others have I forgotten?
People are trapped in an elevator
Train is coming down a mountain from a ski resort and the brakes ice up.
And perhaps my favorite: it gets really hot. there's a water shortage. And...
The wife is pregnant
Posted on 8/31/26 at 10:44 pm to PowerTool
Irwin Allen??
Posted on 9/1/26 at 12:00 am to WinnaSez
The Day After!
Scared the hell out of me, as a Navy brat living overseas.
Scared the hell out of me, as a Navy brat living overseas.
Posted on 9/1/26 at 12:40 am to WinnaSez
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Irwin Allen??
Yes, Irwin Allen.
All those disaster movies and movies of the week were recycled on UHF when I was a kid. They prepared me for so much...earthquakes, mudslides, avalanches, cave-ins, you name it.
Probably why I've never panicked in a flood.
Posted on 9/1/26 at 4:55 am to WinnaSez
Earthquake
Posted on 9/1/26 at 7:04 am to WinnaSez
The original Airport (1972) One of my favorite movies.
Posted on 9/1/26 at 7:46 am to WinnaSez
A rare, early example of the genre...
I was thrilled when a nice print of "Deluge" (1933) turned up. For a long time it seemed only an incredibly ratty, almost unwatchable foreign-sourced copy was all that existed of this rare independent production released through RKO. The impressive special-effects footage of NYC being washed away by a flood was re-used in later productions, like serials, but the original film was hard to see. A good spotlight for ill-fated star Peggy Shannon, after she'd blown her chances at Paramount, the film's cast also includes two other favorites of mine, Lois Wilson and Sidney Blackmer. Kino released the film on blu-ray a decade ago.
I was thrilled when a nice print of "Deluge" (1933) turned up. For a long time it seemed only an incredibly ratty, almost unwatchable foreign-sourced copy was all that existed of this rare independent production released through RKO. The impressive special-effects footage of NYC being washed away by a flood was re-used in later productions, like serials, but the original film was hard to see. A good spotlight for ill-fated star Peggy Shannon, after she'd blown her chances at Paramount, the film's cast also includes two other favorites of mine, Lois Wilson and Sidney Blackmer. Kino released the film on blu-ray a decade ago.
Posted on 9/1/26 at 8:47 am to LSUDonMCO
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The original Airport (1972) One of my favorite movies.
It's kind of funny how low key that one ends up being to compared to the more and more over the top disaster movies that followed. I've also always thought the ending was a bit weird w/how Dean Martin completely ignores his wife Barbara Hale so he can run off to the hospital w/his pregnant side piece.
This post was edited on 9/1/26 at 8:48 am
Posted on 9/1/26 at 8:59 am to Dr RC
It's showing that their marriage is over. Hale plays Burt Lancaster's sister and he tells her to divorce Dean because he's obviously cheating on her. She laughs it off until she sees it herself. But yes Dean's character is a huge douchebag.
Posted on 9/1/26 at 9:28 am to WinnaSez
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Poseidon Adventure
Great movie. I saw this so many times in the theater in Opelousas.
Gene Hackmen
Ernest Borgnine
Shelly Winters
Roddy McDowell
Pamela Sure Martin
Jack Albertson
Posted on 9/1/26 at 9:32 am to WinnaSez
quote:
Gosh, I loved these movies: Poseidon Adventure, Airport, The Toweing Inferno - which had one of the greatest casts ever assembled - Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Robert Vaughn, William Holden, Dabney Coleman, OJ SIMPSON
What others have I forgotten
Earthquake
Airport (75, 77, 79 The Concorde)
The Swarm
Meteor
Posted on 9/1/26 at 9:53 am to PowerTool
quote:His Disaster Movie era was his second successful run. Outside of Star Trek, he dominated the 60's Sci Fi genre with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants.
Yes, Irwin Allen.
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:00 am to MorbidTheClown
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Great movie. I saw this so many times in the theater in Opelousas.
Even if you're not a Dr Who fan the tribute they did to that movie was excellent.
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:03 am to FredBear
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Earthquake
That is one I remember most. It always seemed to be on tv in the 80's. Also Meteor, if that is the one with Sean Connery. I also remember The China Syndrome.
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