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Actors: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner, Victoria Principal, Walter Matthau, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Genevieve Bujold
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Earthquake |
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Charlton Heston leads an all-cast in this epic adventure story of personal dramas and the conflicts of a dozen rag-tag Los Angeles inhabitants all loosely inter-connected, reaching their breaking point just as a massive earthquake strikes the city. Includes stunning scenes of rescue from skyscrapers, underground labyrinths and flooding sewers, using Oscar-Winning special effects.
--Steven J. Urbanowicz, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Earthquake |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Disaster, Natural/Nuclear
Yes
Kind of disaster:
- earthquake
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- architect
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- sewers/subways
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- boiling
- run over
- crushed
- flamed
- drowned
- impaled
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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