tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322835765225560186.post519137865543160874..comments2024-01-04T04:13:15.823-08:00Comments on Film Reviews, News, Casting Updates and Analysis: The Silver Screening Room: Casting Coup Tuesdays: Earthquake (a DISASTERPIECE)Walter L. Hollmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636732594078157905noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322835765225560186.post-65854331892898895922012-11-25T18:53:40.988-08:002012-11-25T18:53:40.988-08:00I was at Universal when "Earthquake" was...I was at Universal when "Earthquake" was being filmed.<br />Here's some crazy info: I knew kip Niven when he was there. Mark Robson made "Valley of the Dolls". Dorothy Spencer edited "The Snake Pit"...speaking of editing, watch when Richard Roundtree (Miles Quade) re-does his bike-stunt again... he is never shown going around in that loop, it is the same clip of film showing what it's like moving in the loop! You see NO ONE completing the loop!<br />Universal made "AIRPORT" with an all star cast (as Ross Hunter desired) and it was a HIT! "Earthquake" had an all semi-star cast and was made for just $7million. It would Probably cost $50million to make the same movie now! Oh, and Kip Niven was also in "Airport '75". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322835765225560186.post-47421204694317496662011-09-18T18:23:45.011-07:002011-09-18T18:23:45.011-07:00A nostalgia blowout...Where do I start??
First, I...A nostalgia blowout...Where do I start??<br /><br />First, I would like your opinion, in response to your very funny statement: "I am...THE 70'S!" Thirty or forty years from now, who do you think will embody the worst of the 2010's style? Who will we look back at with embarrassment?<br /><br />Too bad you missed "Earthquake" in its first run. There was a glut of Disaster films at the time, so this one was made possible by a gimmick called Sensurround. Theaters were equipped with high-powered bass speakers which played a loud rumble that vibrated the seats. You would have loved it!<br /><br />Marjoe Gortner was a Child- Evangelist-Preacher-turned-Actor. There was even a Documentary about him (in theaters!) called "Marjoe" (his name was a mash-up of Mary and Joseph...Really!!) Knowing that, it would have been a hoot to cast Kirk Cameron as Jody Joad!<br /><br />I am loving Vin Diesel as the modern-day George Kennedy!<br /><br />Not sure about Don Cheadle...he's too "sensitive" to fill Heston's NRA-lovin', granite-jawed shoes. How about Tom Selleck? <br /><br />Ava Gardner was hilariously cast. If only for the absurd age factor, I would die laughing if Cicely Tyson was cast as Morgan Freeman's "daughter". <br /><br />I had forgotten that Mario Puzo co-wrote the screenplay. That alone is worth giving the original another look. But I would be first in line to the premiere of your re-cast extravaganza!TomShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718198770348083155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322835765225560186.post-64077220045840933212011-09-16T18:58:10.755-07:002011-09-16T18:58:10.755-07:00Never paid much attention to The Big Bang Theory, ...Never paid much attention to The Big Bang Theory, it seemed silly, and then I saw Galecki on Entourage and immediately loathed him. It's inexplicable really...I just wanted to slap him (after I took all the gel out of his hair). Okay, that's random.Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.com