Earthquake Movie Part 1

[wheelinthesky300]

If I were Chuck Heston, I'd drown that bitch wife of his.

Oh, wait a minute...

...SPOILER ALERT.

[wheelinthesky300]

In this movie, Ava Gardner:

1. Walks around in a nightgown all day

2. Doesn't exercise

3. Doesn't clean the house

4. Doesn't have a job

5. Always criticizes and henpecks her husband

6. Hooked on perscription drugs

Is she supposed to be Jewish?

[wheelinthesky300]

"Of course I'll induce vomiting.

I know the rules by now."

Immortal dialogue.

[Vladamireseximus]

I saw this movie 3weeks ago, It was fucked but i so want to watch it again lol! Yay for real effects and no greenscreens!

[tompennock]

I think this movie was the one that really worked well with Sensurround. It was an amazing process for Universal.

[bsdude010]

Because shaking people is always the 1st thing to do when you think someone is dying.

[pinefish1]

dont you get tired

[AllAboutLOVEatYuToob]

Love the music...John Williams..."Master composer"

[slmacph]

Lol, I see now where Lt. Frank Drebin learned to drive.  :-P

[siasti]

I was 7 when I saw this in a cinema in Christchurch, New Zealand, which was ripped apart by an earthquake in February 2011. (I shifted to Auckland in 1979). I imagine that some of the kids that saw the movie with me in 1974 were affected by the quake in 2011. Ironic, huh?

[denny906]

When Earthquake was showing at the Chinese theatre the sensurround was so powerful that netting was placed just below the ceiling to catch any debris that may fall. Eventually the movie was moved across the street to the Paramount (now El Cap) theatre. That's where I saw Earthquake.

[swaggakid00010]

Anyone been on the ride at Universal Studios Florida?

[brainysnaeha]

@swaggakid00010

I've been on the ride at Universal Studios Hollywood.

On location!

8.3 quake is intense during the studio tour!

I remembered the date Annual Pass ticket April 15 2010.

[Allanoster]

RED'S DEAD

[pauliejwdayhr]

they use to call' earthquake and the towering inferno ' shank and bake ' they came out together that same year / do u get it

[dahlrich99]

(EARTHQUAKE: THE MOVIE!)

Narrator: EARTHQUAKE! THE MOST HORRIFYING DISASTER EVER!

narrator:IT WAS A NICE SUMMER DAY IN LOS ANGELES

(we see LA and CHARLTON HESTON is out jogging)

narrator: THAT"S WHEN THE REAL HORROR BEGAN!

(AVA GARDNER roars onto the screen yelling her lines as if there was an incoming jumbo jet in the background)

lol.. great movie :)

[Charlie1964Rapture]

Gee, I'm surprised that Remy's wig didn't wall off during the first 2 tremors ! LMFAO ! Or was that her REAL hair ? LOL !

[MrPixarGuy]

If you're looking for the initial earthquake, please go to part 6, then you won't have to listen to stupis love drama...

[brainysnaeha]

Great movie.

But it took like forever to get to the earthquake part after a series of melodrama

and love triangle between main characters.

Effects and miniatures destruction in this movie really beat today's unrealistic

CG.

[dawny3216]

I always loved this movie thanks so much for posting it !!!

[MyLalinea]

mnmcv1 yea (i believe that) that is what i understood.

[MORGANNAW8974]

Thank you for posting this classic movie. Question: Why dind't appear the airport scene????

Anyway, this is a remember for us... No matter how many sophisticated or "intelligent" could be the building, the city.

Earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunami, are imprevisible.

Are we ready to face up them????

[Charlie1964Rapture]

@MORGANNAW8974

The airport scene in the movie EARTHQUAKE was from the TV version. This scene did not appear in the THEATER version.

[MrJoeytony]

3:42 Whaat what did you saay.Dear god no wonder he's going to a bar.i don't know who's the worse actor!!!.hilarious

[weatherfreak123]

we just had one in VA

[legomaxmania]

dont you love 1970s disaster movies

[SimsMovieCreater]

Thanks for uploding all these great calssic movies.

[ufofan1980]

Wow, Charlton Heston's truck is awesome.

[likestallwomen]

@ufofan1980 Yeah, I was gonna say too, those K-5s back then looked sharp!

[jojobug45]

Love this movie. the opening score is great too.

[darthvader5300]

There is one place that can withstand that kind of an earthquake in your country. Your space port facility called Vandenberg Space Shuttle launching and landing facility which was mothballed right after it was completed.

[Kanuckbrewer]

The whole west coast is waiting for The Big One, be prepared.

[cosmicpreachers2]

GOOD OLD FLICK, SEEN IT IN THE THEATERS WITH QUAKE SOUND

[kanukster]

Ava Gardner was in another great flick called, "On The Beach", With Gregory Peck and Anthony Hopkins.

[deancook652]

Thanks for posting this. My only complaint: the aspect ratio is wrong. The picture lookes "squeezed."

[daved1974]

i love the first scene Ava Gardner Damn it!!!! Charleston Heston last words last night, first words this morning don't you think you should expand your vocabulary

Ava Gardner while you expand your chest get enough jogging this morning, don't you ever get tired. ha ha

Ava Gardner you know if it wasn't 7:30 in the morning i would have a drink

ha ha ha

[pointreyes6]

@daved1974 love it too, love it when she says "Damn it"



[2bnovelist]

i cant imagine the turmoil my friends in japan are right now, the tsunami hit miyagi which is where they were, and myagi got hit baadd... just like most of japan

[Purplecatsoup30]

I had a craving to watch this movie after poor Japan got smacked. Some part of me wishes I could be in a horrendous tragedy like this............I think I am mentally ill! XD

[TempuraCurry]

Ms. Gardner: Goddamit!!

Well Good Morning to you too! LOL La Cabrona

[pbanta62]

Thanks for posting this! I get a little nostalgic sometimes and it's nice to find flicks like this here. Too bad Netflix doesn't stream these so I don't have to tie-up my queue with them. I saw this one in the theater when I was a kid. The sensurround scared the crap out of me--but I loved it! Love the "high-tech" '70's car phone in Heston's SUV (I think it still looks good even today).

[svengaligraves13]

YOU'RE A FUCKING ASSHOLE FOR POSTING THIS VIDEO. YOU SON OF A BITCH. YOU ENJOY WATCHING ALL THOSE FAGGOT PAPA ROACH FANS DIE, DON'T YOU? FAGGOT.

[o0Rice0o]

@svengaligraves13 chill its just a movie

[disasterzone1974]

@svengaligraves13

Cool it Jodie!

[pointreyes6]

God Dammit!

[Schnorbs]

I love how the opening titles are so similar to those for The Towering Inferno - aerial shots of a major Californian city, with the names in a very similar yellow font. Even a couple of the musical phrases in John Williams's music are rather similar!

[spincityfunfair]

@Schnorbs You wouldn't happen to know where to watch The Towering Inferno online, would you?

[potzolcalli1]

Great! I remember the Miles Quade motorcyclist

[cajayson8301]

How is it that I live in CA and have not seen this movie until now? Thanks for the upload ;)

[arthurinuk]

I remember seeing this movie in the biggest cinema in town - ABC New Bristol Centre - the only one equipped to show the largest format blockbusters (its screening of 2001 A Space Odyssey was phenomenal too). The Sensurround effect made the whole place shake. My sister went to the bathroom during the big tremor and said the fittings were vibrating off the walls :)

[SilverJinn]

Wow. Ava Gardner was smoking hot!

[valemoro1987]

good!! RIo Stone,

[ZacharyFilms]

Wow the L.A Skyline looked so small. lol

[TheHadesShade]

lolz the title is : EARTHQUAKE gee I wonder what the movie is about XD

[EmpireLS56KW]

EARTHQUAKE the granddaddy of SUB BASS for cinema! Saw this some 3 to 4 times in Sensurround in early February 1975 at ABC screen 1 Bournemouth for ticket price 79pence.

[omegamann71]

Charlton Heston is great in this movie , he was the most masculine actor in film history , bigger than life - R.I.P.

[TheMashwatcher585]

george kennedy was great in this movie

[wifiman1]

same in new zealand we have a huge fault line to

[TheMashwatcher585]

God dammit last words i  head last night and the first words this morning I love it!!!!

[daniellesexyako]

this movie reminds me of 1990 earthquake, where most of the buildings collapsed.......

[norbertess]

Whatever happened to classics like this? They don't make them like this anymore ... I wish they did! Thanks for posting "Earthquake." It's one of my favorites.

[BondiBeachGirl]

Lorne Greene was wonderful!!

[serenaTJ]

wasn't that earthquake too strong to be a 3.1

[enigma800]

Freeze frame it at 5:18 LMAO! The look on her face!

[underwaterwoman30]

One of many classic disaster movies of the genere of the 70's, no computer generated anything and actors with scripts that make the film what it is......Total Classic. This was a time when movies had that unsuccessful enhancement called Sennsurround, (very loud speakers which shook the floor) nice try ,but it didn't change the originality of the film. A Tribute to a classic actor, recently lost and missed, Charlton Heston.

[funkychick60]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!

[TheMarilyn1969monroe]

One of my fav movies of all time ! thanks for posting !

[zenmachinefilms]

Thanks for posting this.

I'd give anything to see this movie in a big theater again with Sensurround.

[ThatsMrMoronToYou]

I haven't seen this since the theatre. Thank you so much!

[Chrliesangelsman]

Why is "Oldclassicmovies" doing that to your vids? That sucks! Just to be hateful? What is the deal? If you don't mind my asking...........

[saphirensteel]

love this film .. thank you

[DandNBaker]

Thank you for showing us this marvellous disaster movie!

This is one of the best movies about Earthquake, we think.

[chtansey10]

I liked the tv version because of the airplane scene. It was interesting to see how the pilots would handle landing during an earthquake. The visual shots and the dialog between the pilot and copilot was interesting. There was no debate about the proper course of action (taking off right after touchdown) so I guess that is proper procedure in this situation. The length of the scene was perfect. It obviously takes some time to accelerate the plane in order for it to become airborne.

[bjroberts65]

The Big One finally hits LA

[Nigelene]

ty for uploading :)

[RSCII]

All women who behave like this wife should be smashed in the head. Drama queens who have it made - and don't have to work or worry about a thing. Makes me sick.

[shahidaly1]

how the mighty have fallen.the breathtakingly beautiful ava gardner finally looking like a dog.angelina jolie please hide somewhere when this happens to you

[sedona74]

the ancient cheezy disaster were and always be THE BEST:) then again not much has changed in the cheezy department syfy (tv station of coarse) killed that dream imo

[tcw00]

thanks so much for uploading this

[Stayrsaigh]

WOW not seen this in about 30 years! Thanks!

[sosidecop64]

gdamnit..........the 1st words in the movie...nice.

[stainshield]

wasn't this movie playing in scarface {the hotel scene}

[disasterzone1974]

Love this movie & John Williams score.SENSURROUND was awesome too!

[ayianapia]

A great classic - thanks !

[benghazikid]

Can someone please post an earlier Victoria Principal film, 'the naked ape' that was made in 1973.

[piernic75]

Thumb up! and thanks

[3peoplen3days]

AAAhhhh man, I forgot this was 73-4', few years b4 the library tower that's at the center of downtown went up! wtf do Los Angelinos call that tower today NEways, i think Library tower is an oldskool name. didnt US Bank take over it or something, b4 IBM; i wonder?

[ZacharyFilms]

@3peoplen3days Yeah. U.S Bank tower. The tall buildings that are standing up in the beginning is the Bank of America Tower, Aon Center, Union Bank Plaza, City National Twin Towers, and some others. All those buildings were pretty young at the time.

[cossack207]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!

all crap on TV now= F COMCAST!

[nake13]

esa la filmaron ayer en San Luis... AAHAHHHH

[DonnaSkipper]

Kind of funny that Lorne Greene is playing Ava Gardner's father.. when in real life he was only about 7 years older than her.

[MazzyDreamer]

Remy needs attention, she's the old school pill junkie, LA misses those.

[40ishdude]

Best disaster flick EVER!

[TheNicholasromanov]

Originally released in Sensurround!!

[upwards11]

UFOSPACE1999 -how can you say all of that? All of these actors are vetrans of the screen and good actors and actresses! This is one of the better disaster films around.

[upwards11]

thanks for posting-this is an oldie but goodie!

[janotosinnumeros]

thanks for uploading!!

[pointreyes6]

you guys r missing the point, this film is a tribute to los angeles..and the comedy-- look at ave gardner's first scene:

God Dammit

lol

[pointreyes6]

I LOVE THIS FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[UFOSPACE1999]

being from HVTP..Happy Valley Trailer Park you would!!! Trash loves Trash.

[youlldietrying]

A 3.1?  From the sway I'd say a 5.4. a 3.1 is not even a noticeable event in most cases.

[UFOSPACE1999]

BAD SCREENPLAY. BAD DIRECTING. BAD VISUALS. BAD ACTING. JUST A BADASS FLIC... Johnny Williams music is ok.. OH yeah BAD SET AND ART. BAD EDITING. BAD CINEMATOGRAPHY

[patolas20]

shut up boy

[MrThomasAdams]

Opening line is my favorite. Go Ava Gardner!

[Dj0Rankin]

as it is called the yellow shirt

[rambojuliuscaesar]

Well I for one, luv your stuff, so just ignore that idiot :)))

[DisasterFlicks]

@rambojuliuscaesar thanks for your support :)

[clayton7m]

@DisasterFlicks hey is there anyway you could get The Towering Inferno up here? Ive been looking for it forever and cant find it anywhere... :( Its one the few 70's disaster movies I havent seen.

[mnmcv1]

looks like someone went on a thumbs-down rampage with these comments! Bored much?

Ava Gardner is playing Lorne Greene's DAUGHTER?

[DisasterFlicks]

@mnmcv1 haha yeah. i know who it is too :/ it's oldclassicmovies.

[HotCanadaBlonde]

who is this oldclasicmovies?

[DisasterFlicks]

@HotCanadaBlonde some dude who has nothing better to do but flag all my vids for no reason other than him wanting me to stop posting disaster movies because my videos get more views than his @.@

[a01087483]

@DisasterFlicks What a douche bag D:

Who doesn't love disaster movies <333

[40ishdude]

with all the special effects in this they could have atleast destroyed the hollywood sign too. lol

[40ishdude]

oh yeah the Hollywood freeway too lol

[roquefortfiles]

This is not a terrifically well made film but i would have to classify it as a classic. I can still remember going to see this and what a huge deal it was at the time.

[40ishdude]

yeah in sensesurround!

[poodtang1]

That cop drives like Amy Whinehouse  : )

[EmpireLS56KW]

Then why bother, I have it on R2 DVD, but Ive heard this far too many times. Its getting a sensurround special playing in Germany next year, the last showing it had they used x24 JBL 18 sub bass speakers I think it was the model JBL 4642 and that is an insane lot of JBL sound power for the sub lows! I only use x1 JBL 4645 for the LFE.1 in my living room and that goes to ridiculous SPL db too much for 8 minutes on "The Big One"!

[EmpireLS56KW]

Also the aspect ratio is incorrect. Its far too stretched on the vertical it needs to be reduced to correct 2.35:1 scope the framing looks like 70mm 2.2:1 lol thou there where a few prints stuck in 70mm mag and youube cant do six-track magnetic strip! lol

At least the upload is stereo matrix! If you want to included the LFE.1 track youd need a mixer and fold the LFE.1 onto the conventional twin-stereo mix.

[EmpireLS56KW]

Ticket price was remarkably 79pence to hear, I mean feel Earthquake in sensurround lol.

Today, its around £8.00 pounds at the ABC and the sound system hardly ever gets played at full reference lacks the term, An Event!..which is what Earthquake was!

[EmpireLS56KW]

Saw Earthquake three-times in sensurround when it opened around (28th November 1974) thou I never saw it till around and according to UK dates The Towering Inferno opened around (Thursday 30th January 1975) point is I think I saw Earthquake around early week of (February1975) since I saw The Towering Inferno first in screen 2 ABC Bournemouth while Earthquake played in screen 1, upstairs.

[EmpireLS56KW]

I have the region 2 DVD remixed to Dolby digital 5.1 with split-surrounds. Only thing is splits-surrounds never came around till Superman the movie (1978). the region 1 has 4.1 mix which is close to the original. Maybe a Bluray will come about sometime this year or next-year?

[priscilaeli]

o Terremoto

[Gaaraissomineforever]

why the heck does everyone hav thumbs down for just asking about the movie?

[Bestmanme08]

Great new bio (Charlton Heston: An Incredible Life) at amazon!

[steptocarpus]

Thanks for the upload. Has anyone got the movie The Towering Inferno ? Would love to watch it on youtube as well.

[eric77lv]

Ooh! I want to see that movie too!

[Trala52]

Hee heee!!!!! I remember going and seeing that movie as a young teen with my friends and then screaming "EARTHQUAKE" out the car window as we drove back! LOL!!! We thought we were quite the hooligans!

[bennjr]

Look at Charlton Heston's torso at 03:50! He was a ride! I'll always remember those shirtless shots of him as being probably one of the best things about this film! He had a fantastic chest!

[Valapaca]

Los Angeles Downtown in 1974 with only 4 skylines. How funny is that!!

I personally visit the Hollywood Lake very sunday. I love it there. The jogging scene with Charlton is on mulholland Highway....I go running there too. Funny to see all that.

[pokemongirl1800]

can you please put creature of the black lagoon the movie ill subscribe if i have to please please please please please

[alexalex3131]

Sensurround was a gimmick that actually worked! When earthquake started theatre, seats, patrons along with their popcorn and Goobers actually began to shake and bounce around. No wonder so many children were traumatized !

[balletzoom]

Aqui en España el año 1974 se bautizo como el año del cine de catastrofes, El Coloso en Llamas(Towering Inferno), Terremoto(EarthQuake) y Aeropuerto 75 (Airport 1975). En la prensa española de la epoca se dijo: Un gran edificio se inagura en San Francisco en El Coloso en Llamas, los que cojen el avion en Los Angeles para la inaguracion a punto de estrellarse en Aeropuerto 75 y los que se quedaron en tierra les espera un trepidante Terremoto.

[denny906]

Thank you, I really loved this movie. I saw it when it first played in theatres.

[truejamworks]

In the first minute of the movie, great aerial views reveal scads of parking lots now being filled in with development. I wonder, did older building once occupy those lots, destroyed by a real earthquake before this movie?

[coolmovies1000]

Thank you for the information.

I am sorry to here that FOX won't let you put up the posiedon adventure.

[coolmovies1000]

Do you have a movie called:

Airport '77.

It's about a plane crash in the ocean and I can't find it anywhere.

If you could upload it or even just a few parts of it, that would be great.

Thank you.

[DisasterFlicks]

Yes i do. i've got all the Airport movies. There are already many clips of it posted all over youtube so i don't really want to post things that have already been posted.

[handsomeian]

ive been looking for this too! thnx :)

[kkgirl300]

thank u so much ive been tryn to look for this

[coolmovies1000]

Thanks for the upload.

[lovemylogics]

Universal needs to include the 30 minutes of footage that was deleted one week prior to the premiere. In the cut footage you actually get to see an amazing miniature of the LAX International Restaurant collapse! Also, they need to do a CORRECT mix for the Sensurround track - the current DVD is flat-out WRONG in EVERY way! I have articles and notes about the original sound mix and have written Universal, but they've always ignored me.  How about a Sensurround box set on Blu-ray?

[wstcstltn]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This movie is my fave disaster movie. We need to write to Universal and have them give this classic movie the treatment it deserves. 5.1 dolby digital, both the theatrical and an unedited television version as when it first premiered on television, and the extras all the extras they have in their vaults. Shame on them! I must agree George Kennedy rocks!

[DisasterFlicks]

Yes, I completely agree. The DVD they have out now doesn't even have a scene index!!

[DC322]

No way. Really, they don't have the scene feature. I think Universal made an error.

[moderndancer13]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! you just saved my life

[TehMana]

wow JOHN williams does the best movie Scores of all time keep at it John your the Greatest

[badgerbuddy]

i miss the 70s

[badgerbuddy]

good movie, and good quality... thanks for posting

[billjoe39]

Glad to see it up. Hell of a scary movie for a five year old to watch in '74, i hated elavators after that. I remember the interesting added on scenes for the television release, with that 70's babe Debralee Scott. Her plane gets in some pretty bad trouble after the earthquake rears its head. Too bad the Dvd box did not include the extra scenes.

[PungiFungi]

I think those scenes on the airplane was shot AFTER the movie debuted in the theater. It was to pad the running time for a two part TV premiere.

[DisasterFlicks]

Yeah they were and yes, they put them there to pad the running time. I've seen a bit of the airplane scenes and they are incredibly boring. Derbralee Scott is in them.

[wpl955g]

awesome - have been keeping an eye on YouTube for this one. George Kennedy rocks.

[ottlmr]

that a kick ass truck he was driving

[Saboteur73]

Thanks a lot! The quality of the videos is brilliant. I needed to frame pics from the earthquake and I succeeded very well.

Keep on the good work :)

[Patent101]

Thank you so much for uploading this classic! Been looking all over for it.

[berrysexydiva]

Charlton Heston PLEASE wax !!!!

[watsupyo888]

thanks for uploading...

i have been looking for this movie since youtube existed

[ashtreeh]

thxs for uploading! I've always wanted to see this movie after going on the ride in Universal Studios...