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Cast:
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Crew:
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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
- Lake Hollywood, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Macy’s Plaza/Hyatt Regency Hotel, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA [Wilson Plaza, interiors]
- Mulholland Dam, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA ["Hollywood Reservoir Dam" exteriors]
- Sunset Vine Tower, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA [Royce Building, exteriors]
- Universal Studios, Universal City, California, USA [studio]
- Wilshire Colonnade Building - 3731 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA [Wilson Plaza, exteriors]
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Tech Info:
- Budget:
- $7,000,000 (USA)
- Color Info:
- Color (Technicolor)
- Sound Mix:
- 4-Track Stereo / 70 mm 6-Track / Mono / Sensurround
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- Aspect Ratio:
- 2.35 : 1
- Cinematographic Process:
- Panavision
- Film Negative Format:
- 35 mm
- Printed Film Format:
- 35 mm
70 mm - Shooting Dates:
- Feb 1974 - Aug 1974
- Production Dates:
- Nov 1973 - Oct 1974
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Quotes:
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Mayor Lewis: The governor and I aren't even in the same party. If this turns out to be a false alarm, he'll make me out to be the biggest fool west of the Mississippi.
Dr. Stockle: Second biggest. I'll top the list.
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Trivia:
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- Some of the scenes of panicking extras in the movie theater is footage from Torn Curtain.
- The first film to be presented in "Sensurround," a special low-frequency bass speaker setup consisting of four huge speakers loaned by distributors to select theatres showing the film. This system was employed only during the quake sequences of the film, and was so powerful that it actually cracked plaster at some movie theaters. "Sensurround" was employed in only three other films released by Universal: Midway, Rollercoaster, and the theatrical release of Battlestar Galactica.
- Ava Gardner surprised director Mark Robson by insisting that she do her own stuntwork, including dodging blocks of concrete and heavy steel pipes.
- The reservoir dam that breaks in the film was based on the real-life St. Francis dam disaster in 1928, near Mulholland Falls.
- Walter Matthau asked to play the drunk in the bar after seeing the scene description "A drunk sits at the end of the bar" in the shooting script. Despite the director's objections, and the fact that the character originally had no lines, he insisted that he play the part. Matthau got his way, and his performance provided much needed comedy relief.
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