Catastrophe

Name: Catastrophe
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: William Conrad

1977
PG
1h 31m

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7.1/10

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A film depicting the world's alltime largest catastrophes.A film depicting the world's alltime largest catastrophes.A film depicting the world's alltime largest catastrophes.

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7.1/10

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William Conrad

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Director
- Laurence D. Savadove
Writer
- Laurence D. Savadove
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Trivia
Narration in the segment dealing with the 1971 eruption of Mt. Etna mentions a 17th Century Sicilian law that forbids anyone from stemming or diverting lava flows from their natural course.

Goofs
In the introduction to the segment of the Xenia Tornado, William Conrad recites the poem 'Who Has Seen the Wind?' by Robert Louis Stevenson. The poem was, in fact, written by Christina Rossetti.

Connections
Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Gaos (1988)

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Dust Bowl Disaster
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Campy musical Underscore, BUT.....

Why is it that in the 70's they even underscored DOCU-Drama's with that campy musical underscore???? UGH!

Having said that, this film contains what I consider to be the BEST coverage of several disasters, namely, the Hindenburg. I have watched entire programs on cable devoted to just that ill-fated zeppelin that did not contain the amount of footage and detail here! I think as we move farther from an event, we tend to soundbyte everything; try to crunch it down to three sentances. Call it revisionist history if you want, it just stinks. This movie was great because it was 'closer' to the events that it chose to cover. I liked it a lot.

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