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Earthquake was the title of a 1974 film that was among several successful so called disaster movies of the era that placed an all star cast in life and death situations.Directed by Mark Robson and with a screenplay by George Fox and Mario Puzo, it starred Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Genevieve Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner , Barry Sullivan , Lloyd Nolan , Victoria Principal and Walter Matthau.
The film won an Academy Award for Best Sound, as well as a Special Achievement Award for visual effects.
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The film introduced a widely publicised gimmick. Called " Sensurround ", this was a process whereby special very large woofer speakers were placed in the corners of the theatre and triggered by a special secondary pickup on the optical soundtrack , they could only play a single rumble noise during the various moments in the film when tremors were experienced onscreen. The marketing of the film made full use of this gimmick, and provided a novelty factor to help entice people into the cinemas. It was used again for the films MidwayMidway is a war film released in 1976. It was directed by Jack Smight. It starred Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook and Toshiro Mifune. The film chronicles two battles in the Pacific during World War II, the Battle of the Coral Sea an ( 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s), Rollercoaster ( 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar) and Battlestar GalacticaThis article is about the original movie and television series; for other versions, see Battlestar Galactica (disambiguation). Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction movie and television series, produced in 1978 by Glen Larson and starring Lo but had limited use and was dispensed with after this.
1974 films
Disaster movies
