For a movie made in 1974, the special effects crew (if they are still alive today) can certainly still feel proud about their contribution to this fine movie. Even though some of the effects show their age, for the most part it looks fabulous.
They used old school techniques. Live action sets split screened with detailed miniatures shot at a distance outside in real sunlight (Capitol Records building). For the most part the effects in this film look amazing.
@@thomasduffmcgready4169 Earthquake is a classic. It is not really a great film but it is a 70's classic. I would love to see it in 70mm in a big theatre again. I love the semi truck cartwheeling off the freeway.
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake occurred on November 15, 1974 at 12:03am. Across Southern California, ground fissures, aftershocks, collapsing structures and a flash flood resulting from the earthquake caused 101 deaths. Lasting 8 minutes and 10 seconds, the magnitude 9.9 megathrust earthquake remains the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in California.
I remember watching this film as a kid back in the eighties. I clearly recall the blood spatter at 1:40 and I knew that in real life no one would be stupid enough to get into an elevator during an earthquake. And bearing in mind that this was made in 1974, these are some very impressive effects.
In an otherwise spectacular display of SF/X (for the time and frankly even today), that cartoon blood splatter graphic was unfortunate. Still a 70's favorite!
Ever since the FIRST elevator - brakes are standard to prevent free fall if the cable was cut. They showed that at the worlds fair it was introduced in the freaking 1800s where they'd take an axe to the rope pulling the car and the riders up. (now 'if' the shaft got REALLY warped and the brakes couldn't engage with the side rails - then 'maybe' but you'd be swinging through the drywall like a pendulum at that point).
@panzerriff Another commenter said that another reason they used the animated blood was because the contraption they used for the elevator shot was deemed unsafe after one of the extras injured his ankle.
This is how they actually do depicted the earthquake with this film. The use of practical effects are outstanding by the time. They looked like something is actually getting destroyed rather than animate that on a computer nowadays. Except the elevator part where….yeah…unnecessary to slap a blood spill on the screen in the cheesiest way possible. Other than that, this is impressive and scary at the same time.
@Cam Robertson people panic during dangerous situations and don't think clearly and also because of adrenaline although there are some people who would know what to do and others who don't
As originally scripted, the occupants were pressed to the ceiling of the elevator as it fell down the shaft, and then dropped to the floor when the elevator crashes to the bottom. To film this, an elevator set was built suspended several feet over the stage floor, allowing for the dropping of the set (with the stunt people inside). The scene was filmed several times, with several stunt people involved. Copious amounts of stage blood were rigged to spray the stunt people inside the elevator set with blood when the set came crashing to the ground. After several tries over two separate filming days weeks apart (the break in filming was an attempt to perfect the mechanical effects involved), and with unsatisfactory results, the decision was made to edit the scene with an "animated blood" effect to be added in post production. The optical effect was superimposed over a still frame of part of the unusable footage, resulting in the "cartoonish" nature of the shot. The television version removed the animated blood sequence
I like the detail of the devastation for the quake. Everything from explosions to buildings and landmarks crumbling- the wall of bells ringing while crumbling always catches my attention) All the aftermath parts, from rescue attempts to the ending flood was pretty well detailed too.
Putting aside all howlers - namely the drunk at the bar with the shot glass - this scene is pretty scary and realistic for the pre-CG age. And the glass stuck in the actors' faces is AUTHENTIC!
@@burtonwilliams5355 It is hard to impress on kids today what a big deal movies like Earthquake were at the time. Big releases did not come out every weekend like today.
@@1derfullBeast He is credited as "Walter Matthuschanasky", apparently to keep his appearance in the movie a surprise (wasn't actually on set except for close up shots).
Who would thunk it that 50 year after this film was released that Los Angeles would need to be destroyed. What with Gavin Newsome, Joe Biden, huge levels of illegal immigration, massive government corruption, collosal levels of homelessness, huge levels of drug and fentanyl overdoses, Los Angeles can't do any more damage to itself than the earthquake did to the city in this movie. I am also worried that in only five years from now in 2028 that Los Angeles will be hosting the Summer Olympic games for the third time in its history. Will the city be able to recover enough from the damage that the city has gone through in the last number of years to be host the games again successfully. I remember the 1984 Los Angeles Summer games. That was a huge tremendous and financial success under the Reagan administration, but that seems like a different world now. I'm hoping.
When this movie was shown in 1974, a technique called "Sensurround" was used. Theaters were fitted with powerful sub-woofers which were activated during the earthquake sequences to make the venue shake and vibrate as part of the experience. Ironically, some theaters suffered structural damage from low-frequency harmonic resonance. Sensurround was used in a few other films, including "Midway" (1976), "Rollercoaster" (1977) and the theatrical release of the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot (1978, I think).
I saw this movie in SenSurround at a theater in Lefrak City, Queens, NY in 1974. My father sat usup in the balcony where the speakers were located. The whole theater was rumbling and shaking and the bass pressure was unreal.
The Astoria in Brighton UK had it. Not many cinemas did. I saw Earthquake and Rollercoaster there. It must have been quite a large investment not very well used with only four films made.
@@heene Yeah, Sensurround was dropped because it cost a fortune to kit out cinemas with the proper speakers and very few movies even warranted the technique, let alone the expense. It just wasn't a cost-effective proposition.
That last matte painting by Albert Whitlock still holds up today and it’s nothing more then glass and paint with little pockets of fire and smoke effects inserted. Amazing.
You should see deluge 1933 it has a really cool part of New yourk falling down using a bunch of little models and it really looks cool for being in 1933
Except that the people here are outrageously stupid The guy going up to the window in a high office building during an earthquake is not the brightest of the mold. And it astonishes me that nobody tried to get underneath a desk/table/doorway during the entire thing. Are americans not taught proper earthquake drills in schools?
Crazy, I remember this being on tv when I was a kid and I watched these same 5 mins before my mum switched it off. The elevator scene disturbed me for years! Now seeing it as an adult it’s nowhere near as horrific as I remember it. In fact the blood splat is almost comical!
I absolutely love that widescreen shot at the end of the whole city burning, just a masterwork.. more realistic and believable than anything you see these days..
At 1:50, this cut scene where the plane finally touches down. I seem to remember several scenes that added from the TV version. A long sequence where the pilot tries to rise the plane as they feel the earthquake upon touchdown and the crack ahead of them is getting bigger, screams and panic from the passengers and finally, just as crack goes under their plane, they rise and are safe from the quake. NBC/Universal Studio added all of this additional footage, including the plane scene and more scenes on the TV version, not on DVD, not Blu-ray. They have extended scenes on VHS only.
The TV version of Earthquak has entire sequences added and they're horrible. The plane landing is dumb and goes on forever. No wonder it was lifted. Debra Lee Scott and her husband are a bore and add nothing to the film. They should have had the tower at LAX collapse that would have been cool.
yes, I remember that! the landing took like TWO MINUTES ! it was the most stooopid thing I've ever seen! .....the only saving grace is that Debralee Scott was in the plane scene and she is the quintessential 70's babe!
@@roquefortfiles "They are horrible"? "The plane landing is dumb"? It's your opinion. Some people thought the plane land scene was so cool. That doesn't bother me to watch.
I just like the fact that just prior to the pane of glass hitting the stunt person, they look up and you can see glass shards have already been applied to his/her face. The rather weak "oh god!!!" followed by the young lady shrieking "Mother! Mother!!!!" is enough to set people off in gales of laughter. I know I did.
@@djmoch1001 Ohh shut up.... jfc... IN the theaters at the time, WE did not notice, especially those with sensurround. You KARENS are ALWAYS picking picking...
Still one of the best disaster movies in the Irwin Allen library. Watching this movie in a theatre in ‘Sensurround’ in 1974 when it came out was so cool. That’s when movie going was an event. Seeing the one guy at 1:03 in the elevator smiling/laughing is a hoot, but when it crashed, he’s not there. They must have fired him or edited him out knowing he would probably keep doing it.
I remember going to the theater when it came out in Sensaround. Sitting in the theater and to feel your seat vibrate and the roar of the earthquake was quite unerving! I was visiting my girlfriend who lived in a highrise at the time. I was shaking inside all night and kept thinking of where I would go if one hit.
0:34 My favorite part... The starting clip showing people being tossed out the window in the foreground at the right hand corner while downtown Hollywood convincely crumbling. The special effects are amazing still and work because they were physical and practical effects.
The miniature work in this film is some of the best ever done. They sell the real location first and then destroy it in miniature and they're all shot in real daylight. The work is impressive. Very old school techniques in this film shot by FX masters that were nearing the end of their careers.
This would be amazing to see this in 4K even though it might be too revealing of the special effects which was a majority of miniature and large scale sets. Way better than San Andreas
@@southlondon86 oh yep pretty scary i was a kid, so glass in the face woooooooooo i remembered that and yep was full the cinema lots of noise in there.
"Turn off the gas!" "No problem! Hey, do you think I should run into the house with this lit cigarette in my mouth?" "Sure, go ahead! Can't hurt!" Talk about a candidate for the Darwin Awards!
I love when the earthquake shakes and cracks into half and then something falls over then the house would be broken and there will be ppl hurted by the earthquake and ppl bleed and the cracks are gonna to break in half keep the great work!
@4:19 - Fun Fact: All new gas connections (since 2002) in California are required to have seismic shut-off valves that automatically shut off the gas supply to homes and buildings during a seismic event.
For a movie made in 1974, the special effects crew (if they are still alive today) can certainly still feel proud about their contribution to this fine movie. Even though some of the effects show their age, for the most part it looks fabulous.
slo mo between 3:22 and 3:24 you can see the glass before it hit her!
They used old school techniques. Live action sets split screened with detailed miniatures shot at a distance outside in real sunlight (Capitol Records building). For the most part the effects in this film look amazing.
Still to this day the drunk in the bar is a classic very funny. Look at it from his point off view. Hilarious.
@@thomasduffmcgready4169 Earthquake is a classic. It is not really a great film but it is a 70's classic. I would love to see it in 70mm in a big theatre again. I love the semi truck cartwheeling off the freeway.
@@thomasduffmcgready4169 Walter Matthau.
The fact that they focused so intently on the town drunk trying to sit his shot made this the most memorable part of the movie. lol.
Loved that part!😂🤣
Walter Matthau 🍺
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake occurred on November 15, 1974 at 12:03am. Across Southern California, ground fissures, aftershocks, collapsing structures and a flash flood resulting from the earthquake caused 101 deaths. Lasting 8 minutes and 10 seconds, the magnitude 9.9 megathrust earthquake remains the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in California.
Los Angeles: If I Had A Earthquake Again I WILL BE NO MORE
I remember watching this film as a kid back in the eighties. I clearly recall the blood spatter at 1:40 and I knew that in real life no one would be stupid enough to get into an elevator during an earthquake. And bearing in mind that this was made in 1974, these are some very impressive effects.
the blood splatter was so cartoon-ish it is unrealistic
You underestimate human stupidity
In an otherwise spectacular display of SF/X (for the time and frankly even today), that cartoon blood splatter graphic was unfortunate. Still a 70's favorite!
That’s no hoardings are speciality
Ever since the FIRST elevator - brakes are standard to prevent free fall if the cable was cut. They showed that at the worlds fair it was introduced in the freaking 1800s where they'd take an axe to the rope pulling the car and the riders up. (now 'if' the shaft got REALLY warped and the brakes couldn't engage with the side rails - then 'maybe' but you'd be swinging through the drywall like a pendulum at that point).
The blood affect on the elevator shot was so lifelike. It felt like I was right there
Apparently they did film a more realistic bloody scene, but the filmmakers felt it was too graphic. The cartoon blood effect was not a good choice.
@panzerriff Another commenter said that another reason they used the animated blood was because the contraption they used for the elevator shot was deemed unsafe after one of the extras injured his ankle.
I've never seen horror movies doing that.
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SPLAT!
Getting in that elevator was not a good idea.
That's right
Neither was going into a house leaking gas with a lit cigarette.
I bet that was woman happy he pushed her out and took her spot. Hehehehehehehd
Ahhhhhh being in the building is not good idea
@@earth7551 well they are working their so?
This is how they actually do depicted the earthquake with this film. The use of practical effects are outstanding by the time. They looked like something is actually getting destroyed rather than animate that on a computer nowadays. Except the elevator part where….yeah…unnecessary to slap a blood spill on the screen in the cheesiest way possible. Other than that, this is impressive and scary at the same time.
This movie is actually a realistic result of what would happen if an M8+ earthquake were to happen in California
@Cam Robertson people panic during dangerous situations and don't think clearly and also because of adrenaline although there are some people who would know what to do and others who don't
As originally scripted, the occupants were pressed to the ceiling of the elevator as it fell down the shaft, and then dropped to the floor when the elevator crashes to the bottom. To film this, an elevator set was built suspended several feet over the stage floor, allowing for the dropping of the set (with the stunt people inside). The scene was filmed several times, with several stunt people involved. Copious amounts of stage blood were rigged to spray the stunt people inside the elevator set with blood when the set came crashing to the ground. After several tries over two separate filming days weeks apart (the break in filming was an attempt to perfect the mechanical effects involved), and with unsatisfactory results, the decision was made to edit the scene with an "animated blood" effect to be added in post production. The optical effect was superimposed over a still frame of part of the unusable footage, resulting in the "cartoonish" nature of the shot. The television version removed the animated blood sequence
Well written Eric.
I like the detail of the
devastation for the quake.
Everything from explosions
to buildings and landmarks
crumbling- the wall of bells
ringing while crumbling
always catches my attention)
All the aftermath parts, from
rescue attempts to the
ending flood was pretty
well detailed too.
Putting aside all howlers - namely the drunk at the bar with the shot glass - this scene is pretty scary and realistic for the pre-CG age. And the glass stuck in the actors' faces is AUTHENTIC!
How could it be authentic?
*the drunken was walther matthau.a great actor*
This movie is still a classic to this day.
Its a bit dated
Couldn't agree with you more. Earthquake is a total classic. I would love to see this again in the theatre.
It and a few others at that time got me into disaster movies.
@@burtonwilliams5355 It is hard to impress on kids today what a big deal movies like Earthquake were at the time. Big releases did not come out every weekend like today.
It's a bit outdated now since the movie was made in the 1970's but the point here is the lesson on what to do and what not to do in a major quake.
“Turn off the gas!"
Immediately runs into the house to turn off the gas with a lit cigarette in his mouth.
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I love the 70s
I love that dude who's just drinking shots like "the fuck is going on" whilst the bar is literally falling to pieces 😂😂
That dude is Walter Matthau. Dressed like he's playing a pimp lol
That's Walter Matthau who played the drunk man.
Yes, and Mr. Matthau didn't get any credits that he was in the movie:-D
@@1derfullBeast He is credited as "Walter Matthuschanasky", apparently to keep his appearance in the movie a surprise (wasn't actually on set except for close up shots).
That drinker’s name was Walter Matthow because he play in that movie over 40 years ago .
"Turn off the gas!"
Guy running around with a lit cigarette in his mouth goes to turn off the gas. Gotta love the 70s.
Smoke Explosive Objects Everyday.
cigarette does kill.
Crack.....well it was the '70's, they didn't know cigarettes could do that.
Who would thunk it that 50 year after this film was released that Los Angeles would need to be destroyed. What with Gavin Newsome, Joe Biden, huge levels of illegal immigration, massive government corruption, collosal levels of homelessness, huge levels of drug and fentanyl overdoses, Los Angeles can't do any more damage to itself than the earthquake did to the city in this movie. I am also worried that in only five years from now in 2028 that Los Angeles will be hosting the Summer Olympic games for the third time in its history. Will the city be able to recover enough from the damage that the city has gone through in the last number of years to be host the games again successfully. I remember the 1984 Los Angeles Summer games. That was a huge tremendous and financial success under the Reagan administration, but that seems like a different world now. I'm hoping.
@@gregblackburn4280 they did knew, they didn't care
I love how in the midst of all the chaos. That dude in the bar is just sitting there.
“Yeah..go ahead god…take me away…”
What better way to go then to have a jack.
When this movie was shown in 1974, a technique called "Sensurround" was used. Theaters were fitted with powerful sub-woofers which were activated during the earthquake sequences to make the venue shake and vibrate as part of the experience. Ironically, some theaters suffered structural damage from low-frequency harmonic resonance. Sensurround was used in a few other films, including "Midway" (1976), "Rollercoaster" (1977) and the theatrical release of the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot (1978, I think).
I saw this movie in SenSurround at a theater in Lefrak City, Queens, NY in 1974. My father sat usup in the balcony where the speakers were located. The whole theater was rumbling and shaking and the bass pressure was unreal.
The Astoria in Brighton UK had it. Not many cinemas did. I saw Earthquake and Rollercoaster there. It must have been quite a large investment not very well used with only four films made.
@@heene Yeah, Sensurround was dropped because it cost a fortune to kit out cinemas with the proper speakers and very few movies even warranted the technique, let alone the expense. It just wasn't a cost-effective proposition.
Dumba**es. Lol
That last matte painting by Albert Whitlock still holds up today and it’s nothing more then glass and paint with little pockets of fire and smoke effects inserted. Amazing.
We’re safe outside, so go back inside with a cigarette in your mouth and turn off the gas. 😂😂
1:41 They’re all fine, that was just a bad special effect.
You can clearly see they broke their knee cracked open
Special affect with graphic blood makes me laugh endlessly ^^
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This looks great since it was 50 years ago. Better than some modern day films and shows
Not a phone in sight just people living in the moment
@@MABGaming01 - There were phones but the old rotary ones since I noted the style of phones were used. They don't make rotary phones anymore.
@@pvtmikeyjr1963 yeah I know that was a meme
You should see deluge 1933 it has a really cool part of New yourk falling down using a bunch of little models and it really looks cool for being in 1933
Except that the people here are outrageously stupid
The guy going up to the window in a high office building during an earthquake is not the brightest of the mold.
And it astonishes me that nobody tried to get underneath a desk/table/doorway during the entire thing. Are americans not taught proper earthquake drills in schools?
The earthquake in this movie since (1974) is more realistic then san andreas (2015) and 2012 (2009) 🤔 . Good job .
Because this movie was set and now the movies are done by CGI and VFX
@@a77opteritoget66 actually I'm talking about shaking and the sound of earthquake is real.
@@albawalid2917 - That is surround sound which they used in the movie theaters.
visual effects today are ridiculous.
@@roquefortfiles Yeah thats Right
as it actually turns out there were no special effects whatsoever in this filming. They simply went to Detroit and let the cameras roll
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That's low. 😆🤣🤣🤣 And it's more like St. Louis. 😜
Lol
Good one 👍
I live here.....and yes! 🤣
Walter Matthau's character has been through the world's ups and downs.
😮 l saw this movie in 1974. Still one of the best disaster movies. Happy 50 anniversary Earthquake ❤
For 1974 those are some impressive practical affects
50 years later, still holds up! Even back in 80s TV, this was mind-blowing!
They should show this video to people to help understand what not to do in an event of an earthquake.
When movies had huge castmenbers and the stories were Damn GOOD! I miss movies like this and actors and actresses can never be replace!
Crazy, I remember this being on tv when I was a kid and I watched these same 5 mins before my mum switched it off. The elevator scene disturbed me for years! Now seeing it as an adult it’s nowhere near as horrific as I remember it. In fact the blood splat is almost comical!
Me too, I also remember watching this scene as a kid. It was just so surreal. It looked so fake with the fake blood but was yet very frightening.
The elevator scene made my stomach and leg shake
An elevator is the LAST place you want to go in an earthquake! Still, it was their cheapest special effect. How much was the price of ketchup in 1974?
I was laughing!
@@davidlafleche1142 That was a cartoon, like BAM! On the Batman TV show.
I love how this movie shows the destruction happening everywhere instead of only focusing on the mc .
I absolutely love that widescreen shot at the end of the whole city burning, just a masterwork.. more realistic and believable than anything you see these days..
They had Albert Whitlock on this film, he was an excellent matte artist.
2:09 my boy just chillin. thats the reason why you shouldn't panic in a situation like that.
The drunk man still sitting there as if nothing is happening around 🤣🤣🤣
Walter is very talented.
When people are drunk they don't know what's going on around them until they realize later
Ain't his first quake. 😂
At 1:50, this cut scene where the plane finally touches down. I seem to remember several scenes that added from the TV version. A long sequence where the pilot tries to rise the plane as they feel the earthquake upon touchdown and the crack ahead of them is getting bigger, screams and panic from the passengers and finally, just as crack goes under their plane, they rise and are safe from the quake. NBC/Universal Studio added all of this additional footage, including the plane scene and more scenes on the TV version, not on DVD, not Blu-ray. They have extended scenes on VHS only.
There are deleted scenes of the 747 landing at LAX on another video. Also another deleted or cut scene was the pawn shop owner with the jewelry.
The TV version of Earthquak has entire sequences added and they're horrible. The plane landing is dumb and goes on forever. No wonder it was lifted. Debra Lee Scott and her husband are a bore and add nothing to the film. They should have had the tower at LAX collapse that would have been cool.
yes, I remember that! the landing took like TWO MINUTES ! it was the most stooopid thing I've ever seen! .....the only saving grace is that Debralee Scott was in the plane scene and she is the quintessential 70's babe!
@@mcoo465 Don't get me wrong I am a huge fan of Earthquake. It is a 70's classic.
@@roquefortfiles "They are horrible"? "The plane landing is dumb"? It's your opinion. Some people thought the plane land scene was so cool. That doesn't bother me to watch.
I like how the description credited Walter Matthau under his pseudonym.
3:25 “oh!!!! Oh god!!!” 😂😂😂 top class acting skills right there! I played that part over and over!!
I think that's a stunt person with a small speaking role.
I just like the fact that just prior to the pane of glass hitting the stunt person, they look up and you can see glass shards have already been applied to his/her face. The rather weak "oh god!!!" followed by the young lady shrieking "Mother! Mother!!!!" is enough to set people off in gales of laughter. I know I did.
@@djmoch1001 Ohh shut up.... jfc... IN the theaters at the time, WE did not notice, especially those with sensurround. You KARENS are ALWAYS picking picking...
Still one of the best disaster movies in the Irwin Allen library. Watching this movie in a theatre in ‘Sensurround’ in 1974 when it came out was so cool. That’s when movie going was an event. Seeing the one guy at 1:03 in the elevator smiling/laughing is a hoot, but when it crashed, he’s not there. They must have fired him or edited him out knowing he would probably keep doing it.
Irwin Allen had nothing to do with this movie.
Allen was filming Towering Inferno, at the same time Earthquake was being filmed. He had nothing to do with this movie.
@@jaymanuel3396 Well aware
@@roquefortfiles Not responding to you. Obviously agreed with you. God I hate the internet.
I saw it in the theater too, when it first came out. The Sensurround sound made it feel like someone was pounding on your chest.
Walter Matthau is great in this -- and everything else.
So is Charleston Heston
I remember going to the theater when it came out in Sensaround. Sitting in the theater and to feel your seat vibrate and the roar of the earthquake was quite unerving! I was visiting my girlfriend who lived in a highrise at the time. I was shaking inside all night and kept thinking of where I would go if one hit.
That's awesome, thanks for sharing. They certainly don't make movies like that anymore!
0:34 My favorite part... The starting clip showing people being tossed out the window in the foreground at the right hand corner while downtown Hollywood convincely crumbling. The special effects are amazing still and work because they were physical and practical effects.
Yeah that shot was absolutely incredible. I detect practical effects very easily but the downton Hollywood shots looked jaw droppingly real.
Except for the second stunt guy running and throwing himself out the window lol.
Overall the special effects are impressive
For a 1974 film, it is bonkers
For better and more realistic effects try the 1936 movie San Francisco. For its time the effects are very impressive
slo mo between 3:22 and 3:24 you can see the glass before it hit her!
For a 1974 movie this movie did win an Oscar for visual effects on the J&B building in downtown Los Angeles.
The miniature work in this film is some of the best ever done. They sell the real location first and then destroy it in miniature and they're all shot in real daylight. The work is impressive. Very old school techniques in this film shot by FX masters that were nearing the end of their careers.
Walter Matthau really deserved an Oscar for managing to hold on to that drink while all about him were overacting.
Scene 3:22 is depressing the way she was like "MOTHeR!!" Made me sad her mother got hit by glass and died:(
Of all the 70's disaster films this is my favourite. It makes San Andreas and 2012 look like Disney movies!
Walter Matthau is the best thing about this clip. Followed closely by the guy who tries to turn off the gas, while smoking a cigarette.
Yeah, I saw that.
This is what happens when you are addicted to smoking.
@@diedeutschenkonservative7551 Those things WILL kill you.
"TURN OFF THE GAS!!"
**nods, cigarette in mouth, heads back inside**
**pause**
**BOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!**
Darwin Award winner there, folks!
2:09 This guy is legit an entire vibe. 😂
I love how that guy is just chilling at the casino during an earthquake, that’s safe
I think that guy was a Native American in revenge for white people stealing his land by colonialism.
4:30 when john williams score plays it sounds haunting showing the devastation of the magnitude that earthquake unleashed in sensurround 70mm
Who ever sees this comment have a good blessed Monday!💗💗
Ditto✨
And somehow, in the middle of some of the greatest special effects of the 1970s, Walter Matthau manages to steal the scene. As usual.
Very nice ✨💜✨💜✨💜✨
God bless this period of the 70s and 80s when they have all-star casts overreacting in disaster movies.
And the scene at 4:20...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sure thing let me just run in with my lit cigarette 😂😂😂😂
I love how some of the people literally walked into the window and off the building ledge
Thanks for uploading. Everyone stay safe out there 💝💝
Excellent. I’ve watched it over and over again. Needless to use special effects to make a great movie 👌🏻
A classic I remember the ending too still gets me everytime
Genevieve bujold should have gotten an Oscar for best physical roll and did her own stunts running from a house on stilts in LA. Good job.
Lmao two people literally just walked out the window of that high rise
Universal made an Attraction out of This
2% of people who are watching this comment I wish their parents still alive more than 100 years 💝💖💖God bless you 😘💖❤️💝"
Bewakuf 🤩
this is superb work holding up to today, and great acting which is essential for such a movie as well
This footage was re-used in Galactica 1980 episode, "Galactica Discovers Earth: Part I".
Ironically, this depiction of Los Angeles is less chaotic than on an ordinary day today.
When practical effects end up being more real than cgi.
Love the wallpaper
''TURN OFF THE GAS'' !!! goes in with a lit smoke
And then the earthquake stops.
0:33
"IT'S AN EARTHQUAKE QUICK WHAT DO WE DO"
The two guys in that office to the right: *yeet*
1:43 Second Production Director: What do you want us to film at LAX?
Main Director: Let your kid film and we'll be set.
I've always loved when he looks out over Los Angeles and the city is falling apart.
Awesome.
@1:08 Out the way Biotch!
For 1974 this movie was ahead of its time
This would be amazing to see this in 4K even though it might be too revealing of the special effects which was a majority of miniature and large scale sets.
Way better than San Andreas
This is like one of those educational videos about what not to do during an earthquake
Saw it when it came out in the wonder of Sensurround.
Most of felt cool
Same here
That was impressive!
Same here.
The elevator scene is impossible since Elijah Otis invented the Safety Elevator in 1860. If the cable snaps it releases a brake located under the car
Also, it appears that turning off the gas with the cigarette in his mouth, though suicidal, did at least stop the tremor.
Just sallow the cigarette to turn off the gas and smoke at the same time.
It's amazing how the camera quality is now
0:13 [insert Wilhelm scream]
i went to the movies with my parents to see this when it come out-weird seeing it now after all this time.
How scared were you watching it back then? Can you remember audiences reactions?
@@southlondon86 oh yep pretty scary i was a kid, so glass in the face woooooooooo i remembered that and yep was full the cinema lots of noise in there.
Going into an elevator during an earthquake? And that blood splatter effect was hilarious! 🤣
At 1:40 wth was even that 😂🤣
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A bad special effect.
I love when disaster movies use more practical effects then special effects
2:33 the drunk "this is my last "
I remember the theatre was all set up with sensurround and it sounded quite well
The guy drinking 😂m there was nothing gonna stop that man from having his liquor
"Turn off the gas!"
"No problem! Hey, do you think I should run into the house with this lit cigarette in my mouth?"
"Sure, go ahead! Can't hurt!"
Talk about a candidate for the Darwin Awards!
Staying calm on the surface of the highest mountain is the best way to avoid the earthquake
When this came out in theaters they actually had a special effect that actually made the theater feel as if it were rumbling.
Remember that well.
@@burtonwilliams5355 Geneviève Bujold was originally the first Janeway in Star Trek Voyager.
0:33 and following are some of the best sfx made for the screen. Amazing.
1:58 true Californian there
The part that kills me is when the guy tells him to turn off the gas he gives a thumbs up then is instantly vaporized HILARIOUS !!!! Great Acting.
I love when the earthquake shakes and cracks into half and then something falls over then the house would be broken and there will be ppl hurted by the earthquake and ppl bleed and the cracks are gonna to break in half keep the great work!
I don't know what's worse, the acting or the effects
@William anna. exe watch it again after 32 seconds
Meh, both are great
@4:19 - Fun Fact: All new gas connections (since 2002) in California are required to have seismic shut-off valves that automatically shut off the gas supply to homes and buildings during a seismic event.
1:33 there was already glass In her head before the glass hit her 😂
This movie always came on as I was leaving for school and got me in the right kind of mindset for the day!
1:39 bruh
The thought that this could actually happen at any moment is darn right scary.
I laughed myself at 1:40 for that weird blood splatter
It's like a scary maze game jumpscare to me.
Looks more like strawberry jelly than blood
Walter Mathew was hilarious as drunk man still trying get his drink on during Earthquake. He was pimp style in print shirt and hat 😅😂
Looks more realistic then most earthquakes films nowerdays
This looks really well-made even for 1974.