8/28/11

DISASTER QUEEN

DELUGE (1933) directed by Felix E. Feist

an apocalyptic science fiction film, released by RKO Radio Pictures, about a group of worldwide natural disasters which lead to the destruction of the earth.
The film is loosely based on a novel by S. Fowler Wright, with the setting changed from England to the United States.
A series of earthquakes destroy the Pacific coast of the United States, causing a massive tsunami, which heads toward New York City. The wave leaves New York submerged in water and nearly all inhabitants of the city drown. This special effect sequence later inspired a scene in The Day After Tomorrow (2004).

The impressive effects were done by a team who later worked on the H. G. Wells-scripted film Things to Come (1936).
For many years, Deluge was thought to be a lost film, but a print dubbed in Italian was found in a film archive in Italy in the late 1980s. Before the discovery, the only part of the film known to survive was the impressive footage of the tidal wave destroying New York City, which was used in the Republic Pictures serials Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc and King of the Rocket Men.

EARTHQUAKE , 1974, Directed by Mark Robson and with a screenplay by George Fox and Mario Puzo.

American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations. The plot concerns the struggle for survival after a catastrophic earthquake destroys most of the city of Los Angeles, California.

10.5: APOCALYPSE, 2006, television miniseries written and directed by John Lafia.
A sequel to 2004's 10.5, the film follows a series of catastrophic seismic disasters (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, and sinkholes).


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