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Post by spiderwort on Nov 14, 2018 15:17:07 GMT
Films about natural disasters or films that have natural disasters as part of their story. I'll start with a couple of my favorites:
The Impossible (2012) - true story of a family struggling to survive the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
and The Day After Tomorrow (2004), not a great film, but one that I enjoy:
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Post by movielover on Nov 14, 2018 15:20:38 GMT
The Poseidon Adventure
The Towering Inferno
Twister
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Post by vegalyra on Nov 14, 2018 15:24:38 GMT
Some early ones: Deluge (1933)  San Francisco (1936)  Last Days of Pompeii (1935)  The Hurricane (1937)  |
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Post by mattgarth on Nov 14, 2018 15:35:40 GMT
IN OLD CHICAGO (1937)
THE RAINS CAME (1939) & THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR (1955)
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 14, 2018 15:41:05 GMT
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Post by movielover on Nov 14, 2018 15:44:53 GMT
That's it, When Time Ran Out. I was thinking of that one too, but couldn't remember the name. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 14, 2018 18:27:34 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 14, 2018 18:28:48 GMT
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Nov 14, 2018 18:41:05 GMT
Avalanche (1978), not an especially great film, but one of the earliest VHS rentals I recall seeing. Basically, just another in a long line of 70's disaster themed movies, this one coming in towards the end. 
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 14, 2018 18:48:09 GMT
 1940 "Two men searching for black pearls are marooned on an island when their crew mutinies. There they run into a beautiful girl who had been washed up on the island in her childhood. They must fight angry natives and a typhoon in order to survive." Something about Lamour and that sarong seems to bring on the wind and the rain ! |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Nov 14, 2018 18:53:18 GMT
Mia Farrow was in Avalanche (1978), and followed it up the next year with Hurricane (1979), an even lesser entry into the disaster movie pantheon. Obviously, this was the last straw before Woody Allen came to rescue her career, temporarily.  |
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Post by politicidal on Nov 14, 2018 18:55:14 GMT
Alittle disturbing in today's national climate.
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Post by mattgarth on Nov 14, 2018 18:55:52 GMT
OUR DAILY BREAD (1934) -- drought
BOUND FOR GLORY (1976) -- Dust Bowl
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 14, 2018 18:57:08 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 14, 2018 19:00:09 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Nov 14, 2018 19:32:37 GMT
 The Johnstown Flood 1926, based on a real disaster in 1889. |
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Post by teleadm on Nov 14, 2018 19:39:32 GMT
 St Helens 1981, dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. |
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Post by london777 on Nov 14, 2018 22:03:58 GMT
The Poseidon Adventure The Towering Inferno Twister I have not seen the other two, but the whole point of The Towering Inferno was that it was an avoidable, man-made disaster. |
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Post by london777 on Nov 14, 2018 22:07:00 GMT
A little disturbing in today's national climate.
Throws a new light on America's vogue for mass slaughter if such events are now regarded as natural disasters. |
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Post by movielover on Nov 14, 2018 22:14:16 GMT
The Poseidon Adventure The Towering Inferno Twister I have not seen the other two, but the whole point of The Towering Inferno was that it was an avoidable, man-made disaster. I considered that, but once the fire gets going, it's still a natural disaster. |
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