This movie really is Allen's first special effects effort on the big screen. He had done some major stuff on television. No really huge stars were in this but a lot of veteran cast members, a young Gene Hackman.
The screen while a bit hokey is supplemented by the special effects with the water racing the survivors through the decks. The effects were so well done that Allen would get a bigger budget and even more hokey Towering Inferno after this one. This movie sort of kicked off several disaster films after it.
Maureen McGovern would hit the pop music charts with The Morning After from this movie. With the death of the musicals, films would do one major song. She did another less memorable song in Towering Inferno.
The story here is whole cloth, fictional from start to finish. If your a fan of phony Melo-Drama, this movie is for you. If your not a fan of Leslie Nielson, this movie is for you as he does not last past the first big wave.
Old actors Jack Albertson, Red Buttonas , and Ernest Borgnine, plus Shelly Winters are pretty durable in this one. This movie the shock value of killing most of the cast before the rescue. It was considered good enough to be sequel-ed and then remade. So original is Hollywood.
The screen while a bit hokey is supplemented by the special effects with the water racing the survivors through the decks. The effects were so well done that Allen would get a bigger budget and even more hokey Towering Inferno after this one. This movie sort of kicked off several disaster films after it.
Maureen McGovern would hit the pop music charts with The Morning After from this movie. With the death of the musicals, films would do one major song. She did another less memorable song in Towering Inferno.
The story here is whole cloth, fictional from start to finish. If your a fan of phony Melo-Drama, this movie is for you. If your not a fan of Leslie Nielson, this movie is for you as he does not last past the first big wave.
Old actors Jack Albertson, Red Buttonas , and Ernest Borgnine, plus Shelly Winters are pretty durable in this one. This movie the shock value of killing most of the cast before the rescue. It was considered good enough to be sequel-ed and then remade. So original is Hollywood.