This movie is star-studded with actors from the past, like William Holden, Red Buttons, Burgess Meredith and Ernest Borgnine, who are able to get in at least one more excellent performance before retiring. Mid-career actors like Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, James Franciscus and Edward Albert round out the cast. It is an action-packed drama that holds your interest from the beginning to the end. Definitely a 5-star performance in a 5-star setting.
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Low-grade edition by Warner. This disaster flick was indeed a disaster for everyone. Actors, box office, viewer. Actually, for the viewer, it's funnier because it was not intended to be funny. But this amazing amount of clichés (that almost kills the plot and the interest) succeeds at being the funniest part of this movie. Newman seems bored to death (I recall he loathes the movie and accepted only for money reasons), Holden is out of place, Bisset is charming but has nothing to do. Franciscus is the most interesting, though, but as an unaithful son of a bitch guided by money, he must pay. Very Chamberlain-like in the Towering Inferno. When Time ran Out... (what a stupid title, BTW!) killed the disaster flick genre. The disappointing part of this edition is that it's the re-edited version, and therefore a cut one. Running Time : 109 mn, as the uncut one runs 141mn. The sound is a mono (one channel!) one. At least we have a 16/9 transfer. But no bonus, not even a trailer!Read full review
just as i remembered,plus great video very clear
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This is one of the best movies made. I loved movies about volcano's. The actors and location is wonderful. Come watch this feel great movies and see how movies was in the old days.
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Being a fan of b-rated movies I'd definitely recommend this one for a chuckle... the acting is wooden and the volcano is laughable bur I guarantee I do not regret buying this one! It's a great addition to my disaster movie collection!
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I lost the disk before watching it. Sorry
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Thank You So Very Much, We Love It!!!
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I didn't use it. It was for my brother and he really liked it. He has TTP and has short term memory loss. All he really remembers is thing from his past. He loves all of the old shows on tv. He can remember things none of the rest of us can.
I have always loved this movie, the old catastrophe movies are all classics...I did have this one in VHS form and awaited the day that it came out in DVD, which just recently did. Thanks again
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