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02-18-2009, 10:34 AM
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...and Arthur Hailey also wrote "Runway Zero-Eight", which was based on his script for the 1957 movie Zero Hour!, the movie that Airplane! spoofs.
(According to Wikipedia, the story first appeared as a CBC TV Movie called Flight Into Danger, which I've never seen).
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02-18-2009, 12:19 PM
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I think scale plays a big part in defining a Disaster Film. Towering Inferno counts.
Alien (the first one), is famously an "Old Dark House" variant in outer space. So a horror movie, not a Disaster flick. I'd imagine that the more fantastic the peril, the less it becomes a Disaster Movie. Perhaps the peril must be elemental: Earth, Air, Fire, Water...
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02-18-2009, 01:05 PM
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The peril must be over-the-top. An All-Star-Cast of stereotypes must be employed. It must be fiction.
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02-18-2009, 01:44 PM
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Disaster movies must be fictional. No exceptions. The "disaster" is not the only requirement of the genre. Too many movies would qualify. There is a certain "quality" (usually a lack of) that denotes Disaster Movie. |
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02-18-2009, 01:51 PM
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Well, maybe there are a couple of exceptions.
The San Francisco Earthquake, the Titanic etc. could be used as backdrops for Disaster Movies. so could: 
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Well, Krakatoa is actually west of Java, so the one depicted in the movie is clearly fictional.
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I'm sure the 2004 Tsunami could be a fine backdrop for a Disaster Flick.
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