Earthquake: 13 Facts About the Characters and Cast

1. #002

   Before stereo television sound became widespread, National Broadcasting Company (NBC) broadcast the film on local FM radio stations alongside a simultaneous soundtrack transmission, allowing viewers to recreate "Sensurround" at home.

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2. #003

   In the scene where Stewart Graff (Charlton Heston) runs lines with Denise (Geneviève Bujold), the script he is holding is actually from this film and is open to the page of the scene being shown.

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3. #024

   The 123-minute film's television premiere was to air on NBC in September 1976, launching the network's new fall series "Big Events." The theatrical version was too long to fill the two-hour slot (with commercials) of "Big Event," so NBC had to air the film over two nights a week apart. In doing so, the theatrical film was not long enough to fill the two-night span, so the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) contacted Universal Pictures to reinsert footage shot for the theatrical film that had originally been "left on the cutting room floor." However, much of the remaining material centered on the Stewart and Remy Graff storyline and included an abortion that was deemed unusable for television in the 8:00 p.m. time slot. As a result, only a few minutes of original footage could be added (mainly an opening related to the San Andreas Fault and a brief scene with Reb Brown and Victoria Principal), and Universal allowed NBC to write and film new sequences and add them to the theatrical version to create a two-night "television version." An entirely new storyline was added involving structural engineer Sam Chew Jr. and his wife Debralee Scott flying to Los Angeles to interview Stewart Graff (their plane nearly crashes while trying to land at Los Angeles International Airport during the earthquake). In addition, original cast members Victoria Principal and Marjoe Gortner were rehired to shoot additional scenes expanding their characters' storyline from the original film, as were Jesse Vint and Michael Richardson for a brief scene in a pawn shop. Mark Robson was approached to direct the new scenes, but he flatly refused after reading the script. Robson also petitioned the Directors Guild of America to state that his directing credit on the television version referred only to his being the director of the theatrical version. Editor Gene Palmer was hired by NBC to direct the new scenes but left without being credited. Various other minor edits were made for the theatrical version (mainly to adjust for content). When the film aired in this format on its first night, it ended in a "cliffhanger" format in the middle of the earthquake.

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4. #028

   Paul Newman and Steve McQueen were offered the lead roles, but they had already committed to appearing in The Towering Inferno (1974).

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5. #030

   The character of Sam Royce was originally offered to James Stewart, but he turned it down. Before the role went to Lorne Greene, it was offered to Fred MacMurray, Robert Young, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson and Lee J. Cobb.

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6. #036

   It is one of two films Geneviève Bujold made to fulfill her contract with Universal Pictures. Bujold had signed an agreement to make two films with the studio but had turned down her two previous roles (which breached the contract). Facing the threat of a lawsuit for breach of contract, Bujold took a role in this film. The other was Swashbuckler (1976).

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7. #045

   Elizabeth Montgomery, Candice Bergen, Jacqueline Bisset, Sharon Gless, Sondra Locke, Meredith Baxter, Kate Jackson, Susan Saint James and Susan Clark were considered for the role of Denise.

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8. #051

   Kevin Tighe, considered for the role of Officer Lou Slade, and Randolph Mantooth, considered for the role of Walt Russell, would later star together in Emergency! (1972).

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9. #055

   Sonny Bono was considered for the role of Miles Quade before the part was rewritten as a Black man.

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10. #057

    Jon Voight, James Caan, Burt Reynolds and James Brolin were considered for the role of Stewart Graff.

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11. #058

    Beau Bridges, Alan Alda, Stacy Keach, James Brolin, Rock Hudson, John Cassavetes, Kevin Tighe and William Atherton were considered for the role of Officer Lew Slade.

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12. #060

    Lee Grant, Jessica Walter and Elizabeth Allen were considered for the role of Remy Royce-Graff.

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13. #061

    Randolph Mantooth was considered for the role of seismologist Walt Russell.

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