Aftershock: Tremblement de terre à New York

Original title: Aftershock: Earthquake in New York

TV Mini Series
1999
PG
1h 25m

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5.3/10

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Aftershock: Tremblement de terre à New York (1999)

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Disaster Action Drama Thriller

A devastating earthquake hits New York City, with survivors left fighting for their lives amongst the ruins.A devastating earthquake hits New York City, with survivors left fighting for their lives amongst the ruins.A devastating earthquake hits New York City, with survivors left fighting for their lives amongst the ruins.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

2.1K

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 3 nominations total

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Tom Skerritt

Thomas Ahearn

Sharon Lawrence

Dori Thorell

Charles S. Dutton

Mayor Bruce Lincoln

Lisa Nicole Carson

Evie Lincoln

Jennifer Garner

Diane Agostini

Rachel Ticotin

Elizabeth Perez

Frederick Weller

Nicholai Karvovsky

Erika Eleniak

Jillian Parnell

Mitchell Ryan

Frank Agostini

Cicely Tyson

Emily Lincoln

Mark Rolston

Bruce Summerlin, Co. 51

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Clayton

JR Bourne

Joshua Bingham

Michal Suchánek

Danny Thorell

Jerry Adler

Burt Hornstein

Garwin Sanford

Sam Thorell

Claire Yarlett

Nancy Stuart

Kimberley Warnat

Christine Ahearn

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Trivia
Frederick Weller is the cousin of actor Peter Weller.

Goofs
Early in the movie a geologist is on the phone with city officials describing the first quake, he can clearly be heard using the term "trembler" which apt as it may sound is not the correct term for seismic activity. He meant "temblor". Later another geologist describes the foreshock as an event that geologist's call an "amplitude". Amplitude is a measure of wave magnitude and is not used in that sense, in fact it would be a meaningless description without quantification of some sort.

Quotes
Dori Thorell: I thought we were having an earthquake.
Danny Thorell: Chill out, Mom. We don't live in L.A. anymore.

Crazy credits
Credits end with this statement: Natural disasters do happen and everyone is at risk. Find out what you can do to protect yourself and your family by visiting the web site for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. www.fema.gov

Alternate versions
Originally broadcast on CBS in 1999, one shot is removed from the video version that was on television. On CBS, after Danny opens the door and finds that the rest of the school has been demolished. We see a close up shot of him and then he closes the door and weakly slumps to the floor. In the video version after he opens the door, we see his face close up and then it cuts to the next scene. The reason for this is because the movie aired in two parts on television and when he slumps down the screen reads "TO BE CONTINUED"

Connections
Referenced in Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Heather Locklear/Randy Quaid/Dave Grohl (1999)

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Featured review

8/10

If there were an award for best film made from a silly premise...

I'd avoided this movie for years. Unlike the writers, I understand the geology under NYC, so I was expecting it to be every bit as bad as "Volcano", based on a similarly silly premise. Finally, last night I needed some mindless entertainment to help me get to sleep so I tuned in.

Yes, the premise is just as silly as it sounds. However, the writers, while technically clueless, did craft one of the best disaster flick scripts I've ever seen. The acting is uniformly excellent, and the direction, after the typically slow disaster flick setup, was taut and effective. The special effects were quite decent for TV - certainly better than most SciFi channel made-for-TV films. Unlike "Volcano", the characters are sympathetic and believable. After the viewer has swallowed the basic premise, everything else goes down well. Altogether a very involving film, which is, after all, the goal of all disaster flicks.

Given a chance, I will watch it again (I missed the first 10 minutes or so). Heartily recommended for disaster flick fans, conditionally recommended for everyone else.