First showing on network TV ABC movie 1974………………….

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shango7200 — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 05:45 PM)

ABC paid a FORTUNE to grab this from NBC and CBS. How many of you first saw this on the premier broadcast in 1974 ? Just wondering.
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fchilds — 9 years ago(October 25, 2016 06:31 PM)

I clearly remember it, I was beyond excited. I was 10; and I remember it aired on a Sunday night and I had no school then next day.
I'm 52 now and I still love this movie.

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mspacman75 — 9 years ago(November 10, 2016 07:39 PM)

I was 10 when I first saw this movie also. It wasn't the premiere, it was in 1986. I stayed home sick from school, but this movie was so exciting, I temporarily forgot how bad I felt. It's still one of my faves.

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KingTrump — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 12:12 PM)

Yes, I saw it. I remember seeing the ad in the TV guide while sitting in the backseat of my mother's car. I was excited. But I ended up falling asleep during the movie.

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DesigningWoman77 — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 09:56 PM)

OMG yes, I was 10 as well and I remember very distinctly waiting with baited breath for the TV premiere. I remember the commercials that showed several films that ABC had acquired the rights to broadcast that year including Funny Girl, The French Connection, Fiddler on the Roof and several others. I used our new audio cassette to record it and listened to it until I had it memorized. I can still remember the bug wooden cabinet that our tv was in and sitting crossed legged on the floor in front not of it on blue green shag carpeting.. So yes, I did watch it lol.
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brendanchenowith — 9 years ago(January 08, 2017 03:52 AM)

I made sure I caught it. The theater ads in the papers were intriguing, having me think "what exactly happens to these people?" and then I was amazed when I heard it was about a ship being turned upside down.
I loved it. It had humor, pathos, suspense, and I remember being really saddened by Stella Stevens being burned to death just before they made it out. Even now, I can't bear to watch Gene Hackman balance himself on that valve to shut the steam off.
When I go to the storage areas in the basement in our building at work, I see an identical valve right above the staircase. I would love to jump up on it and scream "how many more lives?" I think I'd be taken to Human Resources based on psychological disturbances if I did.
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked.