Director Mark Robson: Valley of the Dolls to this…

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Earthquake

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InherentlyYours — 10 years ago(June 25, 2015 01:25 AM)

another "disaster"
Why Robson of all directors? He was a great director at one time.

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markedjuan — 10 years ago(July 10, 2015 12:50 AM)

My guess is box office track record is what gets a director the job. And when you think about it, Valley of the Dolls, Peyton Place, Earthquake they're practically all alike!

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InherentlyYours — 10 years ago(July 10, 2015 08:21 AM)

all alike except that Peyton Place was an Oscar nominated excellent film. Robson seemed in over his head (or was having other problems) for the later.

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rascal67 — 9 years ago(August 27, 2016 11:20 PM)

Earthquake was not a disaster IY in the sense that you are meaning and it was a huge box office smash. It might not be the best disaster film ever made; but it is a very competent one, even if it had some strange casting choices. Robson made a lot of money for Universal over this and it was acclaimed for it's special effects at that time, wining a special achievement Oscar. It wasn't designed to be Peyton Place and that film isn't a text book example of great film-making either. It is just a very good drama film. I recall seeing Earthquake when I was 8yrs old in sensurround and 70mm and it took me years to shake it off
if you would pardon the pun.
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spookyrat1 — 9 years ago(October 06, 2016 11:39 PM)

It's a film that hasn't aged well, but yes, back in the day, this was a major hit and Mark Robson helmed it.

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singjohn — 10 years ago(March 03, 2016 08:50 PM)

Patty Duke called him "the meanest son-of-a-bitch" she ever met.