Avalanche (1978 film)
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| Directed by | Corey Allen |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Written by | Corey Allen Gavin Lambert as "Claude Pola" |
| Based on | story by Frances Doel |
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Rock Hudson Robert Forster Mia Farrow Jeanette Nolan Rick Moses Steve Franken Barry Primus |
| Music by | William Kraft |
| Cinematography | Pierre-William Glenn |
| Edited by | Larry Bock Skip Schoolnik |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
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91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6.5 million |
Avalanche is a 1978 American disaster film, directed by Corey Allen and starring Rock Hudson, Robert Forster, Mia Farrow and Jeanette Nolan. The taglines for the film included "A Winter Wonderland Becomes A Nightmare Of Destruction" and "Six Million Tons Of Icy Terror."
Many avalanche scenes in the film were actually ; parts of this film's avalanche scenes were in turn utilized as stock footage in the film Meteor.
The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.
The film was originally budgeted at $6.5 million but producer Roger Corman cut it before production. It was directed by Corey Allen who had previously made Thunder and Lightning for Corman. Allen rewrote Gavin Lambert's script extensively and received a script credit. (Lamber later claimed Allen "dewrote" the script.)
However Allen was unhappy with the budget cuts and stated that "I don't feel the aims of the film were fulfilled... there were heavy pressures on Paul [line producer Paul Rapp] to bring the film in ahead of schedule, and these I feel were detrimental to the film."
The film was shot at a ski resort in Durango, Colorado over eight weeks. It was one of the most expensive films ever made by New World Pictures and was not a success at the box office.
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