My Grandpa really loves this flick!
Added 1/30/2010
He's a big-time Paul Newman fan and has been looking for this movie for some time! The order arrived quickly and in excellent condition! I'm a very satisfied customer!
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"This thing's a powder keg!"
Added 12/13/2009
Coming quite late in the cycle of producer Irwin Allen's series of disaster epics, WHEN TIME RAN OUT... (1980) has all the regular trappings of the genre: a star-studded cast, exotic locales, and lots of heart-pumping suspense. Frustratingly though, screenwriters Stirling Silliphant and Carl Foreman have made it almost too easily a re-tread of the earlier "Poseidon Adventure".
The inhabitants of a glamorous South Pacific island resort are jeopardised when a long-dormant volcano erupts with a vengeance, bringing in it's wake deadly fireballs, earthquakes and a tsunami. Oil-driller Hank Anderson (Paul Newman) leads a small group of survivors to safer, higher ground on the other side of the island...
Once you get past the extremely talky first 30 minutes, which establishes the characters (and a tepid love triangle between Newman, resort PR Jacqueline Bisset, and hotel magnate William Holden that never quite resolves itself), things really kick into high-gear. Many of Irwin Allen's "usual suspects" show up in this film including Red Buttons, Ernest Borgnine (again playing a hard-nosed cop) and wife Sheila Allen. Valentina Cortese co-stars (looking every bit as glamorous as when she starred in "The House on Telegraph Hill"); along with Burgess Meredith, Veronica Hamel, James Franciscus, Pat Morita and Alex Karras.
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when time ran out
Added 9/22/2009
this is an spectacular movie with a great all star cast like paul newman, jacqueline bisset, william holden, veronica hamel.....in a south pacific island's dormant volcano unexpectedly erupts in fury. among those imperiled by the carl foreman/stirling script are wildcat oil driller (paul newman), hotel baron(william holden)and jacqueline bisset as a pr executive who must choose between them. which familiar faces will survive when there's no such thing as safe ground? watch and watch out for yourself as the lava flows, so also flows rare and rousing screen excitement!.i recommended.
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Excellent
Added 8/18/2009
This movie is a real sleeper - exciting, intrigue , good acting and romance. Amazing combination woven in a back drop of impending disaster. Great special effects. This movie really moves along - Paul Newman is his usual terrific and works well with William Holden. They combined for another great flick in the Towering Inferno - if you like this movie the Towering Inferno is a must.
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Decent movie to watch.
Added 5/21/2009
I think this movie is better than what I've heard. I remember watching it on t.v. a while back. The movie has a decent plot, and where the plot misses, there is a good cast. I have seen worse movies, and most of them were released not too long ago. Ironman was the most boring movie I've seen in sometime. Given the choice of this older movie, and Ironman, this movie wins hands down. If you are wondering if you should order this movie, or not would depend if you're a Paul Newman fan. I am, especially if it's a disaster flick like this, or Towering Inferno.
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My Grandpa really loves this flick!
Added 1/30/2010
He's a big-time Paul Newman fan and has been looking for this movie for some time! The order arrived quickly and in excellent condition! I'm a very satisfied customer!
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"This thing's a powder keg!"
Added 12/13/2009
Coming quite late in the cycle of producer Irwin Allen's series of disaster epics, WHEN TIME RAN OUT... (1980) has all the regular trappings of the genre: a star-studded cast, exotic locales, and lots of heart-pumping suspense. Frustratingly though, screenwriters Stirling Silliphant and Carl Foreman have made it almost too easily a re-tread of the earlier "Poseidon Adventure".
The inhabitants of a glamorous South Pacific island resort are jeopardised when a long-dormant volcano erupts with a vengeance, bringing in it's wake deadly fireballs, earthquakes and a tsunami. Oil-driller Hank Anderson (Paul Newman) leads a small group of survivors to safer, higher ground on the other side of the island...
Once you get past the extremely talky first 30 minutes, which establishes the characters (and a tepid love triangle between Newman, resort PR Jacqueline Bisset, and hotel magnate William Holden that never quite resolves itself), things really kick into high-gear. Many of Irwin Allen's "usual suspects" show up in this film including Red Buttons, Ernest Borgnine (again playing a hard-nosed cop) and wife Sheila Allen. Valentina Cortese co-stars (looking every bit as glamorous as when she starred in "The House on Telegraph Hill"); along with Burgess Meredith, Veronica Hamel, James Franciscus, Pat Morita and Alex Karras.
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when time ran out
Added 9/22/2009
this is an spectacular movie with a great all star cast like paul newman, jacqueline bisset, william holden, veronica hamel.....in a south pacific island's dormant volcano unexpectedly erupts in fury. among those imperiled by the carl foreman/stirling script are wildcat oil driller (paul newman), hotel baron(william holden)and jacqueline bisset as a pr executive who must choose between them. which familiar faces will survive when there's no such thing as safe ground? watch and watch out for yourself as the lava flows, so also flows rare and rousing screen excitement!.i recommended.
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