MCA DiscoVision - Earthquake

Catalog Number 10-002

Format Standard Play CAV

MPAA Rating

Audio Mono

Running Time 129 minutes

Front Cover Back Cover

Pressing Location	DiscoVision Carson
Label Color	Blue
Issued	March 1979

Side	Frames	Running Time
1	34,235	23min 46sec
2	36,376	25min 16sec
3	34,371	23min 52sec
4	36,846	25min 35sec
5	35,028	24min 20sec
	176,856	122min 49sec
Dead Side	Various

Ratings
Video Transfer
Audio Transfer
Replication

Packaging
Large Open-Top
Open-Top
Side-Open Sticker
Printed

Price History
Silver Catalog	$15.95
November 1979	$24.95
May 1980	$24.95
August 1980	$24.95
October 1980	$24.95

Pressing Notes

The first feature film to use the special sound effect process Sensurround, Earthquake brought in $36,250,000 for Universal during its theatrical run. Although the DiscoVision jacket calls for the film to quake for 129 minutes, the movie only runs 122 minutes. The 129 minute version appears to be the run time of the television version. All theatrical reference material lists the run time for Earthquake at 122 minutes. It left the DiscoVision catalog after the October 1980 edition. Frame counts have been known to vary from copy to copy indicating more than one mastering of the title.

Dead Sides Identified Dead Side Locations

The Great Waldo Pepper - Side 2
To Kill a Mockingbird - Side 1 & 2
Deliverance - Side 2 & 3
Looking for Mr. Goodbar - Side 1 & 3
The Birds - Side 1
The Eiger Sanction - Side 5
Smokey and the Bandit - Side 1
Bullitt - Side 2
Slap Shot - Side 2
Battlestar Galactica - Side 1
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Secret of Bigfoot - Side 3
The Bride of Frankenstein - Side 3
Gene Littler's Golf - Side 1
Kids is Kids - Side 2
Archeological Dating / The Big Dig - Side 2
Side 1 Jaws 2

Side 2

Side 3 Three Days of the Condor
Jaws
The Eiger Sanction
Thoroughly Modern Millie

Side 4 MCA DiscoVision Consumer Demonstration Disc
Airport '77
Midway
Slap Shot
Julia Child: The French Chef - Quiche Lorraine & Co.
Smoking: How to Stop

Side 5 Airport '77
Saturday Night Fever
Frankenstein
In Pursuit of Number One
The Big Fights: Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott & vs. Archie Moore

Dead Sides Identified	Dead Side Locations
The Great Waldo Pepper - Side 2 To Kill a Mockingbird - Side 1 & 2 Deliverance - Side 2 & 3 Looking for Mr. Goodbar - Side 1 & 3 The Birds - Side 1 The Eiger Sanction - Side 5 Smokey and the Bandit - Side 1 Bullitt - Side 2 Slap Shot - Side 2 Battlestar Galactica - Side 1 The Six Million Dollar Man: The Secret of Bigfoot - Side 3 The Bride of Frankenstein - Side 3 Gene Littler's Golf - Side 1 Kids is Kids - Side 2 Archeological Dating / The Big Dig - Side 2	Side 1	Jaws 2
Side 2
Side 3	Three Days of the Condor Jaws The Eiger Sanction Thoroughly Modern Millie
Side 4	MCA DiscoVision Consumer Demonstration Disc Airport '77 Midway Slap Shot Julia Child: The French Chef - Quiche Lorraine & Co. Smoking: How to Stop
Side 5	Airport '77 Saturday Night Fever Frankenstein In Pursuit of Number One The Big Fights: Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott & vs. Archie Moore

Release History

MCA Home Video reissued Earthquake in October 1987 as a 3 sided CLV/CAV title (Catalog #: 10002). MCA/Universal Home Video released a Widescreen version (2.35:1) of Earthquake in August 1994 (Catalog #: 42072).

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Catalog Number	10-002
Format	Standard Play CAV
MPAA Rating

Audio	Mono
Running Time	129 minutes