Hurricane Movie Review 1979

And the wind cried, "turkey." Robards is the governor of a tropical island beset with environmental and personal concerns. Virginal daughter Farrow falls for hunky native, standard colonial power/indigenous people complications ensue, vital explanatory footage is cut, and overacting reaches epidemic heights. Then too late the big wind blows in, leveling the place. Expensive (most of the $22 million must have gone to catering) and essentially misdirected remake of the 1937 semi-classic.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 120 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Disaster Flicks, Island Fare, Woofs!

Cast

Mia Farrow, Jason Robards, Trevor Howard, Max von Sydow, Timothy Bottoms, James Keach

Cinematography

Sven Nykvist

Director

Jan Troell

Music

Nino Rota

Producer

Paramount Pictures, Dino De Laurentiis