Irwin Allen disaster about people stuck on a bridge that is falling apart.
These days this film gets almost no TV screenings, most people will get it on-line from Warner Archives like I did. It comes in two discs:
Disc One (aka Part One): This is about 100 minutes of backstory! The problem with that is that the characters in the flick are not that interesting and the actors playing them (James MacArthur, unknown guy playing bank robber, etc) are not that interesting, so you really don't care about the backstory of these people. You the viewer just want to see the titled disaster about the bridge! It is actually about 48 minutes into it that the bridge starts to fall apart. So my suggestion is this: unless you have a soft spot for unemployed 1970s TV actors from Hawaii Five-O and The Brady Bunch...totally skip Disc One and instead start at Disc Two. You will pick up the story without any problems!
Disc Two (aka Part Two): this begins with three or four minutes of footage from Part One, and yes, all the best bits are seen here! This is about 100 minutes of outstanding TV disaster. The bridge sets are rather cool and the Richard LaSalle score nicely captures the tragedy of the situation.
In a nutshell: if you only watch the second half of it, you will get a blast, and several bridge shakes, out of The Night The Bridge Fell Down.
These days this film gets almost no TV screenings, most people will get it on-line from Warner Archives like I did. It comes in two discs:
Disc One (aka Part One): This is about 100 minutes of backstory! The problem with that is that the characters in the flick are not that interesting and the actors playing them (James MacArthur, unknown guy playing bank robber, etc) are not that interesting, so you really don't care about the backstory of these people. You the viewer just want to see the titled disaster about the bridge! It is actually about 48 minutes into it that the bridge starts to fall apart. So my suggestion is this: unless you have a soft spot for unemployed 1970s TV actors from Hawaii Five-O and The Brady Bunch...totally skip Disc One and instead start at Disc Two. You will pick up the story without any problems!
Disc Two (aka Part Two): this begins with three or four minutes of footage from Part One, and yes, all the best bits are seen here! This is about 100 minutes of outstanding TV disaster. The bridge sets are rather cool and the Richard LaSalle score nicely captures the tragedy of the situation.
In a nutshell: if you only watch the second half of it, you will get a blast, and several bridge shakes, out of The Night The Bridge Fell Down.