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The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (2002)
Very realistic for a TV movie
At the Quecreek Mine, nine miners were doing their jobs when their ordinary lives were suddenly changed and their race for survival was as dramatic as the emotions that were being portrayed at the fire hall.
By now, we have heard about the famous miracle that happened in Somerset, PA, and in this made-for-TV movie, the story was told with great care, with such authenticity that it felt like you were with the families and the miners. The movie was filmed at the actual mine, the fire hall, and at one of the miner's homes, and contains real footage from Pittsburgh's Channel 4 News. Because it was too dangerous to film in the real mine, a set was built in Los Angeles, and the special effects were so realistic that it was more like a motion picture than a made-for-TV movie. The actors were also very good in their roles and the miners themselves added emotion to the story.
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
A very good movie with a little bit of everything in it
I was first interested in this movie when I heard that it was going to be filmed in Kittanning, PA (where much of this movie was filmed) and that was the reason why I saw the film in the first place. The movie is slow at first, and at times, disturbing, but it isn't a boring movie in general.
Richard Gere is John Klein, a reporter for the Washington Post, and two years after his wife's death, he's sent to go to Richmond, VA, but he mysteriously ends up in Point Pleasant, which is a small town on the West Virginia/Ohio border. When his car breaks down, he goes to a nearby home and is confronted by a man with a shotgun. Soon after, a woman officer comes in and resolves the problem. The man with the shotgun accuses John of knocking on his door the past couple nights but John says that he didn't do it so suspicions begin to occur. The cop tells John that the town's residents were experiencing strange events so he decides to stay and investigate.
The movie is fairly long (about 2 hours) and the story is very well written, but if you get bored easily, then I don't recommend this movie. But if you like suspense (which this movie has a lot of it) and action, then watch it. The last scenes of it is pretty disasterous and action packed, and it involves a large number of deaths, so I wouldn't recommend it to younger children, unless they like these movies.
Rating: *** 1/2 out of ****