The Johnstown Flood (1989 film)
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1989 film
| The Johnstown Flood | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles Guggenheim |
| Written by | Charles Guggenheim |
| Produced by | Charles Guggenheim[1] [2] |
| Starring | Len Cariou David McCullough |
| Cinematography | Erich Roland |
| Edited by | Catherine Shields |
Production company | Guggenheim Productions |
| Distributed by | Johnstown Flood Museum [3] |
Release date |
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Running time | 26 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Johnstown Flood is a 1989 American short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim about the Johnstown Flood.[4] David McCullough, author of the 1968 book, The Johnstown Flood ,[5] hosted the film.
An expanded version of the film aired on the television series American Experience in 1991.
Plot
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Cast
[edit ]- Richard Dreyfuss as narrator
- David McCullough as host
Accolades
[edit ]The film won the Oscar at the 62nd Academy Awards for Documentary Short Subject.[7] [8]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Documentary Winners: 1990 Oscars
- ^ Review: The Johnstown Flood on JSTOR
- ^ WorldCat.org
- ^ Johnstown Flood: McCullough’s ‘Lucky Break’ Launched Career|90.5 WESA
- ^ In Johnstown, Pa., a flood of memories preserved following 1889 disaster|Park Rapids Enterprise
- ^ The full movie posted by Extreme Mysteries on YouTube This YouTube posting Is a different movie-- 2003 produced by Mark Bussler.
- ^ "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . AMPAS. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ 132nd anniversary of the Johnstown Flood|WJAC
External links
[edit ]- Official website
- The Johnstown Flood at IMDb
- The Johnstown Flood is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- 1989 films
- 1989 independent films
- 1989 short documentary films
- American Experience
- American short documentary films
- American independent films
- Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners
- Films directed by Charles Guggenheim
- Documentary films about disasters
- Documentary films about United States history
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- 1980s English-language films
- 1980s American films
- Rail transport films
- English-language short documentary films
- English-language independent films