The Johnstown Flood (1989 film)
Appearance
The Johnstown Flood | |
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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
[edit]![]() | This article needs a plot summary. (March 2024) |
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 at AllMovie
- The Johnstown Flood is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- 1989 films
- 1989 independent films
- 1980s 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 documentary films