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A devastating earthquake hits New York City, with survivors left fighting for their lives amongst the ruins.A devastating earthquake hits New York City, with survivors left fighting for their lives amongst the ruins.A devastating earthquake hits New York City, with survivors left fighting for their lives amongst the ruins.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 3 nominations total
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I first read Chuck Scarboroughs' novel "Aftershock" in 1996 or 97. Having grown up in NY as a child, I was familiar was Scarborough from his anchoring the local Eyewitness news for WNBC ch 4. I thoroughly enjoyed the novel, to the point that I reread it several times since. The piece of crap that aired on CBS bore no relation to the novel other than the fact that an earthquake struck the City of New York. Many subplots were missing, characters were added (i.e., the Russian cabbie [who the hell was he?]. I have wished that I could locate Chuck Scarboroughs' address and ask him how he could have greenlighted this garbage.
- DAN_CANTWELL
- Oct 19, 2001
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- TriviaFrederick Weller is the cousin of actor Peter Weller.
- GoofsEarly in the movie a geologist is on the phone with city officials describing the first quake, he can clearly be heard using the term "trembler" which apt as it may sound is not the correct term for seismic activity. He meant "temblor". Later another geologist describes the foreshock as an event that geologist's call an "amplitude". Amplitude is a measure of wave magnitude and is not used in that sense, in fact it would be a meaningless description without quantification of some sort.
- Quotes
Dori Thorell: I thought we were having an earthquake.
Danny Thorell: Chill out, Mom. We don't live in L.A. anymore.
- Crazy creditsCredits end with this statement: Natural disasters do happen and everyone is at risk. Find out what you can do to protect yourself and your family by visiting the web site for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. www.fema.gov
- Alternate versionsOriginally broadcast on CBS in 1999, one shot is removed from the video version that was on television. On CBS, after Danny opens the door and finds that the rest of the school has been demolished. We see a close up shot of him and then he closes the door and weakly slumps to the floor. In the video version after he opens the door, we see his face close up and then it cuts to the next scene. The reason for this is because the movie aired in two parts on television and when he slumps down the screen reads "TO BE CONTINUED"
- ConnectionsReferenced in Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Heather Locklear/Randy Quaid/Dave Grohl (1999)
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By what name was Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999) officially released in India in English?
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