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Johnstown Flood

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Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com 02/20/2006
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Mark Bussler's Johnstown Flood is an excellent documentary about one of the worst tragedies to occur in America during the 1800s. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 09/24/2005
2/5
David Keyes Cinemaphile.org 11/05/2003
2.5/4
Bussler understands the purpose of telling this story in documentary form, but it's the facts themselves that should be driving the storytelling, not the other way around. Go to Full Review Dan Lybarger Kansas City Star 10/22/2003
2.5/4
Johnstown Flood has its weaknesses (the firsthand accounts weren't written to be recited like dialogue), but it still does a fine job of explaining why the impact of May 31, 1889 remains with us. Go to Full Review Karina Montgomery Cinerina 09/28/2003
3/5
Story is king - if the budgetary limits are a little too obvious, we must smile and forgive, because the writing & research is excellent. Go to Full Review Walter Chaw Film Freak Central 08/07/2003
1/4
Dreyfuss' voice is like a weasel rubbed against a blackboard. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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09/16/2020 Movie sucked .... they kept talking about what was happening with these people or what this person was thinking....then in the next sentence they tell us the person was killed immediately!!!! HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING OR THINKING!?!?!? DID YOU HOLD A SEANCE???? Typical hollywood BS. If you want to see a REALISTIC movie about this tragedy, watch the film based upon David McCullough's book (or read the book or listen to the audiobook). BTW. I am FROM Johnstown, PA and was a National Guardsman during the 1977 Flood. My entire family saw this dog of a film on DVD and we threw the damn thing out by Unanimous vote! See more 11/27/2007 The 2003 remake of the 1926 silent film produced good results in my book, although it feels like a history lesson. It is almost like something you would see in a history class. See more 09/22/2006 I didn't like this film. See more Read all reviews
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Mark Bussler

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Richard Dreyfuss

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Jeniffer Lee Dake

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Patrick Jordan

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Charlie King

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Director
Mark Bussler