Johnstown Flood

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Johnstown Flood

2003

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Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

Mark Bussler's Johnstown Flood is an excellent documentary about one of the worst tragedies to occur in America during the 1800s.

Rated: A

Feb 20, 2006

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Sep 24, 2005

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David Keyes

Cinemaphile.org

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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 5, 2003

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Dan Lybarger

Kansas City Star

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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 22, 2003

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Karina Montgomery

Cinerina

Story is king - if the budgetary limits are a little too obvious, we must smile and forgive, because the writing & research is excellent.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 28, 2003

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Dreyfuss' voice is like a weasel rubbed against a blackboard.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 7, 2003

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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!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

I didn't like this film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Mark Bussler

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Jeniffer Lee Dake

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Patrick Jordan

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Director: Mark Bussler