Heatwave! (1974)
- Directed by
- Jerry Jameson
- Genre
- disaster film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An intense heat wave and water shortage create a crisis for a couple living in a city. The husband and his pregnant wife try to cope with the worsening conditions and eventually decide to move away.
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What happens
Heatwave! is an American disaster movie that was broadcast on the ABC television network on January 26, 1974. It was an ABC Movie of the Week. Its running time was 90 minutes. The film was directed by Jerry Jameson, produced by Herbert F. Solow and Harve Bennett. Ben Murphy, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres, and David Huddleston starred in the made-for-TV move. John Anderson, Dana Elcar, Robert Hogan, Janit Baldwin, Lionel Johnston, and Clete Roberts had supporting roles. The plot focuses upon the effect an intense and prolonged heat wave and water shortage has on Frank Taylor and his pregnant wife Laura Taylor, both while they are in the city where they live and after they decide to relocate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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