Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Charles Brabin
Writer(s):   Marian Ainslee Ruth Cummings Alice D.G. Miller Thornton Wilder
Studio:  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Year Released:  1929        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Bridge collapse and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Story told in flashbacks of the victims of a rope bridge collapse in the Peruvian Andes. Remade in 1944.
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Rowland V. Lee
Writer(s):   Thornton Wilder Howard Estabrook Herman Weissman
Studio:  Benedict Bogeaus Production
Year Released:  1944        Running Time:  107 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Bridge collapse and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  First remake of the 1929 original film version of the Thorton Wilder novel. Told in flashbacks, it's the story of a rope bridge collapse in the Andes, and the priest who seeks answers as to why they died.
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Dante's Inferno (1935)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Harry Lachman
Writer(s):   Philip Klein Robert Yost
Studio:  Fox Film Corporation
Year Released:  1935        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Bridge collapse and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Unscrupulous businessman causes not one, but TWO, watery disasters
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Brian Trenchard-Smith
Writer(s):   Lionel Chetwynd
Studio:  Showtime Networks, Lionel Chetwynd Productions
Year Released:  2003        Running Time:  128 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Bridge collapse, Manmade, and Terrorism
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 9/11 attacks, told from the perspectives of then-President George W. Bush and his team members.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Flood! (1976)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Earl Bellamy
Writer(s):   Don Ingalls
Studio:  Irwin Allen Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Year Released:  1976        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Bridge collapse, Flood/tsunami, Manmade, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The earthen dam above a small town (and it's always a small town) is compromised by heavy rains and an incompetent mayor.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good), and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Hell-Bent for Heaven (1926)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   J. Stuart Blackton
Writer(s):   Hatcher Hughes Marian Constance Blackton
Studio:  Warner Bros.
Year Released:  1926        Running Time:  0 min
Genre:  Crime and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Bridge collapse, Flood/tsunami, Manmade, and Planetary
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IMDb: --    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A love triangle leads to a dam explosion, the way it so often does
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Georg Fenady
Writer(s):   Arthur Weiss Ray Goldstone Michael Robert David Alvin Boretz
Studio:  Irwin Allen Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Year Released:  1983        Running Time:  180 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Bridge collapse and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A motley crew of people, including a bank robber on the run, is stranded on a bridge that's about to collapse.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Roaring Timber (1937)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Phil Rosen
Writer(s):   Robert James Cosgriff Paul Franklin
Studio:  Columbia Pictures Corporation
Year Released:  1937        Running Time:  60 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Romance
Category of Disaster:  Bridge collapse and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Scheming and backstabbing among lumberjacks and timber companies, with a train derailment and forest fire to boot
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Short Walk to Daylight (1972)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Barry Shear
Writer(s):   Philip H. Reisman Jr. Gerald Di Pego Edward Montagne
Studio:  Universal Television
Year Released:  1972        Running Time:  73 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Bridge collapse, Earthquake, Manmade, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  People trapped by an earthquake in the New York City subway must make their way to the surface.
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