When Time Ran Out

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When Time Ran Out

PG,

1980,

2h 1m,

Adventure

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An oil driller (Paul Newman) leads a dash for high ground when time runs out on a resort island's dormant volcano.

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Time Out

Jun 17, 2008

A real movie disaster.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 14, 2023

1.5/4

I can’t agree with the consensus in many circles that this was the absolute worst of the disaster genre -- not with the existence of The Concorde … Airport ’79 -- but it’s pretty lousy.

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Serge Daney

Cahiers du Cinéma

Oct 12, 2022

Here, it's a volcano that devotes itself to spewing some lava on a four-star hotel that a developer, mad with ambition, has built on a Pacific atoll. Naturally, this developer is the only slightly interesting character in the film.

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John Brosnan

Starburst

Jul 25, 2022

It is not a good movie. It is not even a good bad.

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Alberto Abuín

Espinof

Aug 29, 2019

To see Borgnine and Meredith's talent been wasted in such a way is really disappointing. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Adrian Turner

Radio Times

May 25, 2015

1/5

The eruption, when it finally comes, is a wonderfully cheesy amalgam of wobbly back projection, bathtub tidal wave and scared expressions from the cast. It's not as hilariously awful as Swarm or Meteor, though, which is a pity.

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Han R

Mar 2, 2019

A watchable volcano disaster flick but definitely not the calibre of Towering Inferno and others. This would be the fourth earthquake/volcano disaster films that I've watched since last year. Paul Newman is always the man you call for such disaster adventure stories. You definitely can't go wrong with him, that's for sure. It's the story and premise that is at fault here. Wish it could have been written differently.

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Albus S

May 23, 2017

Unbelievably stupid. Not even good in a camp way. One the two most idiotic Oscar noms in history. For costume design. The other was for Irwin Allen's other bomb The Swarm, in same category. I seriously think the costume designer's branch did this as an insiders joke.

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James Goldstone

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Paul Newman

Hank Henderson

Jacqueline Bisset

Kay Kirby

William Holden

Shelby Gilmore

Edward Albert

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Synopsis

An oil driller (Paul Newman) leads a dash for high ground when time runs out on a resort island's dormant volcano.

Director: James Goldstone
Producer: Irwin Allen
Screenwriter: Carl Foreman, Stirling Silliphant
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Rating: PG
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 28, 1980, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2012
Runtime: 2h 1m

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