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AVALANCHE: A blow-by-blow analysis of the 1978 disaster flick
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AVALANCHE: A blow-by-blow analysis of the 1978 disaster flick

Nature bites back in this Mia Farrow/Rock Hudson movie filmed near Durango

Jonathan P. Thompson
Feb 9, 2022
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I was drawn in by the close-up winter aerial shots of ridges and peaks of the San Juan Mountains—Look, there’s Vestal! I yelled to my non-existent viewing companions as Rock Hudson’s name flashed on the screen. And Arrow! And Mount Garfield! I kept watching the lost-to-obscurity 1978 disaster film, Avalanche, not only because it was filmed in my home re…

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