The Swarm (film)
Information about The Swarm (film)
| The Swarm | |
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| Directed by | Irwin Allen |
| Produced by | Irwin Allen |
| Written by | Arthur Herzog (novel) Stirling Silliphant (screenplay) |
| Starring | Michael Caine Katharine Ross Richard Widmark Richard Chamberlain Olivia de Havilland Ben Johnson Lee Grant Jose Ferrer Patty Duke Slim Pickens Bradford Dillman Fred MacMurray Henry Fonda Cameron Mitchell John Furlong |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Fred J. Koenkamp |
| Editing by | Harold F. Kress |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | July 14, 1978 (USA) |
| Running time | 116 min. (Theatrical Version) 156 min. (Video Version) |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $21,000,000 (estimated) |
| Gross revenue | $10,000,000 (USA) |
| IMDb profile | |
The Swarm is a 1978 disaster film about a killer bee invasion of Texas. It was adapted from a novel of the same name by Arthur Herzog.
The director was Irwin Allen, and the cast included Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson, Lee Grant, Patty Duke, Slim Pickens, Bradford Dillman, Fred MacMurray, and Henry Fonda.
Many filmgoers and critics consider this film one of the worst "disaster films" ever made, along with Allen's subsequent films Beyond the Poseidon Adventure and When Time Ran Out (1980). It was one of two disaster films directed solely by the "master of disaster", Irwin Allen (the other being 1979's Beyond the Poseidon Adventure), who had experience directing several movies and many episodes of his TV shows. The film was a notorious box office bomb upon its release in 1978, barely making it two weeks in theaters.
Running times
The film was released initially at 116 minutes. When released on laserdisc in the 1980s, it was expanded to 156 minutes. This 156 minute version is the one available on DVD.Score
The musical score was composed by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith and used French horns and such to sound like the humming of bees.The score was originally released on Warner Bros. Records in 1978 at the same time of the movie, but has since gone out of print. An expanded, remastered score was released in a limited edition by Prometheus Records and contained over forty minutes of previously unreleased material. It has also gone out of print.
See also
- The Savage Bees - a 1976 TV movie
- The Bees - a 1978 film
External links
- Irwin Allen News Network (The Irwin Allen News Network's Swarm page)
Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was a television and film producer nicknamed "The Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. He was also notable for creating a number of memorable and popular television series.
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Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was a television and film producer nicknamed "The Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. He was also notable for creating a number of memorable and popular television series.
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Arthur Herzog is an award-winning American novelist, nonfiction writer, and journalist, well known for his works of science fiction and true-crime books. His novels The Swarm and Orca have been made into movies.
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Stirling Dale Silliphant (born 16 January 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, USA - died 26 April 1996 in Bangkok, Thailand) was a prolific American screenwriter and producer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and educated at the University of Southern California.
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Sir Michael Caine
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Birth name Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.
Born 14 March 1933
London, England
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London, England
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Katharine Ross
Born January 29 1940
Hollywood, California
Spouse(s) Sam Elliott (1984-)
Awards
Academy Awards
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Born January 29 1940
Hollywood, California
Spouse(s) Sam Elliott (1984-)
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Academy Awards
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Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death
Born November 26 1914
Sunrise Township, Minnesota
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Richard Chamberlain
Birth name George Richard Chamberlain
Born March 31 1934
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
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Birth name George Richard Chamberlain
Born March 31 1934
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
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Olivia de Havilland
from the trailer for In This Our Life
Birth name Olivia Mary de Havilland
Born July 1 1916
Tokyo, Japan
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Birth name Olivia Mary de Havilland
Born July 1 1916
Tokyo, Japan
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Lee Grant
Birth name Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
Born September 31 1927
New York City, New York, U.S.
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Birth name Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
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New York City, New York, U.S.
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José Ferrer
in the trailer for Crisis (1950)
Birth name José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón
Born January 8 1909
Santurce, Puerto Rico
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in the trailer for Crisis (1950)
Birth name José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón
Born January 8 1909
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Died
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Patty Duke
Patty Duke on the 1965 album Don't Just Stand There
Birth name Anna Marie Duke
Born 1946
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Patty Duke on the 1965 album Don't Just Stand There
Birth name Anna Marie Duke
Born 1946
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Slim Pickens
Slim Pickens riding the bomb in the movie
Birth name Louis Burton (Bert) Lindley, Jr.
Born May 29 1919
Kingsburg, California,
U.S.
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Slim Pickens riding the bomb in the movie
Birth name Louis Burton (Bert) Lindley, Jr.
Born May 29 1919
Kingsburg, California,
U.S.
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Bradford Dillman (born April 14, 1930 in San Francisco, California) is a retired American film and television actor. Born to Dean and Josephine Dillman, he graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in English Literature. Following this he served with the U.S.
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Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)
Birth name Fredrick Martin MacMurray
Born July 30 1908
Kankakee, Illinois, U.S.
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Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)
Birth name Fredrick Martin MacMurray
Born July 30 1908
Kankakee, Illinois, U.S.
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Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda in the classic 1957 film 12 Angry Men.
Birth name Henry Jaynes Fonda
Born May 16 1905
Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.
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Henry Fonda in the classic 1957 film 12 Angry Men.
Birth name Henry Jaynes Fonda
Born May 16 1905
Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.
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John Furlong is an American actor. He dubbed the voice of Russ Meyer in all of Meyer's film appearances.
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Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was a prolific American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning one, for The Omen), and also won four Emmy Awards.
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Harold F. Kress (June 26,1913 – September 18, 1999) was an American film editor best known for the 1962film How the West Was Won.
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Africanized honey bees (AHB), known colloquially as "killer bees", are hybrids of the African honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata (not A. m. adansonii; see Collet et al., 2006), with various European honey bees such as the Italian bee A. m.
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Arthur Herzog is an award-winning American novelist, nonfiction writer, and journalist, well known for his works of science fiction and true-crime books. His novels The Swarm and Orca have been made into movies.
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Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was a television and film producer nicknamed "The Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. He was also notable for creating a number of memorable and popular television series.
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