Category 7: The End of the World
Category 7: The End of the World | |
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Written by | Christian Ford Roger Soffer |
Directed by | Dick Lowry |
Starring | Randy Quaid Gina Gershon Shannen Doherty Tom Skerritt Swoosie Kurtz James Brolin Robert Wagner Adam Rodriguez Lindy Booth |
Theme music composer | Joseph Williams |
Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Lesley Oswald Peter Sadowski Robert M. Sertner Frank von Zerneck |
Cinematography | Neil Roach |
Editor | Tod Feuerman |
Running time | 240 minutes |
Production company | Von Zerneck-Sertner Films |
Budget | $15,000,000 |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | November 6 November 13, 2005 | –
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Category 7: The End of the World is a 2005 three-hour American made-for-television
Plot
Following the events in Category 6: Day of Destruction, the superstorm that hit Chicago is continuing to grow in size and strength, with tornadoes hitting Paris and destroying the Eiffel Tower. Judith Carr (Gina Gershon), the new head of FEMA struggles to coordinate efforts to prepare for the aftermath of the storm and provide aid to ravaged areas. She calls in her former college lover, Dr. Ross Duffy (Cameron Daddo), and her father Senator Ryan Carr (Robert Wagner) to help her try to determine what is causing the storms and how to deal with the political issues. "Tornado Tommy" (Randy Quaid), who survived his seeming death in the previous film, returns to aid in tracking the storm in the United States, assisted by scientist Faith Clavell (Shannen Doherty). Similar storms are developing around the country and an interaction between urban heat islands and "falling chunks of mesosphere" fuels the storms making it more powerful. Hurricane Eduardo strikes toward Florida, while the Category 6 storm hits Buffalo, New York and heads towards, and destroys most of New York City.
During these catastrophic events, two Christian
Cast
- Randy Quaid as Tornado Tommy Dixon
- Gina Gershon as FEMA Director Judith Carr
- Cameron Daddo as Dr. Ross Duffy
- Robert Wagner as Senator Ryan Carr
- Tom Skerritt as Colonel Mike Davis
- Shannen Doherty as Faith Clavell
- Adam Rodriguez as USAF Pilot Ritter
- Lindy Booth as Brigid
- Sebastian Spence as FSP Agent Gavin Carr
- David Alpay as Billy Chamber
- Nicholas Lea as Monty Meeks
- James Brolin as Donny Hall
- Swoosie Kurtz as Penny Hall
- Noam Jenkins as Evan
- Suki Kaiser as Gayle Duffy
- James Kirk as Stuart Carr
- Rachel Skarsten as Lyra Duffy
- Peter Mooney as Peter
- Andrea Liu as Melody Chang
- John Kapelos as Jim Roberts
- Kenneth Welsh as Chief of Staff Alan Horst
Production
The miniseries was produced by
David Price, the weather man for CBS's The Early Show who was given a cameo role in Category 6, returned for another cameo in Category 7. In this film, Price appears in a brief scene as a reporter who questions the character Judith Carr about bringing her former lover, Dr. Duffy, in to help with the storm issue. In an interview for his own show, Price said it took him a lot of practice to deliver his "crucial line" just right, with it taking four hours to shoot the brief scene. Director Dick Lowry jokingly noted that his biggest mistake in the film was giving Price the key line in that scene.[4]
Release
Broadcast
Category 7 was initially aired on CBS as a two-part, four-hour miniseries. The first part aired on Sunday, November 6, 2005. The second part aired a week later.[5][6]
Home media release
The miniseries was released to DVD by Echo Bridge Entertainment on April 4, 2006, on a single disc.[7] On March 4, 2008, Echo Bridge released the film as a two balls set with another disaster film, 10.5: Apocalypse (airing later in May 2006 on NBC).[8] This was later followed by an April 2008 release of the film to Blu-ray, and a July 2008 Blu-ray release of the two movie pack.[9][10]
Reception
The film is fraught with noticeably poor production quality and acting. Many critics felt that the first portion of the film was weak and confusing due to the large number of characters being introduced at once.
Nevertheless, Category 7 was the top rated network miniseries in 2006.[2] The first part of the miniseries came in number 16 among the top 25 network programs aired in the week of October 31 – November 6, and was the second most watched program for that Sunday with 14.7 million viewers.[11][12] The second part of the film was also the second most watched program for its timeslot on November 13, with 13.85 million viewers.[13]
The film was nominated for multiple awards in 2006, including a
Before Category 7 aired, CBS was criticized for choosing to air the miniseries only months after two devastating hurricanes, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, hitting the United States, and a third, Hurricane Wilma, causing destruction in Florida in the same month the film was slated to première.[19]
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