Tidal Wave

I thought I'd seen all the 70's disaster flicks but my education is incomplete, my degree worthless. It appears I may have missed a significant corner stone; Tidal Wave, starring none other than Lorne Green, Pa Cartright! Yes comic book guy, Commander Adama as well.



According to one review Roger Corman recut the Japanese flick, Nippon chinbotsu, added Lorne Greene's character and released it under the name of Tidal wave.

The movie has yet to find it's way to dvd and will probably never receive the midnight screening it deserves, which in light of the tragic Indian Ocean tusnami could be viewed as being in enormously bad taste.

John Soli, who painted the movie poster deserves some press. I'm surprised his posters haven't become hipster wall art.

From his website:

"John Solie has become famous for the incredible images he has captured on canvas, images renowned for their ability to reflect the very essence of the subject. Much of his career in the commercial illustration field has been in painting portraits and sculpting famous people. He has also been in demand for book covers and book illustrations and has painted over 200 movie posters over the years."

Including:







Yes, Big Bad Momma, stars Angie Dickinson, Tom Skeritt & William Shatner!

Solie also painted, er um uh, romance novel covers; babies gotta eat. The covers do nothing for me but their titles are priceless; A Cowboy s Forever, Bachelor Dad, That Boy from Trash Town & The Parson's Waiting.