Dennis Quaid, star of the upcoming SF disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow, told SCI FI Wire that the movie promises to be the biggest disaster movie of all time. "This movie has everything," Quaid said. "It really is the mother of all disaster movies."
Quaid spoke at the unveiling of a one-of-a-kind "weatherized" billboard for the movie on historic Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Calif., which will spew real rain and snow on actors—a peculiar sight, given the unseasonably warm weather in Southern California.
Quaid added that appearing in the movie allowed him to continue the tradition of disaster epics he enjoyed as a young man. "I've been a fan of disaster movies since Earthquake, in the '70s," he said. "This film is the mother of all disaster movies, rolled into one. We have tornadoes that rip Los Angeles, a massive snowstorm that takes out New Delhi, hail the size of grapefruit that batters Tokyo, and New York, well, there's tidal waves, there's the mother of all ice storms, it's non-stop."
Quaid added that the film also has potent emotional weight and compelling characters to anchor the abundant special effects. "It's also filled with human drama," he said. "Jake Gyllenhaal and myself are in the film. We play father and son, and I'm a paleoclimatologist in the film. I had to learn how to say that, but it's basically someone who studies old weather, and I'm the first one to see [the disaster] coming." The Day After Tomorrow is being released by 20th Century Fox on May 28 - My Birthday :D
I loved Dennis Quaid in FREQUENCY, a most underrated movie IMO.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW looks nothing short of stunning. If the movie lives upto even half of the promise it's already generated then it should prove to be a great movie.
Fingers crossed that it's not hit with the usual Emmerich curse ;)
I loved Frequency, Quaid was great in it as was Jim cavawhatshisface. This film definitely looks like one not to miss :)
I saw that too, expecting not much, and was pleasantly surprised. Don't you just love it when that happens, it's normally the other way round :D
I saw FREQUENCY when the Beeb showed it late last year. Missed the first 10 or 15 minutes but loved the rest, definitely one of Quaid's better movies, and an unexpectedly upbeat ending. Ordered the DVD from Play later the same night ;)