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While "The Towering Inferno", "The Poseidon Adventure", "Earthquake" and the "Airport" movies tend to reap most of the disaster glory, "The Hindenburg" has its own merits and should rank not as greatness, but certainly for being a lot of fun and very entertaining. Not all the characters are as 3-dimensional as they could be, but the actors have a field day with their roles and hold up nicely against the Oscar-winning effects. Some hilarious lines ("Next time let's take the Titanic!" and "You're going to regret this, Sir! My nephew is very close to Mussolini!!"), authentic sets (a real crew member visited the set and was astounded at the reproductions) and a spectacular finale make for a Robert Wise gem. It's no "Sound of Music" or "West Side Story", but has a lot of style and charm that often goes unrecognized. Concentration camp survivor Robert Clary ("Hogan's Heroes") is marvelous as comedian Joe Spah, who survived the disaster.
score 8/10
ghosthost7 1 March 2002
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