Cracking Up

Cracking Up (1977)

What would happen if a 9.7 magnitude earthquake were to strike the L.A. area? This is what "Cracking Up" looks at from the lighter side. The movie is composed of individual skits of original material by the actors spun around this hypothetical disaster.

Date of release
1977-07-01
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 9m
Genres
Fantasy, Comedy, Science Fiction
Director
Rowby Goren, Chuck Staley

Casting

Interesting facts

Cracking Up is a 1977 American independent anthology sketch black comedy film, directed by Rowby Goren and Chuck Staley. The film was a collaboration between numerous comedy troupes of the 60s and 70s, many of which were former Second City members, including Ace Trucking Company, The Credibility Gap, The Graduates, and The Pitschel Players. The frame story for the sketches is that after California is devastated by a 9.7 earthquake two television reporters Walter Concrete and Barbara Halters conduct interviews with survivors, serving as introduction to the sketches.

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