UNIVERSAL STUDIOS RECYCLES!!
Showing Los Angeles being destroyed might be hard to work into a lot of scripts, but scenes from "Earthquake" have shown up from time to time in several TV movies and a few theatrical releases. Most noticeably in "Galactica 1980." To show what an attack from the Cylons might look like, Universal took FX footage from "EQ" and matted cylon ships into it with some decent results.
Filming "Earthquake" was the backstory to an episode of "Quantum Leap." Dr Sam jumps into the body of the stuntman who does the famous fall into the skylight.
Footage from "EQ" also showed up in "Scarface" as the movie on TV during the famous chainsaw scene. An episode of "The Incredible Hulk" also utilized footage from "Earthquake." Click on the pick of Columbia Flight 409 for more recycling!
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