avalanche be definitely one of the weak entry into the wouldisaster genre that populate the 70 and early 80 . a cast of fade actor and the who that . of hollywood headline this atrocious production that deliver more laugh than anything . follow the formula of it precede disaster foe and avalanche combine interwoven plot line involve love affair and the disaster itself . throw into this sorry melange be rock hudson and robert forster and mia farrow and 50 silver screen star and jeanette nolan . in avalanche and rock hudson be david shelby a well meaning but extremely foolish ski resort owner who have ignore all warning from environmentalist in build a new ski resort while remove all the tree in the process which spell the perfect recipe for disaster . robert forster be the environmentalist who warn hudson that remove all the tree from the mountain will result in cause deadly avalanche . mia farrow be hudson ex wife and new love interest to forster and jeanette nolan be hudson flighty mother who like nothing more than a bloody mary to sip on every five minute . also throw into this sordid tale be far cardboard cut out character include a champion skiier who be hell bent on bed a many woman a he can before the screen credit go up and his jilted lover ( wonderfully portray by cathy paine ) who ham it up in a campy performance that involve her threatening to slice his cheat as with a butter knife before have a cup of milk throw onto her a she fall to the floor scream hysterically . rock hudson in his early 50 ( his first foray into the wouldisaster genre ) appear like a disheveled modern day version of william shatner . spending precious minute on screen wear nothing but turtle neck and beg mia farrow to come back to him and he look quite ridiculous in a role that be intend for someone in their 30 a mia farrow be only about 33 year old at the time this movie be make . much like earthquake where charlton heston be court a young genevieve bujold and the cassandra cross where ava gardner be shag a youthful martin sheen and the love affair in this movie be quite unbelievable . robert forster and fresh off his canceled television stint in the short live 1974 nakia and prove a credible character a an environmentalist who foresee the inevitable disaster and yet can not convince a soul to believe or listen to him . a a result and the second plot line enters and we see him and mia farrow share a love scene together . jeanette nolan in all of her faded beauty and spend most of her screen time either get drunk on a bloody mary or ham it up a the ever love mother who travel everywhere with her gay companion . the setting be hudson ski resort . everyone be there for the grand opening which also include some ridiculous mini winter olympics festivity which have several hundred people either cross country skiing and down hill ski and ski dooing or watch the skating event and of course and what good day would there be to have a disaster than on this particular day . the big laugh here of course be the disaster itself . in reality and there be nothing the slight bit amuse about an avalanche and but while watch this movie and you can not for a second take it seriously . a huge snow wedge hang over the resort and loosely hang on a snow cap mountain that be break off once a small charter plane crash into it . once the avalanche start and the laughter begin . stock footage of avalanche be splice onto the film ( you can tell by the grainy imagery and the totally different mountain range ) . the snow itself be nothing more than a smoke machine adjust to fast forward and huge block of styrofoam that be hurl through the air and bounce off the victim a they try to run away . one particular hilarious scene involve a skater who be still spin pirouette on the ice a the avalanche engulf her and the crowd ( like she couldn not hear or see the avalanche come until it be about one foot away from her . ) . another hilarious scene would involve a gas explosion inside the resort that be nothing more than a puff of smoke that send one chef fly backwards into some shelf and an unlucky female that go slide along a counter while knock off bowl of food onto the floor . but the one scene that really kill me be see the animated spark that flash from the broken gear box that control the ski lift . we actually get to see this twice during a climatic scene involve a man and a child dangle from a broken ski life . here and rescue worker scramble to rescue the child use a safety net below and yet the man that be leave dangle spends about three minute complain that he can not let go and when he finally do ( a a result of get electrocute ) and his lifeless body miss the safety net anyway . furthermore and back in town a the ambulance and rescue worker be dispatch from their outpost and it just go to show that if the avalanche do not kill you and then these silly fool just might . in a totally ridiculous scene and ambulance and fire truck spin out of control a they skid across the icy road and cause serious fender bender and send one poor by stander into a store front window in a shower of shatter glass . unfortunately and the person who i felt sorry for the most be jeanette nolan . once she get trap inside the hotel resort with her companion and it take her no longer than five minute to go into hysteric and play the be all go to die . card a she dig at the snow with a chair . then she start to lose her mind a she play the we go back a long way . card with her companion a she strike the key of a bust up grand piano and warble a few note of a song long forgotten . on top of that and she pass out just a hudson and forster make their way into the resort from the outside . after she have be resuscitate and place into the back of an ambulance and she and mia farrow be drive to the hospital by some suicidal maniac who insist on do wheelies on black ice and devastate terrain that result in the ambulance crash through a bridge and into a chasm and farrow manage to fall out of the car in time but leave nolan and the driver to meet a fiery death a the car explode at the bottom of the chasm . the climatic and grand finale scene of the film involve mia farrow hang off the broken bridge railing and hudson and forster come to her rescue . and when the day finally roll to it end and hudson and farrow toast to the past event with a bottle of champagne . timeless . if you want to see a scene involve jeanette nolan do her best saturday night fever impression on the dance floor and then this be the movie for you . if you want to see a pandemonium scene involve scream victim get hail with styrofoam block and then this be the movie for you . however and if you want to see a half decent disaster movie and then avalanche be not the movie for you . the only thing that really separate avalanche from the rest of the disaster entry be the few nude scene that be throw in involve a woman bar her breast and buttock in a teamy pool scene that really do nothing much for the movie itself . this have get to be one of the stupid movie that i have ever see . my rating negative .