Killer Flood

Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke is a 2003 American made-for-television disaster film starring Joe Lando, Michele Greene and Bruce Boxleitner. It was produced by PorchLight Pictures and David Giancola's Edgewood Entertainment and first shown by Pax TV.[1]

Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke
GenreDisaster film
Written byRobert Jones
Screenplay byDoug Campbell
Story byDoug Campbell
Peter Beckwith
Joseph Broido
Directed byDoug Campbell
StarringJoe Lando
Michele Greene
Bruce Boxleitner
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Producer(s)David Giancola
Peter Beckwith
CinematographyJeffrey Seckendorf
Running time97 minutes
Production company(s)PorchLight Pictures
Edgewood Entertainment
DistributorPorchLight Entertainment
Release
Original networkPax TV
Original releaseApril 25, 2003 (2003-04-25)

Plot

A dam outside a town is filling up with water due to heavy rains. David Powell, the disgraced architect of the dam building project, comes back to town to reunite with his estranged family, however he is rejected, with his wife claiming that he came back purely to see the dam. David then visits the dam and reveals that the project manager cut corners in order to take money himself and framed the architect to hide his own corruption. The dam's resident engineer, Frank, David's son, Garth and David himself set out to relieve the growing pressure on the dam wall, however the pressure release does not work, as corner cutting had led to this portion not being completed. Through flooding the warehouse district, Frank allows the townspeople enough time to escape, sacrificing himself in the process. Garth and his father become trapped within the dam as the structure begins to buckle, but Garth who was doing a project review at college reveals knowledge of the dam's construction. He then pulls a C4 charge out of his pocket and once a hole is blasted in the wall opposite the door, revealing an exit pipe, both Garth and his father make an escape to a creek bed. They are then picked up by his mother and with his dad driving attempt to outrun the water raging from the now flooded dam. After realising that this won't be possible, David drives the car to the top of a 2-storey car park. The water flows through and under the car park instead of washing it away due to its design and having been built by David, who according to his mother is the best architect in the world.

Cast
  • Joe Lando – David Arthur Powell
  • Michele Greene – Natalie Powell
  • Bruce Boxleitner – Jordan Walker
  • Matthew Ewald – Garth Powell
  • Joshua J. Masters – Deputy Bloom
  • Christopher Kriesa – Frank

References
  1. Edgewood Studios: About Edgewood - recent productions Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-11-08
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