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After that earthquake, he called his mom and said, 'I'm moving back to New York,' and she said, 'Why don't you settle down?' He thought that was incredible advice, and he's never regretted that he did. I had incredible respect for that.' Flynn always wanted to tell a story about a family persevering. I just felt very small, very humble, and really grateful in terms of how things can change so quickly.

Northridge was a very scary, sobering experience. 'Unfortunately, you don't with an earthquake. I'm very familiar with hurricanes, but we do get a notice when a hurricane is coming,' said Flynn. Three weeks later, the Northridge Earthquake happened. Producer Beau Flynn came out to Los Angeles from New York at the end of 1993 with a dream to tell stories and make movies. It was felt across the state, including the San Francisco Bay Area. PDT, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Parkfield area. This quake occurred on October 17, 1989, at approximately 5:04 P.M.

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The earthquake also postponed Game 3 of the 1989 World Series at Candlestick Park. 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake: About 25 miles (40 km) were ruptured (although the rupture did not reach the surface) near Santa Cruz, California, causing 63 deaths and major damage in certain vulnerable locations, including San Francisco and the East Bay. At least 3000 people died in the earthquake and subsequent fires. 1906 San Francisco earthquake: About 267 miles (430 km) were ruptured in Northern California. Though it is known as the Fort Tejon earthquake, the epicenter is thought to have been located far to the north, just south of Parkfield. 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake: About 217 miles (349 km) were ruptured in central and southern California. The magnitude was estimated to be about a 7.7. This is the last known major quake of the largest, most dangerous fault line in the state of California. The epicenter was believed to be somewhere between Indio and Palm Springs in Riverside County. Notable earthquakes that have occurred on the San Andreas Fault include: 1680 Coachella Valley earthquake: This obscure quake is of interest to scientists because of its location - the southern end of the San Andreas Fault. We need to roll cameras, sir.' When you see it, you're like, 'I buy this. 'I remember in Australia seeing Dwayne practice that, which makes your heart palpitate, because you're like, 'Please do not fall right now. I want to see you guys do it.' And they were all in,' Peyton says. 'What's awesome about Dwayne and the entire cast was you presented to them, 'This is the vision for the movie. This is him really doing it.' Peyton was thrilled when everyone in the cast stepped up to the challenge. I wanted the audience to know that they're seeing Dwayne Johnson do this.

'I wanted to get Dwayne into the back seat and chase him with a 150-foot techno-crane and not cut. 'There was a little bit of a challenge that the script, the story, and the style in which we wanted to shoot it posed to the cast, which I think they delivered on in spades,' Peyton tells us. In the first 15 minutes of the film, Johnson rappels out of a helicopter that's at least 150 feet off the ground to rescue a girl that's in a car suspended off a cliff face set that's 50 feet off the ground. The cast did a lot of their own stunts because director Brad Peyton wanted audiences to see their faces.

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