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The Towering Inferno (1974) 6.8
At the opening party of a collosal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it. Director:John Guillermin |
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Cast
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| Faye Dunaway | ... | ||
| Fred Astaire | ... | ||
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Patty
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Lisolette
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Jernigan
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| Sheila Allen | ... |
Paula Ramsay
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Norman Burton | ... |
Giddings
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Jack Collins | ... |
Mayor Ramsay
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper. He goes to the party that night concerned he's found that his wiring specifications have not been followed and that the building continues to develope short circuits. When the fire begins Michael O'Halleran is the chief on duty as a series of daring rescues punctuate the terror of a building too tall to have a fire successfully fought from the ground burns. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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The tallest building in the world is on fire. You are there with 294 other guests... ...There's no way down. There's no way out. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 December 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Flammendes Inferno See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$14,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$116,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Irwin Allen Productions See more »
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Technical Specs
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Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints)| Mono (35 mm optical prints)| 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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2.35 : 1
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Maureen McGovern sings
Words and Music by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Paul Newman's and Steve McQueen's names are staggered in the opening credits, closing credits, and on the posters so that, depending on which way you read it (top to bottom or left to right), both appear to get top billing. This is known as "diagonal billing", This strategy was being worked on when Newman and McQueen almost co-starred together in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but McQueen eventually dropped out of the project and was replaced by the lesser known Robert Redford. See more »Goofs
A helicopter lowers O'Hallorhan onto the damaged scenic elevator. In order to set him directly and vertically onto the elevator car (he did not swing to it), the helicopter blades would have to be no more than a foot wide to get that close to the building - or the cable would have to reach to the top of the building to accommodate the width of the helicopter blades, which would be impossible. See more »Quotes
Chief O'Hallorhan: For what it's worth, architect, this is one building I figured would never burn.See more »
Crazy Credits
The 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. Pictures logos don't appear in the beginning. See more »Soundtracks
"We May Never Love Like This Again"Maureen McGovern sings
Words and Music by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
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What a movie! it has an all star cast including Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden and many more.
The basis for this movie is the opening of the worlds tallest building, but things aren't as perfect as they seem as architect Paul Newman discovers inadequate electrical wiring in the building which could result in dangerous concequences. He then reports this to the buildings owner James Duncan but he doesn't think that it is a problem and still decides to go on with the opening ceremony which puts 300 peoples lives in the balance while trapped on the top of the 138 storey skyscraper when the building goes on fire due to the poor wiring, this results in unpredictable explosions and fires breaking out everywhere in the building. It is now up to fireman Steve McQueen his crew and the aide of the Navy to rescue the 300 people on top of the building and put out the fire.
By far the best disaster movie ever made with a terrific all star cast. Not to be missed!