The Towering Inferno (1974)
- Directed by
- John Guillermin
- Genre
- drama film, action film, disaster film, thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 48m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1,048 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A state of the art skyscraper catches fire during its opening night gala. The architect and the fire chief must work together to rescue the trapped guests and stop the blaze from destroying the building.
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What happens
The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen, featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. It was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from the novels The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson. In addition to McQueen and Newman, the cast includes William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, O. J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Flannery, Gregory Sierra, Dabney Coleman and Jennifer Jones in her final role. The Towering Inferno premiered on December 16, 1974 in Los Angeles and was released by 20th Century-Fox in the United States and Canada and by Warner Bros. in other territories. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, and earned around $203.3 million, making it the highest-grossing film of 1974. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning three: Best Song, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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