What if he has a heart attack en route? Actor Rod Taylor, who starredin The Time Machine andThe Birds,died in Los Angeles on Jan. 7 at age 84. It is the very first film to have two distributions at one film, with a co-production between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. Al Molinaro, who played malt shop owner Al Delvecchio on "Happy Days," died at age 96 on Oct. 29. The film also stars William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, O. J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Flannery, Gregory Sierra, Dabney Coleman and in her final role, Jennifer Jones. Guillermin was born in London, outside of whichhe studied at the University of Cambridge. WILL IT?! but "Towering" is clearly the biggest and most . Jack Ely, former member of The Kingsmen and singer of "Louie Louie," died on Apr. I much prefer the kind where monsters or giant bugs stomp on cities. What will you see first? All three of them were huge hits. A glaring example of this shortfall is our own City Hall; in Los Angeles, sprinklers were not required in newly built high-rises before 1974. The 83 year old directed the first entry in the documentary "Up" series. Airport 75 also has a long lead-in before the disaster (a small plane smashes into the cockpit), but thats the best part of the movie, meeting all the ridiculous people (it doesnt hurt that many of these scenes were used to comedic effect in Airplane!, including just playing the nun on guitar bit without changing a thing). If there isnt a loved one at risk, the stakes will never reach that critical peak. Edward Herrmann, who won an Emmy for The Practice, co-starred on Gilmore Girls and in The Lost Boys. He died on Dec 31 at age 71. After Scott Newman's death from a drug overdose in 1978, his father established the Scott Newman Center, which is dedicated to preventing drug abuse through education. Meanwhile, the two firefighters laboriously trek up to the 135th floor and succeed in blowing open the door, but the stairway below has been destroyed, and with the power failing, the best hope to evacuate the Promenade Room now is helicopter landing on the rooftop helipad - which disintegrates when several panicking partiers rush to the chopper and it has to swerve out of the way and promptly crashes. [9], Last edited on 19 February 2023, at 17:39, "A.E. Scott confided to family friend A. E. Hotchner: "Its hell being his son, you know. Best-selling romance author Jackie Collins died from breast cancer on Sept. 19 at the age of 77. Tony Lara, star of Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" died on Aug. 8 after suffering a heart attack. I think I might have loved it if it was forty-five minutes shorter. Percy Sledge, best known for his #1 hitWhen a Man Loves a Woman," died from natural causes on Apr. Maybe they just oughta leave it the way it is. Legendary producer and Emmy winner, Jerry Weintraub, died at his home in Palm Springs on July 6. I love anything Towering Inferno-related! 26. How to list the leads in this disaster epic? Doug Roberts and Will Giddings go to Ducan's office and show a damaged cable. Fires and earthquakes and pilotless planes dont quite grab me the same way. He has directed actors such as Paul Newman, Jessica Lange, Lee Van Cleef, Steve McQueen, Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Orson Welles,Angela Lansbury, George Peppard, David Niven, Jeff Bridges, Jack Warden, Richard Chamberlain, William Holden and Faye Dunaway. He was 48. The Towering Inferno 1974 PG 2 h 45 m IMDb RATING 7.0 /10 45K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 3,537 510 Play trailer 2:12 1 Video 99+ Photos Action Drama Thriller At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it. Metacritic scores a film a 69/100 "Generally favorable reviews" and a 7/10 on IMDb. List is made up of a variety of actors, including Paul Newman and Faye Dunaway. Jernigan arrives and orders Doug to call an ambulance and also to call Jim Duncan and evacuate the Promenade Room while he helps get Giddings to the ground floor. He was 73 years old. The genre took off (thank you!) Rose Siggins, best known for playing Legless Suzi on "American Horror Story: Freak Show", died in Denver on Dec. 12 after undergoing kidney stone surgery. ", English actor Nigel Terry died on Apr. She was 68. People loved escaping disasters. Its Memorial Day Weekend, folks, and movie-wise you know what that means: nothing but the biggest, loudest, most astrogivastantical epics ever conceived of by humankind will be on display at your local movie palace. By the late 1960s, Scott had dropped out of college and started to take jobs as a stuntman in his father's films, making over five hundred parachute jumps to become a certified instructor. This was the inspiration for his 1979 book Nothing Lasts Forever which eventually was made into the film Die Hard (1988). Doug Roberts received a phone call, realizing that the fire is about to reach the promenade room. He was 59. Eurydice "Eury" Davis, a Hollywood talent agent whose clients included actress Jena Sims and Claudia Katz, died of suicide April 8. Helped set up the William Holden Wildlife Foundation and Educational Center in Kenya. When I spotted the front page of the Los Angeles Times last Thursday, I thought, How extraordinary! Towering Inferno, also known as Tower Inferno (, Tawinferuno)?, is a Fire Fusion Spell. Famed film composer James Horner --"A Beautiful Mind," "Titanic," "Braveheart,"--died in a tragic accident onJune 22ndwhile piloting his own plane in Santa Barbara. That night, a group of people in the city were preparing for the opening night, and at the same time, the glass tower opens to the public, and the whole building begins to light up entirely, and they begin to go up to the promenade room on the 135th story floor to have a party. Doug Roberts: I don't know. I dont have anything . Doug Roberts is good as the Glass Tower architect. Its the 70s equivalent of Con-Air: stupid, full of famous faces looking for a little fun and a fat paycheck, and lots of shit blowing up. For we knew that in one metropolis after another death traps reach to the sky and each day countless numbers of people ascend to their cubicles high above the streets, blindly putting their faith in the sleek beauty of towering glass and aluminum. He was 77. The film premiere on December 10, 1974, and it was theatrically released on December 14, 1974, four days later, and it received a box office hit and received positive reviews from critics and audiences alike. The film begins in a presume almost-near distant future, Doug Roberts (Paul Newman) is traveled by helicopter, and it flies through the shores of the west coast of California, and the countrysides with mountains until they reach the clouds and flies through the Golden Gate Bridge at the San Francisco Bay, and goes past a city hall, and they landed on The Glass Tower where James Duncan is standing and waiting for Doug Roberts to get off of the helicopter, who has been returned from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper and meeting for the dedication of the Glass Tower, which he designed for developer James Duncan (William Holden). [2][7] Police ruled the death as accidental. The Towering Inferno And Other Past Disasters, Four Movies To Look Forward To This Summer. The Towering Inferno location: the mansion of cheapskate electrician Simmons: Vallejo Street, Pacific Heights, San Francisco. Albert Maysles, documentary filmmaker known for "Grey Gardens" and "Gimme Shelter," died March 5 after a battle with cancer. The Towering Inferno 69 Metascore 1974 2 hr 45 mins Drama, Action & Adventure PG Watchlist During the opening party of a brand new skyscraper, a colossal, raging fire breaks out, threatening the. The Towering Inferno Drama 1975 2 hr 44 min English audio A dedication ceremony at the world's tallest skyscraper turns into a high-rise catastrophe when a defective wire in its. He was 64. This wealthy neighbourhood always seems to be a bit dubious on screen 2930 was home to writer Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) in Basic Instinct, while oily ambitious politician Chalmers (Robert Vaughn) lived at 2700 in Bullitt. I still cannot decide if the ending would actually put the fire out, but who cares, that countdown still gets to me. Ben Woolf, actor onFX's "American Horror Story: Freak Show," died Feb. 23 after sustaining an injury from a moving vehicle. An overworked fire chief (Steve McQueen) and the building's architect (Paul Newman) must cooperate in the struggle to save lives and subdue panic while a corrupt, cost-cutting contractor (William Holden) tries to evade responsibility for the disaster. It impressed me with how little in the way of plot or even story it gets away with. She was 75. She was 60. Great acting from the casts, especially for Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, and the female, and male casts as well, not only that but Steven McQueen and Paul Newman's performances as Architect Doug Roberts, and Michael O'Hallorhan were spectacular, and both of them are pretty memorable at the time, and it also has likable characters, especially with a cute kitty at the apartment room in the film. What building did they use for Towering Inferno? (as William Creber) Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. with Airport in '70, hit its stride with The Poseiden Adventure in '72, and peaked in '74 when over a two-month span The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, and Airport 75 opened. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for this post. LOS ANGELES (AP) John Guillermin, a veteran British director best known for bringing to life big budget adventure films like The Towering Inferno and the 1976 King Kong has died. He was 55. Which given the times was hardly surprising. Alan Scott Newman (September 23, 1950 - November 20, 1978) was an American film and television actor and stuntman whose most prominent roles were in The Towering Inferno and Breakheart Pass.He was the only son and the eldest child of actor Paul Newman.After Scott Newman's death from a drug overdose in 1978, his father established the Scott Newman Center, which is dedicated to preventing drug . Actor Robert Z'Dar, an actor known for "Maniac Cop," died March 30 after going into cardiac arrest. Lemmy Kilmister, the lead vocalist and founding member of Motrhead, died on Dec. 28after a short battle with cancer at the age of 70. Paul's character is on the steps with Faye Dunaway, while Scott is one of the two firemen carrying a man on a stretcher down the plaza steps to California Street at the Bank of America building in San Francisco. This same background of San Francisco that was made for \"The Towering Inferno\" was also used 7 years later, for the \"futuristic\" 23. century San Francisco, in the 1982 film \"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan\". 27. But mostly its the greedy, selfish bastards, who, through their selfish, greedy actions, have either caused the disaster to take place, or have made it worse . He was 89. He was promptly rushed to the hospital where he died at the age of 58. It also delivers edge-of-your-seat drama right up to its thrilling conclusion. He was 63. Musician Scott Weiland was found dead in his tour bus just before a concert in Minnesota on Dec. 3. This being, at least in part, a Twentieth Century Fox movie, the computer controlled building surveillance centre was filmed in the basement of a Century City office building in Los Angeles. He also assaulted a police officer, kicking him in the head in a squad car after being arrested for vandalizing a school bus while drunk. You need your own." The tower, 1,688 feet (515 m) tall and 138 stories, is the world's tallest building. Hollywood horror master, Wes Craven, who directed "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Scream," died on Aug. 30 from brain cancer. The world is a rough place, these movies tell us, through no fault of our own. Patricia Norris, Emmy Award-winning costume designer, died Feb. 20 of natural causes. Mary Ellen Trainor, best known for playing Dr. Woods in all four"Lethal Weapon" movies and Sean Astin's mom in "Goonies," died at her home on May 20. When they made a comeback in the 90s, the disasters werent burning-building simple. He was 13. At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it. The movie became the second huge hit in 1975, with over domestic rentals of $48,838,000, and the movie grossed over 203 million dollars, making a huge box office hit. The Italian Job: What The Hell Kind of Ending Is That? Disaster movies mostly sat out the 80s. 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