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The Towering Inferno (1974) Rated PG. 165 minutes. “The Towering Inferno” is a brawny blockbuster of a movie, by far the best of the mid-1970s wave of disaster films. It’s three hours long, it cost something like $13 million to make which was a lot at the time and it’s an example of Hollywood commercial moviemaking at its finest.
Classic 1970s disaster movie about a fire that breaks out in a state-of-the-art San Francisco high-rise building during the opening ceremony attended by a host of A-list guests. An overworked fire ...
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- John Guillermin, Irwin Allen
- PG
- Action, Mystery & Thriller
Nearly 50 years after its release, The Towering Inferno remains one of the golden standards in the disaster thriller genre. Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 2, 2023. This is a loud ...
Mar 18, 2024 · The Towering Inferno is arguably the most famous disaster movie outside of 1997’s Titanic, and this year the film celebrates its 50th anniversary. That’s 50 years of action, spectacle, thrills, spills, and nail-biting drama. It’s also 50 years of heroism, corruption, and death from a cast of characters who tick all the right boxes ...
The Airports and The Towering Inferno set the bar for the 90's and 2000's disaster movies that would becoming bigger and bigger. The Towering Inferno even had the big budget cast: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, and even a pre-white Bronco O.J. Simpson.
The Towering Inferno was released theatrically December 16, 1974. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, and earned around $203.3 million, making it the highest-grossing film of 1974 .
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Dec 14, 1974 · The Towering Inferno: Directed by John Guillermin. With Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway. 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.
