Doug Roberts and Will Giddings go to Ducan's office and show a damaged cable. The Towering Inferno (1974) Body Count Japeth321 35.4K subscribers Subscribe 605 77K views 5 years ago #FAIR How many people die in this memorable but hokey 70's disaster flick? O'Halloran eventually goes up to the Peerless Building and he couples the passenger elevator and touches down generally into the ground. Its what I had Fire Chief Steve McQueen say to architect Paul Newman at the end of The Towering Inferno: As long as you guys keep building em higher and higher without listening to us first, Ill just keep on bringing out the body bags.. Fires and earthquakes and pilotless planes dont quite grab me the same way. The Towering Inferno (or Irwin Allen's Production of - The Towering Inferno) is a 1974 American epic disaster action film that was directed by John Guillermin, and it was produced by Irwin Allen, featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman (who would later voice as Doc Hudson in Cars), and Steve McQueen. Meadowlark Lemon, star of the Harlem Globetrotters for more than two decades, died on Dec. 27. Flights: San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 94128 (tel: 650.821.8211), Travel around: BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), Stay at: the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111 (tel: 415.788.1234), Please send any corrections or additions to info@movie-locations.com. He was 77. Born November 11, 1925 Died September 27, 2015 (89) Add to list Awards 2 wins & 3 nominations Photos Known for The Towering Inferno 7.0 Director 1974 Death on the Nile 7.2 Director 1978 King Kong 5.9 Director 1976 Paper Gallows 5.3 Director 1950 Credits Edit Director41 Writer7 It will be with me as long as I live. He had started to drink heavily, and was arrested for minor alcohol-related offenses. 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. 27. Steve McQueen and Paul Newman vied for top billing (supposedly even insisting on the same number of lines of dialogue each) and the films credits solve the problem with diagonal billing: one name comes first if you read top-to-bottom, the other if you read left-to-right. Actor and comedian Taylor Negron, best known for guest star appearances on "Seinfeld," "Friends" and "ER," died on Jan. 10 at 57. 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. 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. [9], Last edited on 19 February 2023, at 17:39, "A.E. New York Times media columnist David Carr collapsed in his office on Feb. 12. Myerson became the first Jewish woman to claim the Miss America crown in 1945. Natalie Cole, a Grammy-winning R&B singer and the daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, died on Dec. 31 at the age of 65. Steve McQueen as Michael O'Hallorhan, SFFD 5th Battalion Chief is great. Exterior shots used the Bank of America building (at 555 California St.) with an additional 50 stories of matte paintings added. document.write("This page was last updated on " +document.lastModified+ ""), The Towering Inferno location: the entrance lobby: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, The Towering Inferno location: the entrance to the doomed tower: Bank of America World Headquarters, California Street, San Francisco, The Towering Inferno location: the mansion of cheapskate electrician Simmons: Vallejo Street, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111. The genre took off (thank you!) Paul Almond died in Beverly Hills from complications of a heart attack on Apr. Or for him to show up somewhere or another. Excerpt from The Towering Inferno. The mansion of snivelly cheapskate electrician Roger Simmons ( Richard Chamberlain) is 2898 Vallejo Street at Baker Street, in the classy Pacific Heights district. It has all the grit and sincerity of a 70s drama, plus the mouth-watering modern architecture office set, and all of those amazing actors you listed above (you didnt include Chano from Barney Miller!). He was 34. During testing, an electrical short starts an undetected fire on the 81st floor just after another such short occurs in the main utility room. Transgender actress Holly Woodlawn, best known as a muse for Andy Warhol and for appearing in Amazon's "Transparent," died at the age of 69 from brain and liver cancer in Los Angeles. Set in San Francisco, the opening matte shot places the tower just about on the site where the Transamerica Pyramid now stands (five storeys of the doomed building were built on the lost at Foxs Malibu Ranch). 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). Once there he and Roberts set to work planting explosive charges. She was 96. Legendary singer Ben E. King died on Apr. Joe Voci, former TV executive who helped launch "Murphy Brown" died from brain cancer on Feb. 7. He told Fields that "as a kid I felt I was entitled to everything my father gave me," but that in recent years he had "made and paid my own way."[4]. Silicon Valley tech exec Dave Goldberg died on May 1 from head trauma while vacationing with his wife, Sheryl Sandberg. Murray Weissman, the veteran awards strategist behindseven Academy Award Best Picture winners, died of pancreatic cancer on Dec. 28. 2898 Vallejo Street, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California, USA. I still cannot decide if the ending would actually put the fire out, but who cares, that countdown still gets to me. Alan J. Hirschfield died on Jan. 15 at the age of 79. Jernigan then catches up with him and hands him the cat. When the film was released, we were assailed by cries from all the injured builders and architects. Helped set up the William Holden Wildlife Foundation and Educational Center in Kenya. Towering Inferno, also known as Tower Inferno (, Tawinferuno)?, is a Fire Fusion Spell. Doug Roberts: I don't know. Lemmy Kilmister, the lead vocalist and founding member of Motrhead, died on Dec. 28after a short battle with cancer at the age of 70. She was 65 years old. 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. In the film, the world's tallest building 130+ story skyscraper caught a massive inferno breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it, and a group of city rescue teams converge upon the scene and attempt to fight against the raging monster. What linked them together was the idea of following the hugely successful Airport with films about plane disasters. I then did a six-city survey of high-rise buildings in America. Meanwhile, in the security room, Harry Jernigan (O.J. The lobby, though, with its glass elevators, is the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center, a dizzying location seen also in Mel Brooks High Anxiety and sci-fi adventure Time After Time. Cinemorgue Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Christopher Lee died in a London hospital on June 7. 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. I found it a bit monotonous, I must admit. Jonathan Crombie, best known for starring in the 1985 telefilm "Anne of Green Gables," died of a brain hemorrhage on Apr. Famed film composer James Horner --"A Beautiful Mind," "Titanic," "Braveheart,"--died in a tragic accident onJune 22ndwhile piloting his own plane in Santa Barbara. In Richard Martin Stern's novel "The Tower", the fictional 140-story building was set next to the north tower of the World Trade Center. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Towering Inferno [DVD] at the best online prices at eBay! Alberta Watson, the actress who played Sen. Madeline Pierce on the series "Nikita", died March 21 after battling cancer. Thats it. The Towering Inferno (1974) Director: John Guillermin Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Male Deaths 3 Female Deaths 4 Gallery Synopsis 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. A look back at the stars of movies, television, media and music who we lost this year. 27. What do I want of me? Maybe they just oughta leave it the way it is. He was 83. [8] His father told Hotchner: "There's nothing you can say that will repair my guilt about Scott. What with Vietnam falling apart, Nixon bugging hotel rooms, race riots, heiresses kidnapped, families of crazies hacking people to death in the Hollywood hills, and movies, the best ones, all focused on anti-heroes and outsiders and killers, none with happy endings, with all of that going on, its no wonder movies about hardy survivors overcoming impossible odds were big business. Lisolette Mueller remembers while fleeing the fire that she has left her cat in her apartment. I dont have his talent. B.B. then this page has got you covered. The building used in the film was a series of miniatures and matte paintings. Which given the times was hardly surprising. I met with one security officer of a downtown Los Angeles building (without sprinklers) who assured me that they had no problem should they be hit with a fire. The Towering Inferno was released on December 14, 1974, and it was generally well-received by critics and audiences alike. Police later ruled out foul play, according to local media reports. It impressed me with how little in the way of plot or even story it gets away with. Isjecak iz filma Pakleni Toranj.In this excerpt. Newman later played an acrophobic firefighter in The Towering Inferno (1974), in which his father co-starred. He was 89. King, one of the greatest blues musicians ever, died on May 14 from diabetes. When I was an impressionable teenager in 1975 I saw Towering Inferno 4 times at the cinema, Still a record for me, and despite the years and jaded view of middle age, this is still a thrilling film, mainly because the effects are so realistic, no CGI then, and the characters are so presented well (if a bit archly at times). How to list the leads in this disaster epic? The Towering Inferno is an American disaster film directed by John Guillermin and adapted by Stirling Silliphant from a pair of novels, The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson. The explosion that throws off the scenic elevator and Lisolette's death, falling for 100+ floors, not to mention she's seen hitting a plank on her way down, and likely catching fire as well. 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 is survived by a daughter, granddaughter and his wife of 16 years, Mary. The genre took off (thank you!) 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 four people still went downstairs, but the gasoline suddenly explodes, causes the stairway to collapse, almost plunging Roberts to death, thankfully, he went up and takes the two children and Lisolette Mueller down below the and they went up to the promenade room, but the doorway was blocked, and Roberts forces them to stay here so he can find a way to help others. The pacing, while pretty decent can be pretty long at times, due to the fact that the runtime is almost. GreatestMovies Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. They begin to evacuate the entire promenade room, unfortunately, more fire spread causes a medium-sized explosion, which results from most of the elevators became very unusable. I hope youre proud of yourself, Richard Chamberlain! I want my work to stand on its own merit." He appeared in such films as "Mulholland Drive," "Eraser" and "Fletch.". The cast includes, among a million others: Im still scratching my head over how they managed not to cast Ernest Borgnine or George Kennedy in this thing. At the opening party . Airport is a bit of a slog, as I recall, and different in that much of it is the build-up to the disaster, a bomb blowing up on a plane. Patricia Norris, Emmy Award-winning costume designer, died Feb. 20 of natural causes. But glaring gaps remain, Hoda Kotbs enigmatic Today absence finally explained on air: Hodas OK. Gospel singer Andrae Crouch won seven Grammy awards and was Oscar-nominated for "The Color Purple." He died on 27 September 2015 in Topanga Canyon, California, USA. Categories. She was 75. Dean Jones died from Parkinson's disease on Sept. 1, at age 84. 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. Amanda Peterson, who played Patrick Dempsey's love interest in 1998's "Can't Buy Me Love," was found dead in her Colorado home on July 6. 15. In a 1974 interview with New York Daily News columnist Sidney Fields, he said "Out there in Hollywood you can't stand on daddy's feet. 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. Disaster movies mostly sat out the 80s. Weather Channel executive Curt Hecht died on Sept. 3 after battling lung cancer for five months. Actress and comedienne Anne Meara, who appeared in dozens of films and TV shows including All My Children, Rhoda and Sex and the City," died on May 23 at age 85. It is the very first film to have two distributions at one film, with a co-production between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. They went back to the Promenade room, where a lot of people were tied up, ready for their massive water explosion that was caused by explosive charges, creating a massive flood all over the skyscraper, the two men fall to their deaths, while one statue falls onto him, dying instantly. 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 is best remembered for originating the role of Leatherface in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre.". His alcoholism became more severe, and by 1978 he was sleeping on friends' floors and working as a laborer. All those above that floor would proceed up the staircases to the roof, where they would be handily airlifted to safety by obliging choppers. He was 48. Actor Dick Van Patten, known for his comedic work on "The Love Boat" and "Eight Is Enough," died in his home on June 23rd at age 86. <i> Stirling Silliphant, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, wrote the screenplay for "The Towering Inferno."</i>. Newman and McQueen and everyone else put in credible performances. Tony Longo, a 53 year old character actor, died in his sleep from diabetes complications on June 23. . The movie ends with Cheif O'Halloran walks away to his car and he drives away exhausted as the film fades to black as the blue screen credits roll in. The power suddenly cuts off, leaving no power due to a massive fire destroying the electrical systems, deactivating the passenger elevators. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. The British filmmaker was best known for big-budget action films, which also included El Condor, Shaft in Africa,Death on the Nile, Sheenaand thesequel King Kong Lives.. Guillermin was born in London, outside of whichhe studied at the University of Cambridge. Before there were action hereos and aliens blowing up cities and major landmarks to the tune of $200 million budgets, there were 70s disaster movies, movies in which a plucky group of normal folks just like you and me face off against crippled airplanes, earthquakes, burning buildings, overturned oceanliners, swarms of deadly bees, faulty rollercoasters, hurricanes, avalanches, frogs, and giant rabbits. He died Jan. 8 at age 72. Some good people have to die. Similar to the the famous recognizable \"Wilhelm Scream\".This here TTI falling scream has also been used in the 1989 \"Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade\". The cast members of The Towering Inferno have been in many other movies, so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with. Another was in a critical state in hospital. Doug Roberts received a phone call, realizing that the fire is about to reach the promenade room. Duncans tries to stop anyone from using the express elevators due to an explosion however, many people ignore this, resulting in everyone dies from a huge fire. Melissa Mathison, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind "E.T." The film is nearly 2 hours long and I wasn't really expecting too much from it. Omar Sharif, the 83-year-oldEgyptian actor known for "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago," died from a heart attack on July 10. British character actor Roger Rees, known for roles ranging from "Cheers" to "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," died on July 10 at the age of 71. When they made a comeback in the 90s, the disasters werent burning-building simple. 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. Norn's Blink - Death Spirit - Trimurti - Ohm - Ragnarok - Hellish War - 4 Shura Slash - Grand Cross - Armageddon: This box: . People loved escaping disasters. People loved escaping disasters. Suppose the fire strikes around, say, 3 p.m. One executive, paunchy, just back from a three-martini lunch, has to walk from the 21st floor to the roof. Beau Kazer, who originated the role of Brock Reynolds on CBS soap The Young and the Restless, died on Dec. 30 at the age of 63. Legal experts weigh in, The timeless innovations of De La Soul, now (finally) available for the streaming generation, He put $40,000 on credit cards to make his first film. He woke up and later took that idea and turned it into The Detective sequel, Nothing Lasts Forever, in 1988, Die Hard was released with a similar premise to the movie. Avoiding a head-to-head, they decided to pool their resources and the result was The Towering Inferno. [2], Scott Newman felt burdened by his father's fame, and sought to carve out a distinct identity. Gary Owens, best known as an announcer and voice-over actor for NBC's "Laugh-In," diedfromdiabetes-related complications on Feb. 12 at age of 80. The Glass Tower, the tallest building than the original World Trade Center in the movie, is well done designed, almost looked as realistic as a fictional skyscraper was. It is the longest Irwin Allen's disaster film to date. Al Molinaro, who played malt shop owner Al Delvecchio on "Happy Days," died at age 96 on Oct. 29. Louis DiGiaimo, a veteran casting director whose credits include The Godfather, died on Dec. 19 after suffering a stroke earlier this year. John Guillermin, a prolific British director best known for blockbusters like the 1974 disaster movie " The Towering Inferno " and the 1976 remake of " King Kong ," died on Sunday at his home. Haskell Wexler, a two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer, died on Dec. 27 at the age of93. 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 . Bess Myerson died Dec. 14 at age 90. director of photography (as Fred Koenekamp) Film Editing by Carl Kress Harold F. Kress Casting By Jack Baur Production Design by William J. Creber . If we pull together, and if, say, Heston or Newman or Lancaster is in charge of saving our asses, theres no doubt well overcome. He was 55. Shortly before the inferno started to happen there is a pretty good scene where a lot of people are dancing around on the top of the 135-floor skyscraper. 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. 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. The following release of this film, Author Roderick Thorp, the author of the story series of The Detective had watched the film and later made a novel called Nothing Lasts Forever and would later become the new film series called Die Hard, which it was released nearly fourteen years after the released of the film, with a similar premise. Theyre re-releasing The Towering Inferno, and some public-relations whiz has managed to get us onto Page 1. The grand San Francisco entrance to the tower was actually the plaza entrance to the old Bank of America World Headquarters, now mundanely known by its address as 555 California Street at Kearny Street in the citys Financial District. The film stars Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones. This wealthy neighbourhood always seems to be a bit . Mike O'Halloran quietly goes to the Promenade Room and confronts Jim Duncan to evacuate the area, and Duncan reluctantly proceeds. [1], Newman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Paul Newman and his first wife, Jackie Witte. Jack Ely, former member of The Kingsmen and singer of "Louie Louie," died on Apr. Anita Ekberg, a Swedish actress best known for her role as a movie star in LaDolce Vita, died on Jan. 11at age 83. He was the only son and the eldest child of actor Paul Newman. I much prefer the kind where monsters or giant bugs stomp on cities. What will you see first? Stuart Scott, an anchor on ESPNs SportsCenter news show, died on Jan. 4 at age 49 after battling cancer. He was 79. They go on a passenger elevator, and it slowly dives down into the lobby. The Towering Inferno (or Irwin Allen's Production of - The Towering Inferno) is a 1974 American epic disaster action film that was directed by John Guillermin, and it was produced by Irwin Allen, featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman (who would later voice as Doc Hudson in Cars), and Steve McQueen. List is made up of a variety of actors, including Paul Newman and Faye Dunaway. Many survivors begin to walk all the way down into the lobby and the outside, Harlee is informed that Lisolette didn't make it, and in grieving disbelief, he impotently yells out her name; Jernigan finds him and gives him her cat, Elke, whom he holds, tearing up both in grief and in shame at himself. I think its good for its genre. These incendiary deaths, plus the falls from high up in the hundred-and-thirty-eight-floor tallest skyscraper in the world, are, in fact, the film's only feats, the plot and characters being. Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the youngest actor and first African-American to play Jean Valjean in Broadway's "Les Miserables," died on Aug. 29 after accidentally falling off of his mother's fire escape. Guillermin died Sunday at his Topanga Canyon home. According to Turner Classic Movies, the two studios had been planning similar films Warner Bros. The Tower andFoxs The Glass Inferno and decided to split their respectivescripts, budgets and profits. He was 64. You dont have to yell. Directed by John Guillermin Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by John Williams Cinematography by Fred J. Koenekamp . WILL IT?! He was 73 years old. After months of medical care following a near-drowning in a bathtub at her Georgia home, Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, died on July 26. The Towering Inferno cast list, listed alphabetically with photos when available. And the unlucky, too. What follows is over two solid hours of people saving themselves and others, interspersed with shots of the building going up in flames, a couple of burning people falling to their deaths, and a rescue copter blowing up. She was 38. (as William Creber) He also wrote The Poseidon Adventure, The Swarm, and, bless his heart, Shaft In Africa. ". She was 97. Guillermin had been ill for some time, but his death was unexpected, Redman said Wednesday. He was 64. ", Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Mixed media artist Pamela Smith Hudson was told to stay in one lane. 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