Dubbing 'The Towering Inferno' the crowning achievement of '70s disaster could be interpreted as a backhand compliment, but this all-star epic of chaos, destruction, and death never ceases to entertain, and remains a durable tribute to the vision and tenacity of the "master of disaster" himself, Irwin Allen. The concept of having the world's tallest 130+ story skyscraper (even taller than the Original World Trade Center from New York City) in San Francisco getting inferno by the flames is amazing, thus, having a story about an even taller skyscraper getting caught on fire is very terrifying to everyone who are in any skyscrapers across at any city. What if people around him panic? We had no idea how ominous a presage our film would be. 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. Famed film composer James Horner --"A Beautiful Mind," "Titanic," "Braveheart,"--died in a tragic accident onJune 22ndwhile piloting his own plane in Santa Barbara. He was 89. I first saw The Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen's 1974 contribution to the burgeoning 1970s movie genre of disaster epics, in the theater upon its original release. Roger Simmons - Fell to his death when an explosion sent the lift he was on to fall over the edge of the tower. Sawyer Sweeten (L), who played young Geoffrey in "Everybody Loves Raymond," died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Apr. To find out more about a particular actor or actress, click on their name and you'll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career. Get our L.A. James Best, the actor best known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on "The Dukes of Hazard", died April 6 at 88. [1], Newman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Paul Newman and his first wife, Jackie Witte. 2898 Vallejo Street, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California, USA. 23. From 81 up it's all residential. How to list the leads in this disaster epic? [8] His father told Hotchner: "There's nothing you can say that will repair my guilt about Scott. What do they want of me, Hotch? The mansion of snivelly cheapskate electrician Roger Simmons ( Richard Chamberlain) is 2898 Vallejo Street at Baker Street, in the classy Pacific Heights district. The genre took off (thank you!) Yankees great Yogi Berra, beloved for his well-known "Yogi-isms," died of natural causes on Sept. 22 at age 90. He was 77. The Towering Inferno was based on two novels - The Tower and The Glass Inferno, 20th and Warners realised they . then this page has got you covered. British Academy of Film and Television Arts John Guillermin, director of such films as "The Towering Inferno" and the 1976 remake of "King Kong," died in his Los Angeles home on Sunday, his. Stuart Scott, an anchor on ESPNs SportsCenter news show, died on Jan. 4 at age 49 after battling cancer. A scar strip, Thank you for asking, she says, Dreamville just announced its 2023 festival lineup and now everybody wants a ticket, Ozzy Osbourne rejects notion of retiring after canceling tour: Im not dying, Oscars diversity improved after #OscarsSoWhite, study shows. And for that matter, wheres Heston? He was 55. Robert Loggia, the 85-year-old Oscar nominee best remembered for his roles in "Scarface" and "Big," died in Los Angeles on Dec. 4. [6] He also accepted an offer of psychiatric help, paid for by his father. Two years later, Guillermin would release a titular remake of the 1933 film King Kong for Paramount. The Towering Inferno cast list, listed alphabetically with photos when available. But I really enjoyed it. Daniel von Bargen,the actor who played George Costanza's boss on "Seinfeld," died March 1 after suffering from a chronic illness. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film three out of four stars and praised it as "the best of the mid-1970s wave of disaster films". What happened to it? Doug Roberts and Will Giddings go to Ducan's office and show a damaged cable. Who dies in disaster movies? See production, box office & company info. I forgot how good Paul Newman was in his role, and I can never forget Fred Astaire, such a smooth performance. The beauty of the disaster movie is that theres no antagonist. He was 89. 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. King, one of the greatest blues musicians ever, died on May 14 from diabetes. 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. A group of security guards suddenly notice a huge smoke below the doorway on the 81st floor, and they reported to the fire departments and a group of firefighters were on their way to investigate the 81st floor's doorway. Stirling Silliphant, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, wrote the screenplay for "The Towering Inferno. I agree with TheWrap's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and provide my consent to receive marketing communications from them. People loved escaping disasters. Even though it is meant to be a fun-thriller-disaster movie, it does take a break from being a thriller film to have a nice romantic sub-plots for the couples at the top of the Glass Tower. Zer0Day. [3] Newman subsequently appeared in the 1977 film Fraternity Row, which was to be his last appearance. The mansion of snivelly cheapskate electrician Roger Simmons (Richard Chamberlain) is 2898 Vallejo Street at Baker Street, in the classy Pacific Heights district. gaell-moss. 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. Which given the times was hardly surprising. Legendary singer Ben E. King died on Apr. Duncan can be a bit cruel at times, such as the scene during his phone call with Michael, where he doesn't believe that the fire started at the 81st floor, right before the firefighters arrives at the Glass Tower. 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. Meanwhile, Bigelow And Lorrie were still prepared to go to the promenade room to have a party, not knowing a huge mass of fire begins burning the entire apartment where they lived, burning Bigelow to death, and Lorrie falls off the skyscraper to her death. 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. As the day turns into nighttime, the 81st floor was getting worse at the time The Glass Tower was about to open very shortly. 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. [9], Last edited on 19 February 2023, at 17:39, "A.E. The 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. Pictures logos don't appear in the beginning. 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. He was 48. Harris Wittels, co-executive producer of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," died Feb. 19 of an apparent drug overdose at age 30. Guillermin had been ill for some time, but his death was unexpected, Redman said Wednesday. 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. The 94-year-old actress appeared in multiple films, including "The Graduate" and "9 to 5.". "60" minutes correspondent Bob Simon died in a car crash in New York City on Feb. 11. Roger Simmons is a very unlikeable, and lame antagonist, he's a greedy person and he doesn't listen to Duncan's order to be last on the buoy with Duncan. Although they had no dialog together because Scott's scenes were with Steve McQueen, both Newmans can be seen in the film's finale. She was 46. 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. [2] Newman's father paid the resulting $1,000 fine. Categories. When he turned 22, he left the Royal Air Force to make documentaries in his parents native France, debuting as a feature filmmaker at age 24 with the thrillerTorment/Paper Gallows. Eventually, Guillerminwent on to produce larger-scale films, toplined by 1974s The Towering Inferno., Also Read: What a King Kong-Godzilla Monster Mash Means for Warner Bros., Universal. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. Louis Jourdan, star of "Gigi" and "Octopussy," died in his Beverly Hills home on Feb. 13 at the age of 93. 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. Doug and the others smother Giddings in drapes while one man grabs a fire hose and begins spraying the flaming storage closet. Author Roderick Thorp, the author of the story series of The Detective, saw the movie, after seeing the film, Thorp fell asleep and had a dream of seeing a man being chased through a skyscraper by men with guns. Another was in a critical state in hospital. Simmons nonetheless blows off Doug, which agitates Patty as she doesn't want her father's business to suffer because of him. It also delivers edge-of-your-seat drama right up to its thrilling conclusion. Allen began to receive awards and citations and honorary helmets from fire marshals from coast to coast. Roberts accepts O'Hallorhan's offer of guidance on how to build a fire-safe skyscraper, and he drives away, exhausted. They expect you to be like him, or they try to get to him through me. 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. "Time Magazine" film editor Richard Corliss died on Apr. 14 at age 73. 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. It is a real movie. This film marked the first joint production by 2 major studios: "Warner Bros." and "20th Century-Fox. The climax of the novel was centered around a rescue mounted from the north tower. My first consultant was a fire marshal in San Francisco. The Towering Inferno And Other Past Disasters, Four Movies To Look Forward To This Summer. I want my work to stand on its own merit." The 83 year old directed the first entry in the documentary "Up" series. John Guillermin, director of such films as The Towering Inferno and the 1976 remake of King Kong, died in his Los Angeles home on Sunday, his wife announced on social media. At the opening party . [2] He also took on menial jobs and refused to ask his father for financial help. The film was re-dubbed in 2003 for the German DVD release. "[2], In 1980, Paul Newman established the Scott Newman Center, dedicated to helping healthcare professionals and teachers educate children about the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse. It all came back to me then--the genesis of the film The Towering Inferno. Irwin Allen, the producer and a magician at creating special effects, had bought the film rights to two novels dealing with high-rise fires. 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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). Charmayne "Maxee" Maxwell, Brownstone singer, died Feb. 28 after falling on a shattered wine glass and cutting her throat. When they made a comeback in the 90s, the disasters werent burning-building simple. There were over 1,000 real firefighters were hired throughout the entire production. 28 at the age of 71. He was 90. He was perhaps best known for his Top 10 hit "Stand by Me. Gospel singer Andrae Crouch won seven Grammy awards and was Oscar-nominated for "The Color Purple." He was 83. In Persona 2: Innocent Sin, Towering Inferno deals medium Fire damage to one foe. 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!). Steve McQueen as Michael O'Hallorhan, SFFD 5th Battalion Chief is great. The tower, 1,688 feet (515 m) tall and 138 stories, is the world's tallest building. She was 97. Its written by Stirling Silliphant, whose best script was the great In The Heat of The Night. 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. <i> Stirling Silliphant, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, wrote the screenplay for "The Towering Inferno."</i>. 9. A tiny electrical fire breaks out on the 81st floor within about seven minutes, and within a few minutes of that plucky architect Paul Newman discovers the buildings wiring is cheap crap, not the fancy stuff he specified. British director John Guillermin, known for "The Towering Inferno" and 1976's "King Kong," died on Sept. 28 at age 89. Melissa Mathison, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind "E.T." Im pretty sure disaster movies require at least one of them. 1:02. Hotchner, "Paul Newman: the bad father", extracted from his book, "Paul Newman's Son Dies of Accidental Overdose", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scott_Newman_(actor)&oldid=1140343800, This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 17:39. Or for him to show up somewhere or another. 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 Poseidon Adventure is good, or at least better, mostly because of Gene Hackman and Shelly Winters. Producer and friend Nick Redman confirmed Guillermin's death. 30 from emphysema at age of 69. He was 88. 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. 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 . Which I guess is to say I like my nature represented metaphorically in the guise of Godzilla or Volkswagon-sized ants. Actor Robert Z'Dar, an actor known for "Maniac Cop," died March 30 after going into cardiac arrest. 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. 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\". Tony Longo, a 53 year old character actor, died in his sleep from diabetes complications on June 23. 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. Will it? life could be worse. Silicon Valley tech exec Dave Goldberg died on May 1 from head trauma while vacationing with his wife, Sheryl Sandberg. What will you see first? It is the very first film to have two distributions at one film, with a co-production between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. With over 280 screen credits, including "Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars," Lee was one of the most productive screen actors of all time. He was best known for starring in "Excalibur" and "The Lion in Winter.". Actor and comedian Taylor Negron, best known for guest star appearances on "Seinfeld," "Friends" and "ER," died on Jan. 10 at 57. The opening party for the building is on the top floor, 138, surely the tiny fire wont affect them. Tony Lara, star of Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" died on Aug. 8 after suffering a heart attack. Weather Channel executive Curt Hecht died on Sept. 3 after battling lung cancer for five months. 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. All three of them were huge hits. Cinemorgue Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. when Steve McQueen tells you to evacuateyou evacuate. 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. Dean Jones died from Parkinson's disease on Sept. 1, at age 84. This list of The Towering Inferno actors includes any The Towering Inferno actresses and all other actors from the film. This wealthy neighbourhood always seems to be a bit . A couple of questions, OK? 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