The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno ★★ 1974 (PG)
Raging blaze engulfs the world's tallest skyscraper on the night of its glamorous dedication ceremonies. Allen had invented the disaster du jour genre two years earlier with “The Poseidon Adventure.” Features a new but equally noteworthy cast. ♫We May Never Love Like This Again. 165m/C VHS, DVD . Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Jennifer Jones, Richard Chamberlain, Susan Blakely, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner; D: John Guillermin, Irwin Allen; W: Stirling Silliphant; C: Joseph Biroc, Fred W. Koenekamp; M: John Williams. Oscars ‘74: Cinematog., Film Editing, Song (“We May Never Love Like This Again”); British Acad. ‘75: Support. Actor (Astaire); Golden Globes ‘75: Support. Actor (Astaire).
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