The infernal Tower

the infernal Tower ( The Towering Inferno ) is an American film carried out by John Guillermin and Irwin Allen in 1974.

Synopsis

A fire is declared in a gigantic skyscraper, the very same day of its inauguration, at the same time trapping all the personalities present at the evening.

Data sheet

Title: the infernal Tower
original Title: The Towering Inferno
Realization: John Guillermin and Irwin Allen
Scenario: Stirling Silliphant according to the work of Richard Martin Stern ( The Tower ) and the work of Thomas NR. Scortia and Frank Mr. Robinson ( The Knell Inferno )
Production: Irwin Allen and Sidney Marshall
Production companies: Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. Pictures
Budget: 14 million dollars
Musique: John Williams, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
Photography: Fred J. Koenekamp and Jim Freeman (not credited)
Assembly: Carl Kress and Harold F. Kress
Decorations: William J. Creber
Country of origin: the United States
Format: Colors - 2,35:1 - Mono - 35 mm
Kind: Catastrophe
Lasted: 165 minutes (2h45)
Comings out date: December 10th 1974 (first in New York), December 14th 1974 (the United States), March 1st 1975 (France)

Distribution

Paul Newman: Doug Roberts
Steve McQueen : chief O' Hallorhan
William Holden: Jim Duncan
Faye Dunaway: Franklin Susan
Fred Astaire: Harlee Clairborne
Susan Blakely : Patty Simmons
Richard Chamberlain: Roger Simmons
Jennifer Jones: Lisolette Mueller
O.J. Simpson: Harry Jernigan
Robert Vaughn: the senator Gary Parker
Robert Wagner: DaN Bigelow

Rewards

Oscar of best photography, the best assembly and the best song (Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, for We May Never Coils Like This Again ), like nominations with the Oscars of best film, male best supporting role (Fred Astaire), better artistic director and decorations (William J. Creber, Ward Preston and Raphael Bretton), better music and better sound (Theodore Soderberg and Hermann Lewis) in 1975.
Golden Globe of the male best supporting role (Fred Astaire) and of the best young person most promising young actress (Susan Flannery) in 1975.
Prix of the best band original of film and male best supporting role (Fred Astaire), at the time of BAFTA Awards 1976.
Price of best foreign film at the time of the Kinema Junpo Awards 1976.

See too

a film catastrophe in the line of the Adventure of Poséidon of 1972.

External bond

the infernal Tower on Internet Movie Database

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