The Towering Inferno (1974)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Directors:

John Guillermin
Irwin Allen

Escritores:

Richard Martin Stern (novel)
Thomas N. Scortia (novel) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 diciembre 1974 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Suspenso | Drama

Frase comercial:

One Tiny Spark Becomes A Night Of Blazing Suspense.

Plot:

At the opening party of a collosal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

Plot Keywords:

Fire | Party | Trapped | Architect | Skyscraper

Premios:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Best Of The Disaster Flicks?

Reparto

Steve McQueen	...	Fire Chief Michael O'Hallorhan
Paul Newman	...	Doug Roberts
William Holden	...	Jim Duncan
Faye Dunaway	...	Susan
Fred Astaire	...	Harlee Claiborne
Susan Blakely	...	Patty Duncan Simmons
Richard Chamberlain	...	Roger Simmons
Jennifer Jones	...	Lisolette Muller
O.J. Simpson	...	Harry Jernigan
Robert Vaughn	...	Senator Gary Parker
Robert Wagner	...	Dan Bigelow
Susan Flannery	...	Lorrie
Sheila Allen	...	Paula Ramsay (as Sheila Mathews)
Norman Burton	...	Will Giddings (as Normann Burton)
Jack Collins	...	Mayor Robert Ramsay
Don Gordon	...	Fireman Kappy
Felton Perry	...	Fireman Scott
Gregory Sierra	...	Carlos
Ernie F. Orsatti	...	Fireman Mark Powers (as Ernie Orsatti)
Dabney Coleman	...	Deputy Chief #1
Elizabeth Rogers	...	Lady in Buoy
Ann Leicester	...	Guest
Norman Grabowski	...	Chief Petty Officer Flaker
Ross Elliott	...	Deputy Chief #2
Olan Soule	...	Johnson (as Olan Soulé)
Carlena Gower	...	Angela Allbright
Mike Lookinland	...	Phillip Allbright
Carol McEvoy	...	Mrs. Allbright
Scott Newman	...	Young Fireman
Paul Comi	...	Fireman Tim
George Wallace	...	Chief Officer
Patrick Culliton	...	Technician
William Bassett	...	Leasing Agent (as William H. Bassett)
John Crawford	...	Callahan
Erik L. Nelson	...	Wes (as Erik Nelson)
Art Balinger	...	Announcer
Norman Hicks	...	Pilot (as LCDR. Norman Hicks)
Thomas Karnahan	...	Co-Pilot (as LTJG. Thomas Karnahan)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Mike Johnson	...	Fire Victim in Elevator (uncredited)
Maureen McGovern	...	Herself - Singer at Party (uncredited)
John Moio	...	Security Guard (uncredited)
Hank Robinson	...	Dinner Guest (uncredited)
William Traylor	...	Security Guard in Control Room (uncredited)

Dirigida por
John Guillermin
Irwin Allen		(action sequences)

Créditos del guión
Richard Martin Stern		(novel "The Tower")
Thomas N. Scortia		(novel "The Glass Inferno") and
Frank M. Robinson		(novel "The Glass Inferno")
Stirling Silliphant		(screenplay)

Producida por
Irwin Allen	....	producer
Sidney Marshall	....	associate producer

Música original por
John Williams

Fotografía por
Fred J. Koenekamp		(director of photography) (as Fred Koenekamp)

Montaje por
Carl Kress
Harold F. Kress

Casting
Jack Baur

Diseño de producción por
William J. Creber		(as William Creber)

Dirección artística
Ward Preston

Decorados
Raphael Bretton

Diseño de vestuario por
Paul Zastupnevich

Departamento de maquillaje
Naomi Cavin	....	hair stylist
Susan Germaine	....	hair stylist
Emile LaVigne	....	makeup artist (as Emil La Vigne)
Jean Burt Reilly	....	hair stylist
Monty Westmore	....	makeup artist (as Monte Westmore)

Dirección de producción
Norman A. Cook	....	unit production manager
Jere Henshaw	....	production supervisor: Twentieth Century-Fox
Hal Herman	....	executive production manager
Richard Shepherd	....	production supervisor: Warner Bros.

Ayudante de dirección
Newt Arnold	....	assistant director (as Newton Arnold)
Phil Ball	....	second assistant director
Bob Bender	....	second assistant director
Michael Grillo	....	trainee assistant director (as Michael F. Grillo)
Malcolm R. Harding	....	assistant director: action sequences (as Malcolm Harding)
Wesley J. McAfee	....	assistant director (as Wes McAfee)
Donald White	....	second assistant director (as Don White)
Don White	....	second assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Tom Cranham	....	production illustrator
Dan Goozee	....	production illustrator
Nikita Knatz	....	production illustrator
Jerry Kobold	....	property master: action sequences
Robert McLaughlin	....	property master
Joseph Musso	....	production illustrator
Steven P. Sardanis	....	assistant art director (as Steve Sardanis)
William Cruse	....	set designer (uncredited)
Edward T. McAvoy	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
John A. Bonner	....	sound supervisor (as John Bonner)
Don Hall	....	supervising sound editor
Herman Lewis	....	production sound mixer
Theodore Soderberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Speak	....	sound mixer: second unit (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects
A.D. Flowers	....	mechanical effects
Logan Frazee	....	mechanical effects
Gerald Endler	....	mechanical effects (uncredited)
Jay King	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Frank Van der Veer	....	optical cinematography (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Matthew Yuricich	....	matte artist (uncredited)
Matthew Yuricich	....	matte painter (uncredited)

Especialistas
Paul Stader	....	stunt coordinator
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lightning Bear	....	stunts (uncredited)
Buff Brady	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Brubaker	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard E. Butler	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mickey Caruso	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roydon Clark	....	stunts (uncredited)
Erik Cord	....	stunts (uncredited)
Everett Creach	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roger Creed	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paula Crist	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Crockett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Howard Curtis	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paula Dell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Dial	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nick Dimitri	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bennie E. Dobbins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Larry Duran	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bud Ekins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Stephanie Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lila Finn	....	stunts (uncredited)
James W. Gavin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunts (uncredited)
Orwin C. Harvey	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Hice	....	stunts (uncredited)
Larry Holt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mike Johnson	....	stunt double: Robert Wagner (uncredited)
Mike Johnson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kevin N. Johnston	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Julius LeFlore	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Lerner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lars Lundgren	....	stunts (uncredited)
Denver Mattson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Troy Melton	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Moio	....	stunts (uncredited)
Minor Mustain	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
John Nowak	....	stunts (uncredited)
Doug O'Dell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Frank Orsatti	....	stunts (uncredited)
Regina Parton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Regis Parton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Victor Paul	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Peter Peterson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dar Robinson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Walter Robles	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Robotham	....	stunts (uncredited)
Thomas Rosales Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Wally Rose	....	stunts (uncredited)
Glynn Rubin	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Russell Saunders	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Scheiwiller	....	stunts (uncredited)
Felix Silla	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith	....	stunts (uncredited)
Marilyn Stader	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul Stader	....	stunts (uncredited)
Peter Stader	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tom Steele	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Terhune	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Verbois	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Washington	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Waters	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred M. Waugh	....	stunts (uncredited)
George P. Wilbur	....	stunts (uncredited)
James Winburn	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Yerkes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Zendar	....	stunts (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Joseph F. Biroc	....	director of photography: action sequences (as Joseph Biroc)
Kathy Fields	....	still photographer
Orville Hallberg	....	camera operator: action sequences
Bill Hannah	....	gaffer: action sequences
Thomas Laughridge	....	camera operator
John Murray	....	key grip
Lou Pazelli	....	key grip: action sequences
Gene Stout	....	gaffer
Orlando Suero	....	still photographer
Ron Anderson	....	electrician (uncredited)
Curtis Foster	....	rigging gaffer: second unit (uncredited)
Jim Freeman	....	cinematographer: San Francisco (uncredited)
Owen Marsh	....	camera operator: "b" camera (uncredited)

Departamento de Edición
William DeNicholas	....	assistant editor
Jack Hooper	....	negative cutter
George E. Swink	....	post-production coordinator

Departamento de Música
Leonard A. Engel	....	supervising music editor (as Len Engel)
Ted Keep	....	score mixer
Herbert W. Spencer	....	orchestrator (as Herbert Spencer)

Departamento de Transporte
Chris Haynes	....	driver (uncredited)
Jim Martell	....	transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Elizabeth Atkinson	....	production assistant
Jack Cavallero	....	technical advisor: battalion chief S.F.F.D.
Albert Gail	....	executive assistant to producer
Marie Kenney	....	script supervisor
George Leslie	....	production controller
Pete Lucarelli	....	technical advisor: battalion chief L.A.F.D.
Steven Marlo	....	dialogue coach
Don Morgan	....	unit publicist
Esther Stephenson	....	script supervisor: action sequences
Art Volpert	....	production coordinator
William Welch	....	executive assistant to producer
Lewis Wolff	....	real estate consultant
Ed Conlon	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Tony Habeeb	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Edward Summer	....	marketing consultant (uncredited)
Sharon Thurgood	....	studio teacher (uncredited)

Gracias
Keith P. Calden	....	the producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of: chief of The San Francisco Fire Department
Raymond M. Hill	....	the producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of: chief of The Los Angeles Fire Department

Compañías Productores

• Irwin Allen Productions
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (present) (as Twentieth Century-Fox)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (present) (as Warner Bros.)

Distribuidores

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1974) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1975) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Filmverleih (1975) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1980) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (on double-bill with "Volcano")
• Warner Home Vídeo (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox (USA) (laserdisc)
• Fox Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Magnetic Video (video)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Warner-Columbia Film (1975) (Sweden) (theatrical)

Efectos especiales

• Van der Veer Photo Effects (opticals)

Otras Compañías

• San Francisco Fire Department  the producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of (as The San Francisco Fire Department)
• San Francisco Board of Fire Commissioners  the producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of (as The San Francisco Board of Fire Commissioners)
• Los Angeles City Fire Department, The  the producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of
• Los Angeles City Board of Fire Commissioners  the producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of (as The Los Angeles City Board of Fire Commissioners)
• MacGillivray Freeman Films  aerial photography
• Pacific Title  titles
• Department of the Navy  the cooperation of, is gratefully acknowledged (as The Department of the Navy)
• Department of Defense, The  the cooperation of, is gratefully acknowledged

También conocida como:

El coloso en llamas (Spain) [es]
Infierno en la torre (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

165 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) | Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

France:U | Hungary:16 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1975) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:16 (w) | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG | UK:A

Locaciones de Filmación:

20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA

Compañía:

Irwin Allen Productions

Trivialidades:

Both novels were inspired by the construction of the World Trade Center in the early-1970s, and what could happen in fire in a skyscraper. In Richard Martin Stern's novel, "The Tower", the fictional 140-floor building was set next to the north tower of the World Trade Center. The climax of the novel was centered around a rescue mounted from the north tower of the World Trade Center.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: When the passenger elevator stops and opens on the fire floor, a glass panel can clearly be seen separating the passengers from the flames.

Citas:

Doug Roberts: [on security phone with Wes] Doug - I'm up on 83 with Will. Listen, we got a little wiring problem. If we've got an overload it could be trouble. Shut down as many of the Zone One systems as you can.
Wes: I'm afraid I can't do that, Mr. Roberts. We've got all the lights on for the dedication ceremony.
Doug Roberts: [in disbelief] All... you mean the whole building?
Wes: Well, we're taking the overload just fine.
Doug Roberts: [sharply] Well shut it down, right away!
Wes: But I can't do that without a direct okay from Mr. Duncan himself.
Doug Roberts: I'll accept the responsibility for that. Just turn off the goddamned lights!
[...]

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Kids in America (2005)

Banda de Sonido:

The More I See You

The Best Of The Disaster Flicks?

"Disaster Movies" were a big hit in this era, with airplane crashes, earthquakes, fires, etc. This one made huge fires and firemen fashionable for awhile. It certainly had people talking, and it may have been the best of those "disaster" flicks.

The movie certainly had an all-star cast: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner and (gulp) O.J. Simpson. Even Jennifer Jones came out of a long retirement to return to films. It was really nice to see her again.

What really surprised me about this film when I watched it earlier this year was that the special effects were still good, and the film is almost 40 years old. It was also good to see Steve McQueen being the good guy again. He was the best character in the film. The worst was William Holden, who turned out to play a lot profane-spewing nasty people as soon as the Hays' code was totally abolished in 1967. Same thing for Paul Newman. McQueen, meanwhile, kept his class as did Jones, of course, and Astaire.

The film is almost three hours long but, a few soap opera scenes aside, it's a solid adventure story that holds up well and it served a good purpose, making hotel owners more aware of potential fire hazards.