The Towering Inferno

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. The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American English-language Action Drama movie starring Steve Mcqueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely and John Vick. The movie is based on The Tower by Richard Martin Stern The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia Frank M. Robinson. 20th Century Fox in association with Warner Bros. and Irwin Allen Productions. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Irwin Allen. The Towering Inferno is written by Richard Martin Stern, Thomas N. Scortia, Frank M. Robinson and Stirling Silliphant and it is directed by John Guillermin. 20th Century Fox acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Towering Inferno was released on 1st January 1974 and takes a screen time of 165 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Towering Inferno was made on a budget of $14 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $116 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Stirling Silliphant. Cinematography was done by Fred J. Koenekamp and Joseph Biroc and editing by Carl Kress and Harold F. Kress. The music was composed by John Williams. At the 1975 Oscar Awards It won 3 awards including: Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Music, Original Song.
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