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The Towering Inferno
Architect Doug Roberts returns to San Francisco for the high-profile dedication ceremony of the Glass Tower, the tallest but poorly constructed building in the world. During the party, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
31 July 1939, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
21 September 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 February 1915, Los Angeles, California, USA
7 September 1948, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
14 January 1941, Bascom, Florida, USA
3 January 1932, Austin, Texas, USA
13 November 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 December 1912, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 February 1930, Detroit, Michigan, USA
2 February 1929, New York City, New York, USA
7 June 1938, USA
2 February 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
September 11, 2014
Despite the best efforts of most of those involved, the film never takes off as more than just a remarkable collection of glossy violence.
May 09, 2005
You may not come out of the theater with any important ideas about American architecture or enterprise, but you will have had a vivid, completely safe nightmare.
May 13, 2009
break out the popcorn, sit back, and enjoy a galaxy of stars picking up their fat paychecks and having a great time. They absolutely don't make 'em like this anymore
March 30, 2011
Featuring an all-star cast (Paul Newman, Steve McQueen), the movie delivers the goods of a well-crafted disaster flick, but strangely, it was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
February 03, 2012
Ironically, there's now something almost comforting about the way the film sticks to formula, but the action is still authentically thrilling.
September 22, 2008
The Towering Inferno is one of the greatest disaster pictures made, a personal and professional triumph for producer Irwin Allen.
July 28, 2009
A Titanic tale of hubris...knot-in-the-stomach scary from the moment the fire gets out of control to the last-ditch heroics that come hours later. [Blu-ray]
June 24, 2006
A starry cast share out roles that are less like characters than places in a lifeboat.
October 23, 2004
The Towering Inferno is a brawny blockbuster of a movie, by far the best of the mid-1970s wave of disaster films.
February 03, 2012
Irwin Allen, the Busby Berkeley of natural disasters and other people's troubles, teams up with John Guillermin, a competent if undistinguished action director.
February 03, 2012
The result is everything a disaster movie should be, a combination of soap opera and the spectacle of destruction.