Back الجحيم المرتفع (فيلم) Arabic الجحيم المرتفع ARZ The Towering Inferno AST جهنم گؤیدلن AZB El colós en flames Catalan Skleněné peklo Czech The Towering Inferno Welsh Flammendes Inferno German Ο πύργος της κολάσεως Greek The Towering Inferno Spanish
| The Towering Inferno | |
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 Theatrical release poster by John Berkey[1] | |
| Directed by | John Guillermin |
| Screenplay by | Stirling Silliphant |
| Based on | The Tower by Richard Martin Stern |
| Produced by | Irwin Allen |
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| Music by | John Williams |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14 million[3] |
| Box office | $203.3 million[4] |
The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen,[5] featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen.[6][7][8][9] It was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from the novels The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson.[5][10][11][12][13] In addition to McQueen and Newman, the cast includes William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, O. J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Flannery, Gregory Sierra, Dabney Coleman and Jennifer Jones in her final role.[5][10]
The Towering Inferno was released theatrically December 16, 1974. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, and earned around $203.3 million, making it the highest-grossing film of 1974. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning three: Best Song, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.
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- ^ Mell 2005, p. 244.
- ^ Itzkoff 2014, p. 82.
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- ^ Pollock 2013, p. 199.
- ^ Santas et al. 2014, p. 522.
- ^ Seger 1992, p. 88.