The Towering Inferno

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American film disaster film feature film film

The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American disaster film about a catastrophic fire in a newly opened skyscraper, featuring an ensemble cast that includes Fred Astaire, Paul Newman, and Steve McQueen.

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
disaster film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
film ⓘ
AcademyAward Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
basedOn The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson ⓘ
The Tower by Richard Martin Stern ⓘ
cinematographyBy Fred J. Koenekamp ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Guillermin ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Carl Kress ⓘ
Harold F. Kress ⓘ
genre action ⓘ
disaster ⓘ
drama ⓘ
mainSubject skyscraper fire ⓘ
musicBy John Williams ⓘ
narrativeLocation a newly opened skyscraper ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Score

Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableCastMember Fred Astaire ⓘ
Paul Newman ⓘ
Roy Scheider ⓘ
surface form: Steve McQueen
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Ernest Gold ⓘ
Irwin Allen ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1974-12-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1974 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 165 ⓘ
screenwriter Stirling Silliphant ⓘ
setInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
setting San Francisco ⓘ
starring Faye Dunaway ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ
Jennifer Jones ⓘ
O. J. Simpson ⓘ
Paul Newman ⓘ
Richard Chamberlain ⓘ
Robert Vaughn ⓘ
Robert Wagner ⓘ
Steve McQueen ⓘ
William Holden ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fred Astaire → notableWork → The Towering Inferno ⓘ
Frederick → notableWork → The Towering Inferno ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Austerlitz
Susan Flannery → participatedIn → The Towering Inferno ⓘ