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‘The Towering Inferno' at 50: The real-world legacy of the ‘Citizen Kane' of disaster films
Throughout the 1970s, audiences couldn't get enough of disaster movies. The decade began with the all-star blockbuster bomb-on-a-plane thrill ride Airport, based on Arthur Hailey's best-seller.
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The greatest disaster movie ever made just turned 50. Here’s why it still entertains
The Towering Inferno takes the better part of an hour before the plot literally heats up, but the disaster was the prime attraction for this movie. People came to the theater to watch the building ...
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The Media Covered LA’s Climate Disaster Like an Action Movie
Officials don’t yet know the initial cause of the fires that began ripping through Los Angeles on January 7 — but we do know ...
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Hollywood Players’ Inferno
Inferno is further proof of the global dumbing ... He adds: “Many people across the country have for too long supported the idea of movies as a popular entertainment rather than an art and ...
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‘The Towering Inferno’ Turns 50: A Movie Flashback
The Towering Inferno, poster, US advance poster art ... LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 20: The movie "The Godfather: Part II", directed by Francis Ford Coppola, ... [+] based on the novel 'The Godfather ...
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Fifty years ago, 'The Towering Inferno' reflected a decade of disaster
Or if not directly caused, then aided and abetted. The culmination — the ultimate movie of its kind — was "The Towering Inferno," which opened 50 years ago this month, on Dec. 14, 1974.