With a $14 million budget — the most expensive film to date — The Towering Inferno was so huge that it became the first joint production between Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox. The plot ...

"Oh, crap, it's O.J." "The Towering Inferno" was so big that it was produced by two companies, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., and based on two pulp bestsellers: "The Tower" by Richard Martin ...

By Bill Higgins A fire in the world’s tallest building is a common plot point between 1974’s The Towering Inferno and Universal ... luminous stars. The 20th Century Fox-Warner Bros.

Rather than let the 50th anniversary of The Towering Inferno pass unnoticed, it’s time to share the reasons why it came to define the disaster genre. Reportedly, Steve McQueen and Paul Newman ...

Thus ran the statement issued by Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox in October 1973 ... A few years ago. Towering Inferno was a museum piece: spectacular, successful, rubbish.

Kosa substituted “Fox” for “Pictures, Inc.” in the monolith’s lower course after Fox merged with 20th Century Pictures ... Pacific Title repainted the logo when Fox began releasing ...

Some exteriors were shot in San Francisco, but the Fox lot was primarily the ... Those who saw The Towering Inferno a half-century ago perched on the edge of their seat in a darkened theater ...