Comment DISASTER if you want more disaster movies! Poseidon Adventure: kzitem.info/news/bejne/laWsnYOopKSFnqQ Backdraft: kzitem.info/news/bejne/yGitvauJpWmnmW0 The Sting: kzitem.info/news/bejne/0nuFr5-icJyed34 Butch Cassidy: kzitem.info/news/bejne/s5yt04l5kKOXmW0
@DoctorStagger
Жыл бұрын
DISASTER 😁🥰🥰
@dan_hitchman007
Жыл бұрын
DISASTER.
@tomhoffman4330
Жыл бұрын
More DISASTER, Yes...and here are some of My own Top Picks: "Twister" "Dante's Peak" "Volcano" ('97) "The Core" "The Day After Tomorrow" "2012" "San Andreas"
@smoothmove7566
Жыл бұрын
Heres a list of really good movies nobody has reacted to yet. Super 8, Dinner for schmucks, That's my Boy, Grandma's boy, Bewitched 2005 with will ferrel and nicole kidman, The Dictator, and A million ways to die in the west.
@fritzkaraldo8452
Жыл бұрын
Can we comment McQueen, to see more Steve McQueen? I think you will enjoy/love The Thomas Crown Affair.
@vincentsaia6545
Жыл бұрын
In researching his role, Steve McQueen hung out at a firehouse. As he was hanging out with the firemen the alarm went off and they asked him to come with them. He did and actually helped the firemen put out a fire. On the way back to the firehouse one of the firemen turned to Steve McQueen and said, "My wife will never believe me when I tell her about this." McQueen replied, "Neither will mine."
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
☺️👍🔥
@PapaEli-pz8ff
Жыл бұрын
One of my all-time favorite actors!
@bobo1972-h7o
Жыл бұрын
@@jenmurrayxo Steve McQueen is Steven R McQueens grandfather. The guy who played Jeremy Gilbert on The Vampire Diaries. The guy who died wearing the wet towel was Robert Wagner who had a TV Show in the late 70s through the early 80s called Hart to Hart and he also played Number 2 on the Austin Powers movies. Paul Newman's girlfriend in the movie was played by Faye Dunaway who went on the do the cult hit "Mommy Dearest." The kid with the headphones was Mike Lookinland who played Bobby Brady on the original Brady Bunch TV show.
@TheWebcrafter
8 ай бұрын
also... Wagner in 'It Takes A Thief' ('The Hustle'-like TV show), McQueen in 'Bullitt' (great soundtrack), Newman in 'Cool Hand Luke'' (great prison movie), Dunaaway in 'Bonnie and Clyde (great partners in love & crime movie), (@@bobo1972-h7o
@Mark-e5k6p
6 ай бұрын
Mike lookinland said that was the first thing he did after the Brady bunch.
@shainewhite2781
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite disaster movies with an all star cast: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, Jennifer Jones, OJ Simpson, and Robert Vaughn.
@Mr17051963
Жыл бұрын
THE CAST!!!!!! 😍
@spacecadet35
Жыл бұрын
Originally they were making two star studded versions of this film, then they joined forces and made a REALLY star studded movie.
@PapaEli-pz8ff
Жыл бұрын
Saw this when it first came out. So many of my favorite actors, great special effects, suspense.. I now have it on DVD. So glad you all enjoyed it 😊
@JJ_W
Жыл бұрын
With so many big names, would it be easier to list who _wasn't_ in this movie? • Kevin Bacon was _not_ in this movie.
@javix2013
Жыл бұрын
Music by John Williams.
@jamesharper3933
Жыл бұрын
The 70's was the decade of disaster movies. Two other movies worth checking out are Earthquake from 1974 with Charlton Heston and Airport 1975, also with Heston. Newman, McQueen and Robert Redford were probably the top three lead actors during that time. Faye Dunaway was also at the top of her field.
@flarrfan
Жыл бұрын
All of which led to 1980's Airplane!
@jonbolton3376
Жыл бұрын
Earthquake is another i love too, besides the Airport films i mentioned above.
@curtisbrack3398
Жыл бұрын
Ditto. Highly recommend "Airport '75". You've had the sea disaster and the land disaster. Now you need the air disaster for the trifecta!
@javix2013
Жыл бұрын
Airport was a saga of 4 movies: "Airport 1970", "Airport 1975", "Airport 1977" and "Airport 1979: The Concorde", were they all good?
@curtisbrack3398
Жыл бұрын
@@javix2013 I don't recall ever seeing Airport 1970 so I can't say. Airport 1975 is my favorite and Airport 77 is a close second. Airport 1970 was okay but not as good as they previous two, in my opinion. So, Airport 75 is first on the list and Airport 77 if you need a second dose of sky danger. And if you need the space disaster, another childhood favorite is :Capricorn One (1978). A mission to Mars where things go haywire before you even start, so what do ya do to keep your government funding? HA!
@kriitikko
Жыл бұрын
I find it funny hearing you say the shady wiring guy has an evil face. He is played by Richard Chamberlaine who, believe it or not, was actually very popular for his hero and romantic lead roles in the 70s and 80s. This is one of the few times I know he played the bad guy.
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
Oh really! I thought he had the perfect villain face 😂😂
@waterbeauty85
Жыл бұрын
@@jenmurrayxo Richard Chamberlain was known as "The King of the Mini-Series" because of how many romantic or romantic adventure TV mini-series he starred in. He originally gained stardom in the early 1960s playing the paragon of medical compassion and ethics Dr. James Kildare in the TV series "Dr. Kildaire." One of my favorite of his roles was playing Giacomo Casanova in the 1987 TV movie "Casanova." Speaking of Casanova, you should check out the 2005 BBC two part mini-series "Casanova" starring David Tennant and Peter O'Toole as Giacomo Casanova in his wild, adventurous youth and in his lonely old age. It's funny, touching, romantic and beautifully poignant.
@hughdavidvisor1769
Жыл бұрын
Chamberlaine was also the original Jason Bourne in a late eighties miniseries.
@karlmortoniv2951
Жыл бұрын
@@hughdavidvisor1769 Yeah, when the Jason Bourne story was about banking shenanigans! 😜 Chamberlain was a damn' fine actor when given half a chance. He was amazing in "The Music Lovers" and a TV version of "The Man in the Iron Mask."
@RubyGB
Жыл бұрын
@@jenmurrayxo He always gave me the creeps like there was just something off about him...
@44excalibur
Жыл бұрын
The Towering Inferno set a precedent in Hollywood at the time it was made. Following the success of his previous disaster film, The Poseidon Adventure, producer Irwin Allen was developing a follow-up movie for 20th Century Fox based on a book he'd read called 'The Tower,' by Richard Martin Stern, about a burning skyscraper in New York City. However, Warner Bros. had already bought the rights to the book in the hopes of competing in the disaster film craze of the 1970s. Allen then purchased the rights to another book, 'The Glass Inferno,' by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson, which featured a similar story about a burning skyscraper. The two studios didn't want to compete against each other, especially since Fox would release their film ahead of Warner Bros. So Allen managed to negotiate a joint production where the two studios would make the film together, with Fox getting the domestic distribution profits and Warner Bros. getting the global distribution profits.
@kendramalm8811
Жыл бұрын
I think I may still have my copy of "The Tower " somewhere- no happy ending in that one!
@44excalibur
Жыл бұрын
@@kendramalm8811 Nope, no water tanks like in The Glass Inferno. Everyone in The Tower who didn't make it out via breeches buoy ended up dying.
@matthewdunham1689
Жыл бұрын
Cool trivia! 😎 ❤️
@robfinlay8058
10 ай бұрын
Two movies into one is also why you got the two biggest movie stars of the day, Newman and McQueen, co-starring together. They got diagonal billing so both could be seen to be top billed. And they got the same number of lines even though McQueen doesn't appear until about a third of the way in, which is why he's in the latter part of the movie so much more than Newman is.
@SciTrekMan
8 ай бұрын
I still have both novels! I bought them both right after I saw this movie in 1974!!
@kieronball8962
Жыл бұрын
Jen, I loved your reactions to this famous disaster movie, that was SO big, two movie studios had to team up to make it and which had two top billed stars in Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. :)
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
Thanks kieron! ☺️👍🔥
@spacecadet35
Жыл бұрын
The two studios were each making their own version of this film and they decided "Why not join forces?"
@mothermayhem3255
Жыл бұрын
Many, many more top billed actors besides Paul Newman and Steve McQueen.
@YolandaAnneBrown95726
Жыл бұрын
And they had to have equal billing and amount of screen time!
@jokerz7936
Жыл бұрын
Actually, funny story technically while their names appear at the same time Newman got "top billing" because his name appears higher in the text on screen. McQueen agreed to it on the condition that his name be on the left the sneaky reason was because he knew we read left to right meaning people would see his name 1st lol.
@cruesome1971
Жыл бұрын
You have to watch Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke. It's a definite must watch.
@mr.a8315
Жыл бұрын
♥🥚
@chrislaustin
Жыл бұрын
WOW, I haven't seen this movie probably since the late 70's or early 80's, but I do remember it being a quality film. If your a Paul Newman fan, you've got to give "Cool Hand Luke" a viewing, as that's one of his best films, and my personal favorite of the ones I've seen from his career. I actually met him as a young child, as my great grandmother & great aunt were housekeepers for celebs back in the day. So I got to meet him and two of his daughters at the time, and he seemed like a really nice guy, as were his daughters.
@Mr17051963
Жыл бұрын
You heard a tipical John Williams “danger brass” in the scene when the Firemen Chief is at the stairs 🎶 You can hear this too in other William ‘s soundtracks like Earthquake and Indiana Jones in The Temple of Doom. But mainly in a lot of Dr. Smith’s scenes from the old Lost in Space Tv series.
@Daniel24724
Жыл бұрын
The only shame of "The towering inferno" is that John Williams is not in the opening credits ! 👀
@toodlescae
Жыл бұрын
Yay! One of my favorite disaster movies. William Holden, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Wagner, Rovert Vaughn, Dabney Coleman, Mike Lookinland, Susan Flannery. All were very well known in the 70's. Some from tv and some from movies.
@lou6454
Жыл бұрын
The woman with Paul Newman is Faye Dunaway , "Chinatown" and "Bonnie and Clyde" . The guy that didn't want to stop the party , William Holden , lots of movies. this could lead to more movies for you to re act to . Never a bad thing , imo .
@csmelen
Жыл бұрын
When I think of William Holden, I think of The Bridge on the River Kwai.
@fritzkaraldo8452
Жыл бұрын
She was also in The Thomas Crown Affair along with McQueen.
@phila3884
Жыл бұрын
See my latest comment about William Holden. He should be the subject of a new reaction list on his own. Jen?
@chefskiss6179
Жыл бұрын
@@fritzkaraldo8452 She was also in the remake :)
@phila3884
Жыл бұрын
@@HappyHarryHardon Right. See my comment.
@MusicalBox
Жыл бұрын
So glad you watched that movie. I was among those who suggested it. The "chef fireman" is Steve McQueen. He was in a lot of great movies. Two comes to mind: "The Great Escape" a war/prison-escape movie, and "Papillon", based on the true story of a man spending almost his entire life trying to escape from a penitentiary in French Guyana. Two great classics
@Rosedach
Жыл бұрын
Can't believe you left out "Bullitt ," with the best car chase.
@lurkerrekrul
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget his great movie ever: The Blob. :)
@MusicalBox
Жыл бұрын
@@Rosedach I didn't "leave it out" ;) I don't think I saw that one.
@MusicalBox
Жыл бұрын
@@lurkerrekrul 😄
@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626
Жыл бұрын
Two more Jen might like The Sand Pebbles (1966) with R. Crenna & R. Attenborough, in a U.S. Navy ship in 1920`s China. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) with Faye Dunaway, in an unusual heist film.
@waterbeauty85
Жыл бұрын
4:35 Richard Chamberlain actually played a lot of heroes and romantic leads, especially in TV mini-series. Speaking of Chamberlain, he has a major supporting role as the dashing musketeer Aramis in Richard Lester's fun and exciting "The Three Musketeers" (1973) which had the tag line "One for all, and all for fun!" It's a movie you would love for the charismatic cast, the sumptuous settings and costumes, and the sword fights. It even has Charlton Heston (Hesty from "Planet of the Apes") as Cardinal Richelieu.
@Cheepchipsable
Жыл бұрын
He was also Jason Bourne in an earlier adaptation of the Bourne Identity, and he was in a remake of King Solomon's Mines with Sharon Stone which was cheesy fun.
@anathardayaldar
Жыл бұрын
I'll always remember him from the Shogun tv series.
@anathardayaldar
Жыл бұрын
She will really enjoy Three Musketeers but the 1973 version. I'm not too impressed with the later versions. 1973's had Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee and other great names.
@clarencewalker3925
Жыл бұрын
And "Dr. Kildare" in the 1960's.
@alexvaraderey
Жыл бұрын
@@anathardayaldar Raquel Welch died earlier this week. RIP. I will always remember how well she wore her dress in The Three Musketeers.
@3dbadboy1
Жыл бұрын
The bad guy Roger Simmons played by Richard Chamberlain also was in an excellent version of The Count of Monte Cristo from that same 70s era, make sure to watch it!
@MLJ7956
Жыл бұрын
He was also great in 'The Thornbirds' romance mini-series and in the 2 Cannon (Indiana Jones rip-offs) Alan Quatermain films ('King Solomon's Mines' & 'Alan Quatermain And The Lost City Of Gold') in the 80s.
@waterbeauty85
Жыл бұрын
I love that version of The Count of Monte Cristo.
@brianjones7907
Жыл бұрын
3dbadboy1 ,,, dont forget he also did The Three Musketeers , The Four Musketeers , The Man in the Iron Mask all around that time & returned 10 years later to do the Return of the musketeers ..
@waterbeauty85
Жыл бұрын
@@brianjones7907 Yes!
@3dbadboy1
Жыл бұрын
@@MLJ7956 Omg! I forgot about Shogun!
@russellward4624
Жыл бұрын
All elevators immediately drop to the lobby and can't be used without a special key when any fire alarm goes off.
@wns808
Ай бұрын
I think elevators built/installed around the time and before this film didn’t have fire service mode and still continued to work even during a fire. Nowadays, newer as well as older elevators that are modernized to meet today’s codes require some sort of fire service mode that takes them out of normal service, recalling them to the lobby and allowing firefighters to use the elevators as needed
@waterbeauty85
Жыл бұрын
5:05 "Hey! Fred Astaire! Do a little jig." I love Jen sooo much! BTW Fred Astaire had a recurring guest starring role as Robert Wagner's father, the debonair professional thief Alistair Mundy, on the TV series "It Takes a Thief."
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
😂👍
@crawfb
Жыл бұрын
The irony is that Richard Chamberlain was a Paul Newman-level heartthrob of the small screen, first as Dr Kildare and later starring in 'The Thorn Birds'. He was playing against his squeaky clean cut image here as the 'villain' of The Towering Inferno.
@gina7288
Жыл бұрын
Yes he was a heartthrob I was gutted when he fell screaming off the chair lift.
@FlyingTigress
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact. The painting used to represent nighttime San Francisco in one of the windows was re-used for Star Trek (outside of Kirk's apartment).
@jondstewart
10 ай бұрын
I thought that was an actual photo!
@konowd
Жыл бұрын
And Paul Newman was a terrific actor, and a good man. He raised a lot of money for seriously ill children, and God bless him for that.
@philmakris8507
Жыл бұрын
Hey Jen like to check out Newman in The Hustler and the Color of Money. Newman was also a good amateur racing driver.
@toodlescae
Жыл бұрын
DISASTER - Airport (1970) Airport '75, Airport '77 and The Concord - Airport '79. The last one you'll see 2 actors from Towering Inferno. Susan Blakely (builders daughter) and Robert Wagner (guy who tried to run thru fire with a wet towel). In the rest you have Charlton Heston, Dean Martin, Jack Lemon, Jimmy Stewart and a whole raft of older movie and tv stars. Volcano with Tommy Lee Jones and Dante's Peak with Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton are also not to be missed.
@phila3884
Жыл бұрын
Maybe the biggest star of the cast for me (and the most unsung today) is William Holden. Golden age legend, he starred in some of the most iconic Hollywood movies- "Bridge on the River Kwai" with Sir Alec (Obi-Wan Kenobi) Guiness, and "Sunset Boulevard", the perfect Hollywood movie *about* Hollywood, among others.
@dwayneholub7812
Жыл бұрын
DISASTER - Have a look at the Airport (movie). There are 2 more after the initial one. I know you did not plan it but nice touch with the fire over your shoulder 🔥.
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Dwayne! 🔥
@vincentsaia6545
Жыл бұрын
Since you like Paul Newman you might like THE HUSTLER and THE VERDICT.
@arkigabor
Жыл бұрын
This movie left a mark on me for life. It might be the earliest movie memory I have. I could have been 4-5 at the time and sick with a stomach flu, so I was staying up late while my parents have been watching it and I was allowed to watch along. But I didn't dare to watch most of the fire scenes. I don't think I've watched this movie since, yet I still remembered some scenes. Also, to this day, I'm afraid of faulty wiring and electric fire.😟
@zmarko
Жыл бұрын
This movie used to come on TV in the late 70s or early 80s, and used to scare the crap out of me when I was growing up. Lol. Great movie though.
@fergalhughes165
Жыл бұрын
Jen's advice: "Always feel the knob first!"
@andrewcorlett5954
Жыл бұрын
When we get the Jen merch, put me down for a "glasses off = hanky panky" t-shirt. Thanks.
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂👍🔥
@KatSpencer.
Жыл бұрын
Disaster!!... Be cool if you did '2012' or 'Deep Impact' ♥️
@suddenlyfrogs1906
Жыл бұрын
I saw deep impact last year I think. As long as that's the one with Elijah 'Frodo' Wood... Trying to get a gold ring to a mountain before disaster strikes?... :D I wonder if Peter Jackson watched it :P :D
@daytoncharitychicken
Жыл бұрын
Jen did react to Deep Impact with her sister Tara (and on Tara’s channel they watched Armageddon for the first time together). I’m waiting for them to team up again to watch the 1997 twin volcano movies Dante’s Inferno and Volcano. 😄😄 2012 would be good for a reaction too.
@bradpriebe9218
Жыл бұрын
Great reaction. There was no CGI at the time so all the fire and water effects were real (the stuntmen were on fire for real for example) Airport, Airport '77 and Earthquake were other ones I remember from back then.
@lightblueseaglass
Жыл бұрын
Airport (AKA Airport 1970) is a really good film. The explosive decompression looked so real, and still does even by modren movie effect standards.
@matthewdunham1689
Жыл бұрын
The golden age of the stuntman!
@danharris5999
Жыл бұрын
This was one of the epic disaster movies that were popular in the 70's & 80's. They typically had a star studded cast and also celebrities who were just getting their first notoriety or some, like Fred Astaire, who were icons in the entertainment industry for decades. The movie "Earthquake" was another one in a similar style. They were also easy targets for parody. The parody magazine "Mad" did a whole work up on The Towering Inferno, with Newman & McQueen debating whose eyes were more blue, and the fireman who McQueen's character saves on the scenic elevator having arms that were about 15 feet long by the time they reach the ground. Just to name a couple.
@mikedignum1868
Жыл бұрын
A great Faye Dunaway film is The Thomas Crown Affair. There is a documentary on how they made this film.
@dan_hitchman007
Жыл бұрын
Now you know the kinds of star-studded, 70's disaster flicks Roland Emmerich was attempting to emulate with ID4. A couple other cheesy classics are "Earthquake" and "Meteor." The latter stars Sean Connery.
@JimmieRayGiboney
6 ай бұрын
8:45 Mark! The 1970s! The mayor in "Jaws" didn't want to disrupt the festivities in that movie either! 😕 People preferred not to err on the side of caution! They feared looking like scared fools if nothing was wrong! Probably because of the story about "Chicken Little"? 😮
@woodyg75
Жыл бұрын
The seventies made some epic disaster movies, this being one of the greats!! Check out the Airport series, you won't be disappointed.
@MLJ7956
Жыл бұрын
I also like Earthquake (1974). That film also had an all-star (from films & television) cast Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Victoria Principal, Monica Lewis, Gabriel Dell, Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Reb Brown, Jesse Vint, Alan Vint, Michael Richardson, Debralee Scott, Sam Chew, Lloyd Gough, John Randolph, Kip Niven,Scott Hylands, Tiger Williams, Donald Moffat & Walter Matthau. 😁
@danielasuncion9991
10 ай бұрын
I ❤ your video! Your spontaneous, thinking out loud style is very entertaining!! p.s. Paul would have ❤❤ed your review, as well.
@philmakris8507
Жыл бұрын
San Francisco was the setting for so many epic films of the 70's which begs the question, when are you going to do the Dirty Harry films Jen?
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
They're on the list! ☺️👍
@HT-io1eg
8 ай бұрын
I went to see this with my mum 50 years ago. Old time movie theatre, with an intermission. Time just goes past so quickly
@skiking226USA
Жыл бұрын
You are my favorite reaction person, Watch Three Days of The Condor, Faye Dunaway and Robert Redford, you will love it, I’m still waiting for MoonRaker 😅
@christopherleodaniels7203
Жыл бұрын
Excellent!! Not enough people react to this one.
@philmakris8507
Жыл бұрын
For more McQueen actioners check out Bullit and LeMans
@lionelraoul
Жыл бұрын
Paul Newman and Steve McQueen, how do you go wrong?
@kermitlacock5930
Жыл бұрын
A couple of actors you might not have recognized. The boy you were worried about falling into the hole was Bobby from the Brady Bunch. The Fire Chief who tells Steve McQueen the people only have 18 minutes left is Dabney Coleman(9 to 5 and Tootsie).
@michaelcoffman4185
Жыл бұрын
Dabney Coleman was also good in the movie Short Timer. Big laughs.
@ScreamingScallop
Жыл бұрын
Felton Perry, one of the firemen, played Johnson, the only OCP suit to appear in all three of the original _Robocop_ movies ("Tastes like baby food!"), as well as "Dirty" Harry Callahan's unfortunate partner in _Magnum Force._
@jondstewart
10 ай бұрын
One of the few roles Dabney Coleman not playing a smarmy, sheepish, or nervous person!
@Skiergold
4 ай бұрын
Not sure if it's been pointed out yet, but Paul Newman's son, Scott, played one of the firefighters. This was the only film they ever starred in together
@johnkennethwiseman5460
4 ай бұрын
RIP Dabney Coleman
@danielasuncion9991
23 күн бұрын
Jen: Regarding special effects - most of the sets made for the movie, were actually BURNED! 🔥
@kieronball8962
Жыл бұрын
Jen, for more William Holden please check out the movies Stalag 17 and Sabrina. For more Paul Newman, check out movies Harper and The Drowning Pool. For Fred Astaire check out Easter Parade, for Steve McQueen check out Bullitt and The Magnificent Seven and for Faye Dunaway, check out Three Days Of The Condor, as it also stars Robert Redford.
@captdread2013
Жыл бұрын
An Irwin Allen Production!!
@1wwtom
Жыл бұрын
Airport (1970) was the one that started off the Disaster Movie trend in te 70's. Earthquake, the Poseidon Adventure and more Airport movies followed. This film though was jam packed with more top Movie & TV actors than any of the others that followed.
@javix2013
Жыл бұрын
When it was filmed with real fire, what a beautiful time and to see that realism, today everything would be done with CGI and it would look quite fake. The miniatures of the building, perhaps to today's eyes, do not seem so credible anymore, but at the time they did seem quite real, but everything that is set, filmed with real fire and then the waterfall at the end, AWESOME! !!.
@darrenhoskins8382
Жыл бұрын
The old lady who fell from the scenic elevator was Oscar winning actress Jennifer Jones who had a long and brilliant career and was v beautiful and sexy
@timroebuck3458
Жыл бұрын
Water for an electrical fire is never a good idea.
@bigbow62
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Jen.... one of the classic disaster films... Next... Earthquake (1974) Thank you again ✌️🙂
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
☺️👍🔥
@minnesotajones261
Жыл бұрын
Another thing from my main comment. Hope you liked the music - it's John Williams! :o)
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
Love John Williams!! 🔥
@stern12akachris32
Жыл бұрын
You need more Steve McQueen in your life !!!!! Might I suggest Bullett the movie that invented the Modern Car Chase . The other Disaster Movie of the ERA Is EarthQuake Filmed in Sensurround . They actually put more speakers in the Theaters so the seats would shake during the Earth Quake !!!!!!
@AndyBodkin
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jen, To answer you question about how to get water to floors that high up. The fire engine will connect to a hydrant, it will then connect hoses to a "Stand Pipe". These are pipes that run up the building, you usually see them in the stairwells on each floor of a high rise. The firefighters will then carry hoses up the stairs to the fire flood. Connect those hoses to the stand pipe, and the water will then flow fron the hydrant, to the truck which will pump it into the stand pipes. When the firefighers inside connect to the standpipe there will be water in it to supply their hoses. Im a firefigher, and running stand pipes is the worst, even on false alarms. The firefighters have to walk up many flights of stairs with all their gear, tools and an extra 50ish pounds of hose bundles on their shoulders.
@maschwab63
Жыл бұрын
The fireman is Steve McQueen, looks almost like Paul Newman. Earthquake is a really good one from this time.
@bigfatiori
4 ай бұрын
If you like Paul Newman, I highly recommend Slap Shot. It's hilarious. Paul Newman said that was the most fun he had making a movie.
@maineman9447
Жыл бұрын
"The fireman" was the legendary actor Steve McQueen. This movie has one of the most stacked casts you'll ever see, some of them getting towards the end of their careers. The cast included William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, and Richard Chamberlain. All names you should get to know.
@justinplayfair4638
Жыл бұрын
When Lisolette dies falling out of the elevator, there was a ton of grumbling in the packed theater I saw it in... Jen, you've got to complete the Holy Trinity of 70's disaster movies by watching Earthquake with Charlton Heston!
@BlueBlazer47
5 ай бұрын
The lady presenting/reacting noticed the significance of the water-tanks, which was impressive. Her reactions were funny. Two years before this movie came out, we had a fire in the basement at school. We pupils fought the fire before the fire-brigade arrived! That was early-'70s Britain.😄 It was a boarding school and I'll be forever grateful it didn't happen at night.
@blanewilliams5960
Жыл бұрын
I Love a good DISASTER movie and this one is great, with an all star cast. "Earthquake" with Charlton Heston is another favorite of mine which I saw at the theater in sensurround, very cool. Loved your reaction, Jen. Thank You!
@kieronball8962
Жыл бұрын
Famous actors who some people may have missed: William Holden, Robert Wagner, Richard Chamberlain, Faye Dunaway and Robert Vaughn. :)
@karlahowell3676
Жыл бұрын
The original Poseidon Adventure was always my favorite. Like Towering Inferno, it had many great stars like Gene Hackman and Earnest Borgnine. DISASTER
@robertjewell9727
Жыл бұрын
I'd like to recommend A NIGHT TO REMBEMBER (1958), about an historical event I'm sure you're quite familiar with, brilliantly directed and acted.
@cathleencooks748
Жыл бұрын
Robert Jewell I'm in 100 % agreement with you. A Night To Remember is a more factual movie about the sinking of the Titanic because they used the book by the same name by Walter Lord who was a historian. A connection to this movie would be David McCallum who played one of the telegraph operators on the Titanic. He later went on to co-star with Robert Vaughan on the TV series Man From UNCLE
@AllenJones-w3p
4 ай бұрын
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER is a classic! It stars the late, great British actor Kenneth More, whom I best remember for his starring role in SINK THE BISMARCK.
@Curraghmore
Жыл бұрын
STEVE McQUEEN! Maybe the only actor who could possibly claim to be cooler than Paul Newman.
@shainewhite2781
Жыл бұрын
Nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture but won Best Original Song, We May Never Live Like This Again, Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography.
@simongeoghegan9842
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jen I'd recommend like others Earthquake staring Charlton Heston it's right up there with this film.Also Steve McQueen in The Getaway bank robbery movie that inspired so many others.👍💓
@nomiau
Жыл бұрын
Great movie, I remember seeing it in the cinema with my Father (showing my age!) Steve McQueen was the fire chief, a few of his best movies, if you haven't seen them - the great escape, Bullitt and the Thomas Crown Affair
@susanliltz3875
Жыл бұрын
Paul Newman is great in everything check out : Absence Of Malice with Sally Field
@vincecotton4947
6 ай бұрын
You really should check out another Paul Newman disaster flick called When Time Ran Out.
@wns808
Ай бұрын
Heard Paul Newman in one interview regretted being in that movie
@greenporker
Жыл бұрын
DISASTER............"Two Minute Warning"..."Airport"...."The China Syndrome"..."Andromeda Strain"..."The Swarm"....watch more classic Steve McQueen..."Bullitt"..."The Sand Pebbles"..."Nevada Smith"...you are THE BEST Jen!
@shanemoran8260
Жыл бұрын
Its a few years since i seen that movie its a Excellent movie thanks again for another video❤Love from dublin ireland🇮🇪
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Shane! 🔥
@shanemoran8260
Жыл бұрын
@@jenmurrayxo your welcome anytime👍🇮🇪
@minnesotajones261
Жыл бұрын
DISASTER!!! Oh, Both Paul Newman and Steve McQueen were big A-Listers at this point in time (McQueen was the fire chief), so they both wanted "top billing." So if you look at the posters and the credits at the beginning, one name is to the left, the other on the right is slightly higher. So if you read from left to right, one is first, and if you read top down the other is first. Jaws does the same thing in 1975 with names in the credits too for Chief Brody and Quint. One last thing, McQueen wanted an equal number of words/lines to compliment his role with Newman, so the screenwriter had to come back and give him like 2 or 3 more lines to make their parts equal. For more disaster films, how about Dante's Peak, 2012, The Day after Tomorrow, Volcano, Titanic... and one more great one from the 1970s, The Cassandra Crossing!
@peterpetersen1969
Жыл бұрын
For more Steve "The King of Cool" McQueen watch Bullitt, Papillon and Getaway.
@michaelstach5744
Жыл бұрын
Also The Sand Pebbles. He could act, he just didn’t have to since he mostly did action pics.
@larkpraise
5 ай бұрын
Jennifer Jones is hardly an old lady in this. She was only 54 when she made this film. Faye Dunaway should have been the one to fall out of the scenic elevator. I’ve seen interviews where everyone hated working with her because she was always late and unprofessional.
@1MahaDas
Жыл бұрын
I had almost completely forgotten about 'Towering Inferno' since its release of 1974. This was a pleasant revisit of a feature film that was so imbued with big names in the film industry! Thank you for this brief return to yesteryear!
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
☺️👍🔥
@krystajustice1608
5 ай бұрын
Fred aststair lady is the one who fell out of the elevator and hit the outside of the building
@marcwilliams8766
6 ай бұрын
Jen is super hot 🥵
@DoctorStagger
Жыл бұрын
More of that hilarious English accent, please! 😅
@DoctorStagger
Жыл бұрын
Haven't seen this for years! Great to see you in pink again, Jen! 🥰 xxx
@hawkeyegeorge
Жыл бұрын
There's also the Airport movies, if you like disaster movies
@rxtsec1
Жыл бұрын
Originally Paul Newman had more lines than steve McQueen so he demanded they give him & paul Newman the same amount of lines. Also the 2 men argued over who would get top billing so the agreement was for both of there names to come up together. However each thought they got one over the other. Steve McQueen was happy his name was on the left & paul Newman was happy his name was higher up even though it was on the right
@xander66644
Жыл бұрын
Did you see "Twister"? It stars Helen Hunt and John Paxton
@foglight11
Жыл бұрын
I have been dying for someone to react to this film. It's one of my favourites!!! I am so excited, and thank you!
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
☺️👍🔥
@robertwiegman1
Жыл бұрын
Me too. I was waiting, waiting for somebody to do this one. Jen rocks!
@tarablack3309
Жыл бұрын
My recollection is the first major disaster movie was Airport. Airplane! was a satire of it.
@44excalibur
Жыл бұрын
Academy Award winning screenwriter Sterling Silliphant (In the Heat of the Night, The Poseidon Adventure) was hired to merge the two books The Towering Inferno was based on - 'The Tower' by Richard Martin Stern, and 'The Glass Inferno' by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson - into one composite screenplay, incorporating characters and events from both books into one film. Characters from 'The Glass Inferno' include architect Doug Roberts, played by Paul Newman (originally Craig Barton in the novel), Susan Franklin, played by Faye Dunaway (originally Craig's wife, Jenny, in the novel), and Lisolette Mueller, played by Jennifer Jones. Characters from 'The Tower' include electrical subcontractor Roger Simmons (originally Paul Simmons in the novel), played by Richard Chamberlin, and electrical engineer Will Giddings (originally the building owner's representative in the novel), played by Norman Burton. San Francisco Fire Department Chief Michael O'Halloran, played by Steve McQueen, is a composite of Assistant Fire Commissioner Timothy O'Reilly Brown from 'The Tower' and fire department division chief Mario Infantino from 'The Glass Inferno.' Building developer James Duncan, played by William Holden, is a composite of general contractor Bert McGraw from 'The Tower' and building owner Wyndom Leroux from 'The Glass Inferno.' Both books contained plotlines involving cost-cutting measures and the use of alternate and sub-standard building materials that contributed to the fire that were incorporated into the film. The scenes where some of the guests burned to death in the express elevator, and some guests were evacuated from the Promenade Room to roof of the adjacent Peerless Building using the "breeches buoy" were taken from The Tower, while the scenes where a helicopter attempted to evacuate guests from the roof, and the exploding of the water tanks below the roof of the building to extinguish the fire were taken from The Glass Inferno. One plotline from The Glass Inferno that wasn't used in the film was Newman and McQueen's characters were supposed to be long-time friends before the fire.
@BigSy19
Жыл бұрын
“Airport 77” a great disaster movie to react to!!!
@jorgezarco9269
Жыл бұрын
Blaxploitation, expensive disaster epics and dirty X-rated smut made money in early 1970's movie theaters. This changed after Star Wars(1977) and Superman(1978). John Williams composed the Towering Inferno music score. Irwin Allen hyped himself as "Master of Disaster".
@mariacavanaugh1010
Жыл бұрын
Crazy 70s disaster genre! Fun to see you watching another of these "oldies." Richard Chamberlain (evil wire guy) became HUGE when he played a Priest who is tempted by an Australian debutante...THE THORN BIRDS was an epic adaptation of the novel in 1981/82.
@russellward4624
Жыл бұрын
Tall buildings have hoses installed on the floors and sprinklers in the ceiling.
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
👍👍
@woodyg75
Жыл бұрын
Any building over 10 to 12 stories can't supply water pressure from the city water system. Taller buildings pump water up to storage tanks on the top floors and let gravity supply pressure to the building. This water also supplies sprinkler systems and hoses stored on each floor.
@3dbadboy1
Жыл бұрын
The young fireman who was scared in the elevator shaft was Paul Newman's son. Also, the fireman who was in the scenic elevator was the stuntman who made the epic fall in The Poseidon Adventure.
@KenHargreaves
Жыл бұрын
Airport(1970) and a few of the sequels are excellent disaster movies. Recommend starting with the first one.
@satyadasgumbyji8956
Жыл бұрын
OLD SCHOOL!!!🤘🌎❤
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
☺️👍🔥
@art-of-techno
Жыл бұрын
Good disaster movies are very rare... I can't remember if you saw Titanic by James Cameron, otherwise the only one i can think of worth it is Airport, (the Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin version)
@daveweston5158
Жыл бұрын
For a (short) time, theaters were showing this movie as a double feature with 'Earthquake' (another Irwin Allen disaster film). They called the double feature event 'Shake and Bake' (I wish I was making that up...)
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
😂👍🔥
@nyjazzman
Жыл бұрын
Seemed like every film actor living at the time was employed in this movie!
@michaelceraso1977
Жыл бұрын
well TY for 1st reaction to this classic thriller. You missed Robert wagner who had a LONG career and fun TV shows- It takes a Thief, and the Fire CHIEF was Steve (mr cool) MCQueen who was in an epic western- THE Magnificnent 7 with a stellar cast and he was in THE Great escape too. THE bad guy-was Richard Chamberlain who pretty much got the mini series started.
@awall1701
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget that Richard Chamberlain was Jason Bourne in the 1988 version of The Bourne Identity.
@michaelceraso1977
Жыл бұрын
@@awall1701 I only saw Richard n a few films and I have no desire to see POS MATT Damon as I have seen & heard what hes really, like so NO to those Bourne films
@awall1701
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelceraso1977 If I am honest I have only watched the first Bourne film with Matt Damon as I had watched the original Bourne Identity film with Richard Chamberlain in the lead role. I will have to google it as I don't know much about Matt Damon.
@johnpittsii7524
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jen hope you are having an great and awesome day❤️
@Bandido894
Жыл бұрын
At last the movie reaction I've been waiting for!😀 -One of these days there will be killed 10 000 for one of these firetraps? That referense from 1974! 😲
@zziicckk01
23 күн бұрын
Paul Newman MVP!!!!! Thank you for your reaction! :)
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