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John Guillermin, ‘Towering Inferno’ Director, Dies at 89
The New York Times ^
| October 1, 2015
| Daniel E. Slotnik
Posted on 10/02/2015 9:29:37 AM PDT by EveningStar
John Guillermin, a prolific British director best known for blockbusters like the 1974 disaster movie “The Towering Inferno” and the 1976 remake of “King Kong,” died on Sunday at his home in Topanga, Calif. He was 89.
The cause was a heart attack, his wife, Mary Guillermin, said.
In addition to big-budget extravaganzas, Mr. Guillermin (the name is French, but he pronounced it GILL-er-min) directed a raft of films in various genres from the end of the 1940s until he retired from filmmaking in the 1980s.
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To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg
To: EveningStar
Appears he was the director of “Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure” (1959).
That was a really good one.
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10/02/2015 9:32:30 AM PDT
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greene66
To: EveningStar
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posted on
10/02/2015 9:34:00 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: EveningStar
Towering Inferno was one of the first "grown-up" movies I saw in a theatre. I was about 12 at the time. Seems so long ago. That was an era of disaster movies. "Earthquake" and "Poseidon Adventure" are other ones I remember seeing. Then when "Airplane" came along and made fun of the whole genre, they didn't get made so much anymore.
The real life events of 9/11 pretty much showed that when a fire breaks out in a skyscraper, the results are ugly and the people above the fire are pretty much screwed.
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10/02/2015 9:41:22 AM PDT
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SamAdams76
(A businessman gets things donee with own money. A politician takes money and gets nothing done.)
To: EveningStar
Nice choice, putting OJ in charge of your building security.
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10/02/2015 9:41:25 AM PDT
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scottinoc
To: scottinoc
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10/02/2015 9:47:47 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: greene66
LOL, as they say.
Wikipedia is great and combined with these digital TV channels that show old moves I’ve learned a lot about our popular culture history.
I never knew just how many hack directors there have been.
There’ve been a lot.
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10/02/2015 9:47:49 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
To: JoeProBono
What a great movie!
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10/02/2015 9:49:31 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: SamAdams76; scottinoc
“Towering Inferno was one of the first “grown-up” movies I saw in a theatre. I was about 12 at the time.”
Yeah, me too.
Susan Blakely is what I remember too.
To: greene66
He also did Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.
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10/02/2015 9:52:36 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: EveningStar
To: SamAdams76
Great entertainment!
If they made it today, all the male roles would be women and the men would be huddled in that elevator, lol.
The old couple would be gay and someone would be trans-something.
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10/02/2015 9:56:22 AM PDT
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donna
(Pray for Revival.)
To: JoeProBono
I remembering seeing that movie during the 1970s although I don’t remember whether it was at the theater or on tv.
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10/02/2015 9:56:28 AM PDT
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C19fan
To: donna
Can’t be any more manly than freaking Steve McQueen as a fire chief.
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10/02/2015 9:58:03 AM PDT
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C19fan
To: EveningStar
Good movie. I’ve been watching OLD movies on t.v. lately. -
Husband & I quit going to movies years ago; haven’t missed
them. We did go to one of those ape movies two or so years
ago. Don’t know why; don’t like sitting on those seats in
the theater.
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10/02/2015 10:01:33 AM PDT
by
Twinkie
(John 3:16)
To: JoeProBono; SamAdams76; EveningStar
The real life events of 9/11 pretty much showed that when a fire breaks out in a skyscraper, the results are ugly and the people above the fire are pretty much screwed. Unfortunately, yes, Sam, you are correct.
9/11 911 Calls from Kevin Cosgrove and Melissa Doi
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10/02/2015 10:08:36 AM PDT
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SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: C19fan
And Paul Newman, William Holden, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Vaughn.
All before they revealed their politics and sex lives.
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10/02/2015 10:09:43 AM PDT
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donna
(Pray for Revival.)
To: EveningStar
Favorite line: “Did you leave a cigarette burning?”
To: EveningStar
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10/02/2015 12:08:31 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
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