2 months ago 04th Sep 15:28
This week sees Disaster Movie hit the big screen and follows the comic misadventures of a group of ridiculously attractive twenty-somethings during one fateful night as they try to make their way to safety while every known natural disaster and catastrophic event - asteroids, twisters and earthquakes.
But here at FemaleFirst we looked back over the disaster movies that have influenced the latest spoof movie to look at the best movies that depicted the world's demise.
It wasn't aliens or freak weather that was to blame for the disaster that struck in Towering Inferno but man overreaching as new state of the art one hundred and thirty storey sky scraper catches fire.
A courageous fire captain on the outside and the desperate architect trapped inside struggle to save the three hundred guests from the fire created by their greedy manipulations.
The film brought together an impressive cast of Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire and O.J. Simpson and went on to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
The Towering Inferno followed in the footsteps of The Poseidon Adventure that had enjoyed major box office success and studios were seeing an audience for the disaster epic.
The disaster epic was born as studios pump in millions for their budget as well as featuring big casts and dazzling special effects.
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