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Bucky

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Sat Jan-17-09 06:58 PM
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The Towering Inferno

They seem so happy. This must be before Robert Wagner started kicking people out of the rescue gurney.

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Arugula Latte

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Sat Jan-17-09 06:59 PM
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1. Who would have thought OJ would go on to become a notorious criminal?

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Bucky

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Sat Jan-17-09 07:17 PM
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2. I did

Right after he killed his wife and her waiter friend, I decided that guy was just up to no good at all.

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Arugula Latte

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Sat Jan-17-09 07:37 PM
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5. Well, we can't all be as prescient as you.

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Mike 03

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Sat Jan-17-09 07:28 PM
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3. "The Towering Inferno." Amazing, fantastic....

Edited on Sat Jan-17-09 07:28 PM by Mike 03

One of my "collectibles" is the original program from that movie.

That was one of the first PG rated movies my parents took me to or allowed me to see.

I remember bragging that I had seen it fourteen times (which was true).

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Mike 03

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Sat Jan-17-09 07:31 PM
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4. At the time, fourteen million was a HUGE amount to spend to make a movie.

So much so, that two studios had to join forces to make it.

Now that is a pittance.

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krispos42

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Sat Jan-17-09 07:40 PM
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6. That won't even pay for the lead in most movies.

Although I guess if you account for inflation it does.

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Bucky

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Sat Jan-17-09 07:42 PM
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7. I remember it too. The story behind the "two studios" moniker was...

Actually they were making two separate movies: one was based on the novel The Tower and another was just a straight up action movie to be called "The Inferno." Rather than compete for the limited audience demand for movies about burning buildings, they joined casts & efforts, producing one of the first blockbuster movies (several years before Star Wars was credited with inventing the summer blockbuster).

Towering Inferno only got that PG rating because of a risque scene in which Paul Newman only wore a hand towel.

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Fire Walk With Me

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Sat Jan-17-09 08:03 PM
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8. Time until Hollywood puts out an instantly forgettable remake

Edited on Sat Jan-17-09 08:04 PM by Peake

5, 4, 3..

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