The Towering Inferno Wins Cinematography: 1975 Oscars 

The 1970s was a wonderful time to be young. There was hope for the future, homes were affordable, people were friendlier. There was a lot of "cheesyness", but it was fun.

Towering Inferno will forever be such a special movie for me. I remember going to see it when it opened in the theaters with my stepfather. I was 8. Great great movie😁

It was hilarious when after Mr. Davis Jr. says "Batman couldn't save me now" the camera cuts to Jack Nicholson laughing. Prophetic.

With so many of them gone now, i was about to say thank goodness Raquel Welch is still with us, but then I remembered that she too just passed away a few months ago R.I.P to so many Hollywood greats I grew up watching with my mum and dad....

RIP Fred Koenekamp You will be missed

The Towering Inferno was my number 1 all-time favorite disaster flim and best flim of the year 1974

Raquel Welch's thumbnail brought me here.

Sammy! Another original sorely missed. Great to see a glimpse of the great Marty Feldman--another lost too soon.

Thinking Of You Irwin Allen Tonight On Your Birthday, June 12th 2020. Wonderful Fond Memories Of Your Talent!!!!!!!! RIP Sir !!!!!

RIP Raquel Welch

the "Grand Canyon" joke was an inadvertent reference to Raquel Welch.

Gordon Willis wasn't nominated for either of the first two Godfather films!

i am only here for Raquel rest easy

RIP Fred Koenekamp.

He beat Geoffrey Unsworth, who was one of the best.

Raquel has always been my favorite Oscar Presenter.

Wow can see Angelina in Jon Voight here.

yes, why wasnt Bill Abbott up there?

The dude at the end looked like a cross between John Forsythe and Conway Twitty

Not only Did The Towering Inferno had Joe Biroc and Fred J. Koenekamp..But had also LB Abbott’s Special Effects Cinematography work as well. Most films has one or two filming units, Towering inferno had Four Filming units going on at the same time..Thanks to Director/Producer Irwin Allen’s Storyboards..also I remember ASC Featuring all the units and how to deal with Special Fire Rules From the Los Angeles Fire Department ..I believe under ten seconds you only allowed to film. It took Irwin Allen to Direct the Water Tanks Explosions. True Story…While filming the Scenic Elevator Explosion Sequence…and Yes it was done in one take..Filmed at Night at 20th Century Fox Ranch Backlot ..A Three Story Mock Up of the Side of the Glass Tower..including The Full Size Scenic Elevator with Some Jennifer Jones Flimsy Glass!🥴🤔😜 L.B. Abbott and AD Flowers and Joseph Biroc Handing The Photography Effects and Mechanical Effects…Diva Fay Dunaway ..The future Mrs.Irwin Allen..Shelia Matthews with her Pink Polyester Chiffon Gown..Jennifer Jones, That Brady Bunch Boy..and others were in the Scenic Elevator..No Stunt Doubles! AD Flowers and LB Abbott Explosion was way off..so much so..Behind the Outdoor Set..The Trees and other Property Caught Fire Also! 🥴🤔😜 Shelia Matthews told Irwin Allen after the Massive Explosion ..That everyone could feel The massive heat from the miscalculation of the explosion. Shelia told Irwin that Pink Chiffon melts in that kind of Heat! There were Three Cameras Rolling at the Time of the Explosion. Like i said ..That scene was done in only one take. Irwin and LB Abbott were impressed by the results..but scared that flames over exceeded and could have harmed the Stars in The Elevator as well as the Crew! Since Planning The Towering Inferno…Irwin Allen, like The Poseidon Adventure…wanted to direct Inferno by himself..20th Century Fox President Dennis Stanfill told Irwin Allen as he did on The Poseidon Adventure..Could Direct all Action Sequences on The Towering Inferno..Director John Guillerman only directed Non Action Sequences ..Herding Cattle of the Stars Around…Irwin Allen had to go to John Guillerman several times to ask him to Keep the Camera Rolling! And to Pick Up The Pace! Director John Guillerman had a poor relationship with Actors …and Crew.. on The Blue Max..and other Projects ..When Dino De Laurentiis ask John Guillerman to direct the 1976 Version of King Kong..John Guillerman ask would he be directing action sequences also..Dino said Yes! John Guillerman was still bitter about his working relationship with Irwin Allen and 20th Century Fox.

I thought Koenekamp should have won for "Patton" as well.

Joe Biroc shot both my favourite film - It’s A Wonderful Life - and one of my favourite comedies - Airplane!

jon voight,, so innocent yet..

Gran película vista en el cine!!!

I didn't know Raquel Welch Was black lady

John Voight looks like Glen Campbell

Does anyone know what happened off-camera @0.12 that broke the whole audience up so much?

those guys had great seats

How did Alonzo not win for Chinatown?

Can we trade the 💩actors we have today and get back the great performers like Sammy Davis Jr.

No offense to either DP on Tinferno but this is not best DP material. Geoffrey Unsworth? John Alonzo? Please.

Did this award get reported widely in the media at that time ? (were the worldwide audience genuinely appreciative of cinematography ....particularly when focused on what the ladies were wearing to the Ceremony and who won best Actor / Actress / Film / Director.

Welch pronounced the nominated Phil Latrophs Name wrong. Voight was filming for Maximillian Schell in Switzerland, hence his Haircut.

Sooooo the cinematography of The Towering Inferno was better than the cinematography for Chinatown, The Godfather Part 2, Amarcord, The Conversation or EVERY SINGLE FIlm released in 1974!! What are these people smoking?

Heard this movie was a good watch. Jon Voight looks like Angelina Jolie.

Raquel welch looks better in the late 90's then in the 70's krazy.....

I didn't know Raquel Welch Wasa black lady

0:11

Grenfell Tower

No offense to Koenekamp or Biroc whatsoever, each a solid Hollywood veteran and pro, but John Alonzo should have gotten that one..

Jon's hair. Absolutely shocking. How could this disastrously tasteless period have ever existed?

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One of the dumbest wins for cinematography, Gordon Willis should have been the winner but the poor guy wasn't even nominated.

It's amazing how a film that was so astoundingly awful, even by film standards 25 years ago, was such an award-winning box-office smash in 1975! I know, because I saw the original on screen in '75, and to a ten year old (me), it was pretty spectacular! Watching it as an adult, it was so bad in so many ways,( and many films done before it, were so much better in every way) it's hard for me to accept that it was just a fact of its age. Frankly, it is symbolic of the 70's, when so much much money was wasted on cheesy-ness like cars, clothing fashion, orange shag carpets, fondu pots, man, you name it, the 70's was just iconic for bad taste in just about everything. Having lived through all of it, I'm surprised all of us weren't scarred for life, lol!