The Towering Inferno - Death Of Bigelow And Lorrie

[Button1964]

He should have soaked the sheets and wrapped himself

[chizel5451]

Lorries death is HILARIOUS

[petclark1]

This is the first time I've seen this since discovering my now estranged husband was cheating on me. It was fun pretending RJ was my ex and Lorrie...well, Lorrie is just the same as my husband's whore-headed to a mighty fine burn in hell.

 Luckily, I'm not bitter.

[Schnorbs]

@petclark1 Strangely enough, when I made my 60 second spoof of The Towering Inferno, I got my brother to play the Robert Wagner part. I can't think why...

[Hioushi]

Always loved this scene, Lorrie turns me on so much on this one.

[snoopdoopify]

That was her reflection on the glass

[aatb7]

Well, they have to make the conditions safe for the actors. They can't really make the conditions as hot and smoky as a real fire, or they could get injured or die! Lorrie fell down out the window and her panty hose fell off!

[atyxyt]

4m24s

[atyxyt]

4m32s

[iamhungey12345]

I have to hand it to her, Lorrie's smoking hot, especially toward the end.

[aatb7]

When it showed the out-of-control fire and the "we build for life" sign, my dad said, "We build for LIFE?"

[dayhomemama]

Wow, this building was on fire and it didn't collapse...WTC must have been a weakass building....

[aatb7]

@dayhomemama Well, remember, this was only a movie - it wasn't really happening, so you can't compare it to WTC. You have to use a real fire as an example before you compare. This scene was so well done, you forget it isn't really happening, but still...

[fivebearrugs]

I would've put wet towels around the door and left the sink running :)

[aatb7]

@fivebearrugs I've heard people have tried that - either the water evaporates or it gets scalding hot and burns them. But if they were going to die anyway, they could still have given it a try.

[chuckmanofgod]

@aatb7, I was watching the movie just last night and in reality, the smoke and heat would have killed Biglow and Lorrie long before they died in the movie. I think Biglow was "really" tough to survive being engulfed for that long. Not just the fire that was on him, but the inferno surrounding him. It would have been well over 1,000F in the room that he was in. I know it's just a movie, but it's interesting to see how differently things react in a movie as opposed to real life.

[alexisdiva9]

Opps, I meant to say that Lorrie's character was considerably cleaned up in the film as opposed to in "The Glass Inferno" novel, one of two novels the film was based on.

[Ridoli]

Adding a wet towel to your head in a fire this hot isn't doing anything but giving the fire something else to burn.

[UFOSPACE1999]

At 2:30 what did Dan Bigalow, what did he soak those towels in? Gasoline? Kerosene? Airplane Glue? lol

[theotherguy245689]

I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND WEIRD BE HERE I GO. FOR MANY YEARS MY GREAT UNCLE WORKED FOR UNITED ARTIST, WHO WOULD LATER BE BOUGHT OUT BY UNIVERSAL. HE ACTUALLY WORKED ON THIS MOVIE AND THE SET FOR THIS SCENE AND THAT SCENE EARLIER WHERE THERE IN HIS OFFICE WAS ACTUALLY FILMED IN MY UNCLES OFFICE. NOT JOKING. THEY DIDNT SET IT ON FIRE THAT WAS A MODEL SET BUT THE OFFICE AND THIS ROOM THERE IN WAS MY UNCLES WORKPLACE

[bowler8]

good stunt work

[TudorRose85]

:23 notice the flowers on the table have not burst into flames and yet everything else is.

[Purplecatsoup30]

Why didn't they just fuckin kill themselves in the room? Would have been sexy and romantic instead of burning. Who cares about burnt toast?

[Bondek1996]

that piece of music, as mentioned, is so good and marries to the scene well. The best bit (of the music) when Wagner runs out, slow motion, on fire and the music just builds. Almost a different sound to later Williams scores.

[thewritestuff09]

i love this scene, the music is so intense and dramatic! by the way, is lorrie even wearing any pants?

[azuukyle7]

the look on his face as he's about to go out into the flames...he knows he's going to die. so emotional.

also, i dont think he falls out a window.  that glass is just part of the architecture surrounding the upper level of that office. you can see it earlier in the film.

[nocturnalrectum]

great scene! but I have to admit, it may be one of the biggest failures in the history of mankind!

[Ro34100]

...this part was classic! But in the end, when she throw the (poor!) chair away: why did she do that? Wanted 'save' it? Or escape 'from the window'?...

[SamBuddwing]

@Ro34100 Maybe it had something to do with all that suffocating black smoke and fire entering the room ...

[spiritfedora]

@Ro34100 Intentaba hacer ingresar aire a la habitación para poder respirar. Pero el fuego se alimenta de oxígeno y al ingresar en la habitación por la ventana, el fuego en busca de su alimento, abre la puerta y ella está en la línea entre el fuego y el aire. De hecho, un fuego de esa magnitud, puede expulsar con su fuerza a una persona por la ventana.

[BVictor21]

One reason why this scene is so intense is because of the music composed to go along with is.

It's serene to suspenseful to action/drama. John Williams is a master.

[booth2710]

I read somewhere once that some scenes hit the cutting room floor because the producers felt that those scenes might have been too graphic for cinema audience goers (of the 70's) ... or was that just an urban myth ?

[MervynCruddy]

This scene terrified me as a kid. Now, it sickens me because I realize that people in the Twin Towers on 9/11 were faced with this very situation: jump to your death or be burned alive. We must never forget what happened in NYC that day.

[theotherguy245689]

@MervynCruddy it shouldent really sicken you cuz they had no idea when they made this that this would happen. though your right we cant forget 9/11

[DBarns7]

@MervynCruddy Agreed. I always loved this movie, but it took a few years since 9/11 for me to view this film again. For the reasons you mentioned, this movie hit too close to home with WTC attacks. Even closer since my uncle used to work in the North Tower. He wasn't there when the attacks happened, but you can't help but think about 'what if '.

[calalilygirl]

@MervynCruddy You are SO right.

[thenamesbanana]

The slow motion part is sooo friggin' spooky.

[zenmachinefilms]

Most dramatic scene of the movie goes, as far as characters. You care about them, realize their situation is hopeless and they sealed their own fate when he disconnected the phone. They may have had a chance if they had run for it when they first saw the flames. Instead they both died awful deaths.

Great pathos, as far as story telling goes.

[wetdreamgirls]

As awesome a scene as the image of Dan running fully engulfed in flames is, it only works because of John Williams' music - which to me - has always been perhaps the most underrated film score of all time.

So many people say that Jaws would not have been successful without John Williams' score.

The same could be said for Towering Inferno (which came out about 6 months before Jaws).

[MeBenHalpin]

Always used to hate this part, always think about her taking the phone off the hook, earlier in the film.

[dunkirchen1940]

This was probably the freakiest part for me to watch as a kid. The guy walking through that building in slow motion was just spooky!

[vodkasoup123]

Lorries death was cheesy as fuck. the stunt woman covered her face with her hand hahaha

[MrIceman5000]

Yes I saw The Towering Inferno I was thirteen. The original elevator scene, where

the burning man walks out on fire, was sickening, plus the explosion that they

took out . From these videos. I would love to get the ORIGINAL MOVIE, 1974 THE TOWERING INFERNO ( 3 HOURS AND 45 MINUTES LONG). ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW IF THAT IS POSSIBLE? I have already purchased both the bluray and the special edition dvd. looking for info on the uncut version

[zenmachinefilms]

@MrIceman5000 - I believe the 3h 45 minute version was the TV version, originally shown in two parts over two nights. I don't think it's ever been released in any form, and likely sits in a vault at Warner Brothers somewhere.

[rinohorizonte]

Lorrie y Bigelow ; se murieron por pelotudos ,ven que el departamento tiene fuego hasta el techo y se quedan hablando en el dormitorio como en el living de la novela ,lo único que faltó ,, que se tomaran un tecito y que ella se retoque el maquilaje,Si yo hubiera estado allí .al primer humito u olorcito a quemado salgo a 200 kilómetros por segundo .¡¡Que falta de realismo¡¡.

[kangaroosbraun]

oh yeh right that little adulteress woman can just smash that glass with a chair? yeh right?

[msudreaming]

@kangaroosbraun Sure she could. it was made from the same company that made the faulty wiring. Probably imported from China.

[BVictor21]

@kangaroosbraun

Was it ever stated that he was married?

It wasn't acknowledged in the movie that he was married only that they were carrying on a relationship.

Can't remember if it's stated in the deleted scenes either.

[alexisdiva9]

@BVictor21

Bigelow's marital status was unknown in the film; however, in "The Glass Inferno" he was married (name was John instead of Dan). Lorrie was cleaned up considerably in the book; her counterpart was named Deidre Elmon who instead of being his secretary was an aspiring model/actress but was mostly a kept woman.

[kangaroosbraun]

RJ's death is one of the 10 best deaths in the movies. The effects are amazing AND the build-up, not to mention the slow-motion BUT the defintive part in the whole scene that make it work is John Williams unbeleivable score

[Horrorman5]

if i was him i would ask her if she wants to go for another round before we died

[BVictor21]

@Horrorman5

But it was already hot enough.

[kangaroosbraun]

'i wont panic'...yeah right

[Overweightrabbit]

Why didn't he dunk his whole body in water?.

[MotownConnoisseur30]

Like one little sheet of wet cloth is gonna save you! LOL

[HUSKY57887]

What an idiot!

[bolton2121]

firefighters were right outside of the office when she died...what a shame.

[boxer301977]

After having sex and getting laid Stephanie 'cunt" Forresster and Jonathon Hart find themselfs traped by fire. Watch as Steph falls to her firey death. great stuff

[Dava1000]

The Stuntwork on this film is still very impressive..its not CGI those are real men on fire...

[ChrisGS1982]

When I was a kid I used to think it was one big fire but its not its different fires in the same building happening because of the faulty wiring.