The Towering Inferno - Death Of Bigelow And Lorrie

After finishing their time together, Bigelow and Lorrie are going to join the party in the promenade room. But instead, they find themselves surrounded by the quickly spreading blaze of flames, and it's up to Bigelow to get them saved. But the fire becomes their doom.

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Film & Animation

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• the
• towering
• inferno
• 1974
• skyscraper
• disaster
• fire
• paul
• newman
• steve
• mcqueen

[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

[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.

[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...

[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.

[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!

[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.

[atyxyt]

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