The Towering Inferno (film)

The Towering Inferno is a 1974 disaster movie adapted by Stirling Silliphant from the novels The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson.

Awards

Award wins

• Academy Award for Best Cinematography - (Fred J. Koenekamp & Joseph F. Biroc)
• BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - (Fred Astaire)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - (Fred Astaire)
• Golden Globe Award for Most Promising newcomer ? Female ? (Susan Flannery)
• Academy Award for Film Editing - (Carl Kress & Harold F. Kress)
• BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - (John Williams)
• Academy Award for Best Song - (Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn) for the song "We May Never Love Like This Again"

Award nominations

• Academy Award for Best Picture
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - (Fred Astaire)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - (Jennifer Jones)
• Academy Award for Best Art Direction - (William J. Creber, Ward Preston, Raphael Bretton)
• Academy Award for Original Music Score - (John Williams)
• Academy Award for Sound - (Theodore Soderberg & Herman Lewis)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song - (Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn) for the song "We May Never Love Like This Again"