5 TOP Disaster movies; MOVIES.Byline: DAVID EDWARDS David Edwards may refer to one of the following persons.
1. THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974) Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox teamed up for the daddy of disaster movies. Starring Paul Newman Noun 1. Paul Newman - United States film actor (born in 1925) Newman, Paul Leonard Newman , Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway Faye Dunaway (born Dorothy Faye Dunaway on January 14, 1941) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Biography Early life Dunaway was born in Bascom, Florida to Grace April Smith, a homemaker, and John MacDowell Dunaway, Jr., a career army officer. and even Fred Astaire, it took a then-unheard-of $116m at the box office. 2. TITANIC (1997) James Cameron's masterpiece married top-notch special effects and a palpable love story between Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The result was 11 Oscars and a $1.8bn worldwide take. 3. THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972) Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine and Roddy McDowall found themselves looking for safety after their liner upended in a storm. It was followed by a grim sequel and then a terribly wishy-washy 2005 remake. 4. EARTHQUAKE (1974) With disaster movies flooding 70s cinemas, Chuck Heston struggled to survive a Richter-ripping calamity that levelled LA. None of it was as scary as Victoria Principal's afro, mind you. 5. THE BIRDS (1963) Alfred Hitchcock's early entry into the animals attack genre was based on the true case of birds besieging homes in a Californian town. It's thought they went mad after eating poisoned shellfish. CAPTION(S): BAD HAIR DAY: Tippi Hedren in The Birds |
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