The Towering Inferno - Done in 60 Seconds - HD
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- Опубликовано: 30 янв 2011
- It is with great sadness that I learn of the death of our dear friend Ken Nicholson at the age of 95 in July 2023, who played the role of "Fred Astaire" in this video. He was a stalwart member of our drama group for decades, and is much missed by so many in Croydon, Surrey and Sussex.
The Towering Inferno in 60 Seconds - shown at Cineramacana at the Bradford Film Festival, 2011.
We were in the top 20 again for the 2011 competition, but again, alas, not in the top five. View this film and the rest of the top 20 entries at www.empireonline.com/awards201....
Entry for the 2011 Empire/Jameson Done in 60 Seconds competition -
Irwin Allen's classic 70s disaster movie remade in 60 seconds.
Featuring Paul Grace, Charlie Hall, Michael Hall, Owen Moore, Matt Morgan, Ken Nicholson, Neil O'Gorman, Roberto Prestoni, Morven Rae, Beci Sageman, David Sanders and Vicky Watkins
with Michaela the Mannequin and Fatty Patty
and the vocal talents of Chrissy Amer
Photography by John Lewis and Charlie Hall
Thanks to
Sue and Alistair Kennard and John and Elizabeth Hall for special props
Peggy Mays at the Miller Centre, Caterham for help on costumes,
Carrie Bishop for providing Ms Patty's wardrobe,
and the Pipe family for the loan of the fire engines.
Uploaded for a second time as Premiere Elements 9 didn't do the HD correctly in the direct upload from the program. 
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I love it! I've watched this about 30 times now. Fantastic.
I used to do that with the elevator and playmobil figures inside XD
As a huge fan of the original - I must say this is super fun and spot on!
Thank you very much. It's all in the glasses!
The Mayor's wig also made an appearance in our Edinburgh Fringe sketch show this summer. As did the glasses, come to think of it.
Clever touches abound: Dan bends over to ignite himself, Carlos 'drinks' the 29 he is chained to, Flaming good buildings, Fave lines included 'You're overreacting'/'I'll be back-with the entire fire department', Safety training: tomorrow, Jernigan and the gloves, the breeches buoy numbers, Mayor's wig, Faye Dunaway is a mannequin, Doug ties himself to a CD rack. Biggest laughs: 'Whoops!', all of Duncan's bits. Mayor's wife is well cast!
@joshklar Thank you. Yes, the saving the deaf woman scene was one cut at the planning stage. Jennifer Jones to Paul Newman: "You've got to save the deaf woman!" Paul Newman to deaf woman "Are you the deaf woman?" Deaf woman in sign language: "I can't hear you, I'm deaf."
What we did film were two Fred Astaire/Jennifer Jones moments, a bit more anticlimax with OJ Simpson and Fred Astaire, and two bits with Faye Dunaway and Paul Newman. They didn't add anything to the main thrust of the
For those that are into their UK indie music, that is Matt Morgan, who did the signing in the video for Ed Sheeran's "You Need Me, I Don't Need You", at 0:14 in the blink-and-you'll-miss-it role as OJ Simpson.
Thank heavens I managed to save him from the flames - I think YNMIDNY is a terrific song, and a really good video.
@plantog Thank you very much, Andrew and others.
@PhooeyFilms Thank you.
Dammit! I could've just saved myself 2, 3/4 hours, minus 1 minute, if I'd only watched this first. Funnier than the original too.
By the way, Rob (who appears as the helicopter pilot and as Carlos the bartender - "pick a number for the breechers buoy") has just been appearing on this week's Come Dine With Me. Worth checking out on 4OD (episodes 126 to 130 in series 22 - the Croydon episodes). Very well worth a watch!
Good shit lol
Hilarious!
@Schnorbs True, that was a good scene... I still think you could've added some much needed humor to the scene. I say you add the scene and re-release your film as a 62 second Director's Extended Cut Edition.
PS: Love the Airplane homage, and vote to nominate "and don't let it happen again" as best quote of the century.
@joshklar Ah, but you would have missed out on the "shinning down the stairwell with the children" scene.
@Schnorbs I'd forgotten about it!
There's also a reference to a Tim Burton movie, but no one has mentioned it yet. Also a reference to one of my favourite spoofs of all, French and Saunders' version of The House of Eliott.
@mawgan Thanks Mawgan, and the same to you too!
AWESOME! #kudos
better than MY films!!..
@Schnorbs plot, so I'm afraid I had to cut them to get the film down to 60 seconds; they will be in the special edition version in production. Along with a shot of Steve McQueen rescuing the scenic elevator, where the model didn't look so good.
Would you believe that I didn't realise I'd put in an Airplane reference until after I'd written it? I went back to rewatch Airplane just before filming this to see how best to spoof a disaster movie, and the fist in mouth/cringe was already there and
Last chance to vote on the empireonline website...
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