“The greatest adventure of escape ever filmed.” TV trailers spooling out now for a pair of seventies flicks. First, Franklin J. Schaffner’s Papillon starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. The promo aired in December of 1973. I saw Papillon in … Continue reading
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“One tiny spark becomes a night of blazing suspense…” Happy Friday! Here’s a TV trailer for The Towering Inferno that ran in December 1974, two weeks after the film hit theaters. The Towering Inferno was the highest-grossing film released in … Continue reading
In honor of my local team winning the Stanley Cup last night for the first time in their 45-year-history (Go Kings!) I happily foist upon you the theatrical trailer for hockey flick, Slap Shot. Slap Shot stars Paul Newman as … Continue reading
“one tiny spark – becomes a night of blazing suspense…” It took both Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox to bring The Towering Inferno to movie theaters in December of 1974. Irwin Allen’s “disaster” flick featured a large roster of … Continue reading