Deliberate mistake: For the sake of the movie's plot and tempo, all the guests manage to breathe and stroll around quite calmly for several minutes despite the heavy smoke, when in real life they would be blinded and choking.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
1 deliberate mistake
Directed by: John Guillermin
Starring: Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain, O.J. Simpson
Revealing mistake: Watch carefully as the statue falls on the bartender. It barely touches his chest and rests on his left thigh. As the bartender slumps dead you can see a wide open gap between his whole upper body and the statue. Even if it crushed his thigh it would not have killed him so quickly. When the bartender slumps down the statue rocks freely as he brushes against it; obviously a styrofoam replica.
Dan Bigelow: I'll be back, with the whole fire department.
Trivia: At Steve McQueen's request, both he and Paul Newman had the same number of lines.
Question: Where does Fred Astaire get his briefcase from, as he did not walk in with it? He walked in only carrying his suit and a bunch of flowers.
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Answer: The briefcase arrived the same time the golf clubs did.