Paul Newman’s follow-up to The Towering Inferno was such a profound bomb it all but killed the disaster movie genre for nearly two decades. Movies like Jaws and Star Wars changed cinema forever, and shaped the modern-day obsession with effects-driven blockbusters. The 1970s also saw disaster thrillers become a staple, especially the kind of big budget epics produced by Irwin Allen. Movies like The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake or the forgotten Airport movie franchise combined cutting-edge effects with A-listers like Charlton Heston, Gene Hackman and Burt Lancaster.
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