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City on Fire

1979 · 106 min

A tense, chaotic disaster spectacle with dated charm, following multiple lives as a city burns and people scramble to survive.

Directed by
Alvin Rakoff
Genres
Action
Tagline
What Happened to Them Could Happen to You... In Any City Anywhere!
Overview
An ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.

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Directed by
Alvin Rakoff
Genres
Action
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • corruption
  • revenge
  • class
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
action
Directed by
Alvin Rakoff
Written by
Céline La Frenière, David P. Lewis, Jack Hill
Starring
Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, James Franciscus, Ava Gardner, Henry Fonda, Jonathan Welsh
Music
Matthew McCauley, William McCauley
Cinematography
René Verzier
Runtime
106 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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