Canada, 1978
106m
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
mono, English
A Canadian borderline science fiction film directed by Alvin Rakoff.
Plot Summary
A pyromaniac causes an oil refinery to explode and soon a North American city is completely engulfed in flames and razed to the ground.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Alvin Rakoff
© City on Fire Productions Ltd., 1978
A Sandy Howard and Harold Greenberg presentation. Produced with the participation of The Canadian Film Development Corporation and Famous Players Film Company. Released by Film Finance Distributors (F.F.D.) B.V.
Executive Producers: Harold Greenberg, Sandy Howard
Produced by: Claude Héroux
Associate Producers: Howard Lipson, Larry Nesis
Written by: Jack Hill, David P. Lewis, Celine La Frenière
Director of Photography and Operator: René Verzier
Editing: Jean-Pol Passet, Jacques Clairoux
Music by: William McCauley, Matthew McCauley
Sound Mixer: Patrick Rousseau
Costume Designer: Yvon Duhaime
Make-up: Michele Dion
Hairdresser: Pierre David
Special Make-up: John Alese
Special Effects by: Clifford P. Wenger Senior, Carol Lynn
Visual Effects by: William Cruse
Television Photographic Effects Supervised by: James A. Mendrala, Sonex International Corp.
Production Designer: William McCrow
Casting: Ann Hunter Bell, Anna St Johns, Karen Hazzard Ltd, Victoria Mitchell, Ingrid Fischer
Cast
Barry Newman (Dr Frank Whitman)
Susan Clark (Diana Brockhurst-Lautrec)
Shelley Winters (Nurse Andrea Harper)
Leslie Nielsen (Mayor William Dudley)
James Franciscus (Jimbo)
Ava Gardner (Maggie Grayson)
Henry Fonda (Fire Chief Risley)
Jonathan Welsh (Herman Stover)
Hilary Labow (Mrs Adams)
Richard Donat (Captain Harrison Risley)
Mavor Moore (John O’Brien)
Donald Pilon (Dr Fox)
Terry Haig (Terry James)
Cec Linder (councilman Paley)
Ken James (Andrew)
Jeff Mappin (Beezer)
Earl Pennington (Mr Clark)
Sony Forbes (Tom)
Bronwen Mantel (Sarah Watts)
Janice Chaikelson (Debbie Watts)
Alternative Titles
Byen brænder – Denmark
Byen brenner – Norway
Cidade em Chamas – Brazil, Portugal
Cité en feu – Belgium (French), France
La Cité en feu – Canada (French)
Città in fiamme – Italy
City Inferno: Menschliche Fackeln – Germany (DVD)
Ciudad en llamas: Catástrofe 2000 – Colombia
Ciudad en llamas – Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Spain (DVD), Venezuela
Eldstormen – Sweden
Emergencia – Spain
Grad u plamenu – Serbia
Kaupunki liekeissä – Finland (video)
Lángoló város – Hungary
Linn leekides – Estonia
Miasto w ogniu – Poland
Oras in flacari – Romania
Stad in vlammen – Belgium (Flemish), Netherlands
Stadt in Flammen – Austria, West Germany
Yangın – Turkey
Η πόλη στις φλόγες – Greece
Ο μαύρος χρυσός εκδικείται την πόλη – Greece
Город в огне – Russia
シティ・オン・ファイア – Japan
References
Periodicals
- American Cinematographer vol.60 no.2 (February 1979) pp.154-155, 198
- British National Film Catalogue vol.19 1981
- Cinema Canada vol.3 no.51 (November/December 1978) pp.10-11
- Film World vol.1 no.9 (September 1978) p.12
- Film World vol.2 no.4 (April 1979) p.19
- Film-Echo/Filmwoche no.41 (29 July 1978) p.8
- Films in Review vol.30 no.8 (November 1979) p.569 – review (by Pat Anderson)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.253 no.4 (29 August 1978) p.13 – credits
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.253 no.11 (8 September 1978) p.26
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.47 no.553 (February 1980) p.21
- Rhesus 0 no.4 (November 1979) pp.8-9 – illustrated credits, review (by C.G. [Christophe Gans])
- Screen International no.244 (7 June 1980) p.15
- Variety 23 May 1979 p.25
Books
- Film Review 1981-1982 by F. Maurice Speed p.148
