Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid the Sundance Kid's character before. Other actors considered for the role of Sundance were Steve McQueen and Warren Beatty, who both turned it down, with Beatty claiming that the film was too similar to "Bonnie and Clyde". According to Goldman, McQueen and Newman both read the scripts at the same time and agreed to do the film. McQueen eventually backed out of the film due to disagreements with Newman. The two actors would eventually team up in the 1974 disaster film "The Towering Inferno". The world premiere of the movie was in September 1969, at the Roger Sherman Theater, in
Disaster film survivors' attempts at escaping a sinking ocean liner overturned by a giant wave triggered by an earthquake. "The Poseidon Adventure" was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Shelley Winters and winning for Original Song and receiving a Special Achievement Award for visual effects. The trend reached its zenith in 1974 with the release of "The Towering Inferno", "Earthquake" and "Airport 1975" (the first "Airport" sequel). The competing films enjoyed staggering success at the box office, with "The Towering Inferno" earning $116 million - 548 million in 2017 adjusted dollars, "Earthquake" $79 million - 376 million in