random destruction in movies – Premium Hollywood https://www.premiumhollywood.com Entertainment blog, Hollywood blog, movie blog, TV blog Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:59:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 And, When We Rebuild it, We’ll Call it the Freedom Tower https://www.premiumhollywood.com/2009/06/13/and-when-we-rebuild-it-well-call-it-the-freedom-tower/ Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:33:00 +0000 https://www.premiumhollywood.com/?p=8638 Just yesterday, via Anne Thompson, I had another look at the “G.I Joe” trailer in which, at about 0:37, a certain international landmark gets destroyed…

G.I. JOE trailer in HD

And that reminded me of this near-masterpiece, which managed a more creative fate for la Tour Eiffel. (The key moment in this video is at 4:17… and it’s in French!)

Gustave Eiffel’s creation also meets a less than kind fate in 1965’s “The Great Race,” which I rewatched this morning for the first time in decades for an upcoming feature you’ll be reading about right here. So, I took that as a sign — of what I’m not sure — but close enough for blogging. Anyhow, if you know of any other Eiffel Tower destruction movies, please do give me a shout in comments…

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