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Skyscrapers are frequently featured in films for their impressive appearance and potent symbolism. They convey an impression of power – an old movie and TV cliché starts with the outside view of a skyscraper with a voice-over conversation, continuing inside the luxurious office of a tycoon or crime boss. Skyscrapers' tight security and isolation from the rest of the city makes them ideal for dramatic crisis and trap situations including hostage-taking, heists and fire. Skyscrapers and other large landmarks also feature prominently in disaster films, where they are destroyed as a show of the power of nature or invaders. ==Real skyscrapers== This is a list of actual skyscrapers that have a noticeable role ''as themselves'' in films, sorted by chronological building order. (See also: list of skyscrapers.) *Empire State Building (New York City 1931) - famously climbed by the giant ape King Kong in the eponymous movie (1933). Destroyed by an alien ship in ''Independence Day'' (1996). The Empire State Building is also seen in ''James and the Giant Peach''. The Empire State Building's observation deck features prominently in ''Sleepless in Seattle''. Stars in the movie Empire (1964 film), where it is seen in a continuous eight-hour-five-minute shot of the building at night. *World Trade Center (New York City 1973) - Used prominently in the 1973 film version of ''Godspell'' during the song "All For the Best." Climbed by King Kong in the 1976 remake of ''King Kong''. Exploded and collapsed after being hit by a fragment of the ''Meteor'' (1979). Used as a makeshift runway by Snake Plissken in ''Escape from New York'' (1981). In the film ''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (1992) Kevin McCallister stops at the building while sightseeing. The towers are also seen in various scenes of the smash hit movie 'Die Hard With A Vengeance' Severely damaged by meteor shower in ''Armageddon'' (1998) and severely damaged by an ocean wave (from comet impact) in ''Deep Impact''. Leaped onto from a failing helicopter in ''Read or Die'' (May 2001). The roof of the World Trade Center was also the original scene of the final climax in the film ''Men in Black II'' (2002), but after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the producers chose to reshoot the scene with an "ordinary" roof in New York City. In Steven Spielberg's movie ''Munich'' (2005), there is a scene in the last minutes of the film where two men are walking with the New York City skyline in the background. Because the scene takes place before the World Trade Center fell, a digital version of the World Trade Center was added to the New York skyline. In the 2006 film ''World Trade Center,'' the World Trade Center is seen, but is animated (or created with pictures from the time before 9/11). The building was the setting of 2008's Academy Award-winning documentary, ''Man on Wire'', about tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring 1974 walk between the towers. At the end of ''Gangs of New York'' (2002), the towers are visible in the background of the scene showing time passing from the 19th century to the present. *Chrysler Building (New York City 1930) - lair of the winged serpent Quetzalcoatl in ''Q'' (1982), prominently featured in ''The Caveman's Valentine'', accidentally destroyed by U.S. military forces in ''Godzilla'' (1998); destroyed by a meteorite in ''Armageddon'' (1998); flown through by the Silver Surfer in ''Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' (2007). *MetLife Building (New York City 1963) - featured in its original guise as the Pan Am Building in the opening scenes of ''Only When I Larf'' (1968), and the helipad is also used in the characters' escape; destroyed first by Godzilla when he walked through the building leaving a massive gap in it in the film ''Godzilla'' (1998). It was later destroyed in ''Knowing'' (2009) when a solar flare anhilates the Earth. *Capitol Records Building (Los Angeles 1956) - A distinctive Hollywood landmark, frequently destroyed in blockbuster films including ''Earthquake'', ''Independence Day'', and ''The Day After Tomorrow''. *Sunset Vine Tower (Los Angeles 1966) - Damaged by fire in 2001, the tower was recently remodeled and converted into condominiums. The Sunset Vine Tower was prominently featured in 1974's''Earthquake'', earning it the affectionate moniker of "The Earthquake Tower". *Tour Montparnasse (Paris 1973) - taken over by terrorists in the French ''Die Hard'' parody ''La Tour Montparnasse Infernale'' (2001). The title is a spoof on ''The Towering Inferno'' (see "Glass Tower" in next section). *Two International Finance Centre (Hong Kong 2003) - featured in ''Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'' (2003) & in ''The Dark Knight'' (2008). *Petronas Twin Towers (Kuala Lumpur 1998) - setting of a spectacular heist in the film ''Entrapment'' (1999). *Taipei 101 (Taipei 2004) - while not yet featured in a major international film as of 2004, in local productions it is fast becoming an Eiffel Tower-like cliché that the view from every Taipei apartment includes Taipei 101. *Terminal Tower Cleveland-Was featured in ''Major League'', The Fortune Cookie 1966, Proximity, and The Deer Hunter 1978, also a Christmas Story 1983. The Terminal was featured in Antwone Fisher story. *BP Tower Cleveland-in the 2004 movie The Oh in Ohio, Parker Posey's character has her office in the BP Tower. The Key Tower, Terminal Tower and Cleveland Browns Stadium can also seen in the film. *U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles 1990) - the first building destroyed by the alien ships in the film ''Independence Day'' (1996); in the ''The Day After Tomorrow'' by a Category F-5 Tornado (2004) and in ''2012'' (2009) the city including the U.S. Bank Tower gets destroyed due to Magnitude 10+ earthquakes. *Rialto Tower (Melbourne 1986) - featured in ''Ghost Rider'' (2007). The Ghost Rider is seen riding vertically up the tower to elude the authorities. *Sydney Tower (Sydney 1981) - destroyed by the monster Zilla in the Japanese film ''Godzilla: Final Wars''. Also destroyed by meteors in the Hallmark film ''Supernova'', which was released in 2005. *Burj Khalifa (Dubai 2010) - location of a part of the movie ''Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol''. In the movie, Tom Cruises character, Ethan Hunt, climbs 11 stories up on the outside in order to access the building's server. *Woolworth Building (New York City 1913) - The Woolworth Building was one of the buildings near the mysterious explosion and the first structure to be destroyed by the creature in the 2008 film Cloverfield. The main characters were among the dozens of people present when it collapsed. It also appears near the latter part of the 2007 Disney movie "Enchanted" where the main protagonists attending a costume ball at the building's summit meet the wicked queen of Andalasia and figure in a duel leading them outside to the roof of the building. The Neo-Gothic details of the Woolworth Building's spire (designed by Architect Cass Gilbert) are discernible despite the night-time duel scene between the dragon-morphed evil queen and the protagonists. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Skyscrapers in film」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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