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The Towering Inferno

DVD - 2006 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.8 out of 5

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Based on the novels "The tower" by Richard Martin Stern and "The glass inferno" by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
Container incorrectly lists a French and an English stereo soundtrack as available.
Special features: Disc 1: all-new audio commentary by film historian F.X. Feeney; all-new scene-specific commentary by Mike Vezina, special effects director (X-Men 3) and Branko Racki, stunt coordinator (Day after tomorrow) ; Disc 2: "Inside the tower: we remember" featurette; "Innovating tower: the SPFX of an inferno" featurette; "The art of towering" featurette; "Irwin Allen: the great producer" featurette; "Directing the inferno" featurette; "Putting out fire" featurette; "Running on fire" featurette; "Still the world's tallest building" featurette; "The writer: Stirling Silliphant" featurette; over 30 extended/deleted scenes; AMC backstory: "The towering inferno"; storyboard-to-film comparisons; Nato presentation reel; 3 interactive articles from American Cinematographer; Original "Making-of" featurettes; 1977 Irwin Allen Interview; still photo galleries (Shot compositions, publicity, behind-the-scenes, conceptual sketches, costumes); original teaser; original trailer.
Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner.
On the night of the dedication ceremony of the world's tallest skyscraper, a raging blaze breaks out, threatening the party-goers.
DVD, region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; dual-layer; NTSC.
Contents: Tower. -- Glass inferno.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Best Ensemble Cast 1974 submitted by shumoon on July 23, 2015, 5:12pm Steve McQueen
Paul Newman
William Holden
Faye Dunaway
Fred Astaire
Richard Chamberlain
Robert Vaughn
Robert Wagner
Dabney Coleman
O.J. Simpson

The Towering Inferno submitted by Fevvers - STAR473 on July 8, 2016, 5:17pm Great action mixed with some rather over-the-top melodrama and cheesiness. It is a decent action-disaster flick, but it doesn't hold up well to repeat viewings. I can never entirely pass it up, though, mostly due to Richard Chamberlain.