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The towering inferno
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- Summary
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On the night of the dedication ceremony of the world's tallest skyscraper, a raging blaze breaks out, threatening the party-goers.
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- Creator
- Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. present Irwin Allen's production ; screenplay by Stirling Silliphant ; produced by Irwin Allen ; directed by John Guillermin
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Contributors
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- Guillermin, John, 1925-2015
- Allen, Irwin, 1916-1991
- Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996
- McQueen, Steve, 1930-1980
- Newman, Paul, 1925-2008
- Holden, William, 1918-1981
- Dunaway, Faye
- Blakely, Susan
- Simpson, O. J., 1947-2024
- Astaire, Fred
- Jones, Jennifer, 1919-2009
- Williams, John, 1932-
- Stern, Richard Martin, 1915-2001. Tower
- Scortia, Thomas N., 1926-1986. Glass inferno
- Robinson, Frank M., 1926-2014. Glass inferno
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Publication
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- Special edition
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]
- Physical Details
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- 2 videodiscs (approximately 164 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocm67705637
- Credits
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- Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner
- Director of photography, Fred Koenekamp ; music, John Williams
- Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
- 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.
- 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.
- DVD.
- In English with optional language soundtrack in English, Spanish and French; optional subtites in English and Spanish.