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The Towering Inferno (Special Edition) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Irwin Allen, John Guillermin
Actors: Paul Newman, Steve Mcqueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  133 reviews
Sales Rank: 6780
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 165 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.8
MPN: FOXD2233171D
UPC: 024543231707
EAN: 0024543231707
ASIN: B000EHSVOG
Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 1974
Release Date: May 9, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Disaster movies used to work because there was little certainty as to who would survive. Not so in this film, really an amalgam of two original stories, about a group of well-to-do celebrants at the top floor of a skyscraper. Cheapo electrical wiring and bad construction management cause an enormous blaze at the lower floors, steadily rising to consume the revelers. Newman's an architect, McQueen a firefighter, and Fred Astaire a kind old gentleman, for which he was Oscar-nominated. O.J. Simpson plays a security guard who rescues a cat. Now that's a disaster. --Keith Simanton
Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 05/13/2008 Run time: 165 minutes Rating: Pg
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| Customer Reviews: Read 128 more reviews...
 Great Disaster Flick! November 25, 2008
Greg Anderson (Raleigh, NC USA)
Irwin Allen's follow-up to "The Poseidon Adventure" was a star studded spectacle with wonderful special effects and lots of suspense. Starring Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway and William Holden. Music by John Williams. Look for Maureen McGovern singing "We May Never Love Like This Again".
Ah...memories August 10, 2008
nodice (Manchester, Ga United States)
Arguably the king of the 70's disasters flicks, The Towering Inferno takes a couple of crazy ideas like build a tower 135 floors in San Francisco and let's do it on the cheap. What's the worse that can happen? Blessed with an all star cast and armed with some state of the art (at the time) pyrotechnics, The Towering Inferno, despite the cheese, doesn't fail to thrill you. It's fun to guess who's going to live and who's going to die. Never mind why it takes so long for the fire department to arrive and why didn't everyone just go to the roof and have an arm of helicopters pick them up. Or better yet-blow the tanks earlier. Still, it's good entertainment.
Towering Entertainment!! May 8, 2008
Hammock Rider (Chicago, IL)
Somehow this movie features both camp fun and a genuine story, thrills and chills.The opening sequence is incredible. And for the most part, the movie gets better as it goes along. Sure the story bogs down a little here and there, but whats amazing is that a movie that is so FX heavy has a story at all, let alone a fairly engaging one. The sub-plots are well done, effects are fantastic, AND you get to see Newman and McQueen work together.Among the best of the disaster films , Towering Inferno has something for everyone. And what a great title!
The Towering Inferno April 12, 2008
Lin
This product arrived quickly and in great condition. It was just what I had wanted and expected. Great Job!!
Excellant ! March 24, 2008
David R. Boutelle (Berkeley, California)
One of the BEST disaster movies ever made.
Music is fantastic and the Star Studded affair for 1974 is awesome !
See it ! It's an enjoyable ride thru movie magic 1974 style.
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