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The towering inferno [videorecording] / Twentieth Century-Fox and Warner Bros. present ; screenplay by Stirling Silliphant ; produced by Irwin Allen ; directed by John Guillermin.

McQueen, Steve, 1930-1980 (Added Author). Newman, Paul, 1925-2008 (Added Author). Holden, William, 1918-1981 (Added Author). Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996 (Added Author). Guillermin, John, 1925-2015 (Added Author). Williams, John, 1932- (Added Author). Stern, Richard Martin, 1915-2001 Tower. (Added Author). Scortia, Thomas N., 1926-1986 Glass inferno. (Added Author). Robinson, Frank M., 1926-2014 Glass inferno. (Added Author). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) (Added Author). Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Flannery, Dabney Coleman. (Cast).

Summary:

In San Francisco, the world's largest skyscraper has a disastrous fire, trapping society's most prominent citizens on the top floor.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (164 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unp. : color and black and white illustrations ; 16 cm) + 8 lobby cards (color ; in envelope 12 1/2 x 17 cm)
  • Edition: Special ed. ; widescreen format.
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Closed-captioned.
Based on the novels: The tower / Richard Martin Stern and The glass inferno / Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson.
Special features included.
Production information, story synopsis, questions & answers with Irwin Allen, and information about the cast and crew in accompanying booklet.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Fred Koenekamp ; editors, Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress ; music by John Williams.
Participant or Performer Note:
Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Flannery, Dabney Coleman.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG.
Original Version Note:
Originally produced: USA : Twentieth Century Fox, 1974.
System Details Note:
DVD; Dolby 4.0 surround in English; Dolby surround in English; Dolby digital mono. in Spanish; region 1.
Language Note:
Soundtrack in English or Spanish; subtitles in English or Spanish.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Skyscrapers > California > San Francisco > Drama.
Fire extinction > California > San Francisco > Drama.
Genre: DVD-Video discs.
Disaster films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Drama.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Oregon Trail Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at OTLD Irrigon Branch.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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