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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305280767
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305280762
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Running Time: 165 minutes
Sales Rank: 53378
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 1974
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Ah...memories
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 ... Read More
Rating:  - Towering Entertainment!!
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 ... Read More
Rating: - The Towering Inferno
This product arrived quickly and in great condition. It was just what I had wanted and expected. Great Job!!
Rating: - Excellant !
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.
Rating: - When the Master of Disaster returned...
Following up his 1972 disaster blockbuster "The Poseidon Adventure", Irwin Allen sat in the director's chair and traded in a sinking ship for a burning skyscraper. Why should someone still find interest in this film, some might ask?
First, this film has an all-star cast that is one of the heaviest of its time. It is sometimes argued as to who is the "star" of this film, but the fact is, the film is full of stars who all have an important role in the drama that plays out before the viewer. ... Read More
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