The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno [1975] [DVD]
Directed by Irwin Allen, John Guillermin

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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 revellers. Newman's an architect, McQueen a firefighter and Fred Astaire a kind old gentleman, for which he was Oscar-nominated. OJ Simpson plays a security guard who rescues a cat. Now that's a disaster. -- Keith Simanton, Amazon.com

Special Features
2.35 Wide Screen
DVD 9
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Pro Logic Surround English
Dolby Pro Logic Surround
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Trailer
Arabic\Bulgarian\English\Romanian

Synopsis
THE TOWERING INFERNO follows the rescue efforts of fire fighters as they battle to contain a raging fire that has engulfed the world's tallest skyscraper. As the flames reach ever higher, it's a race against time to save a group of people trapped on the top floor. Special effects-laden thriller starring Hollywood's finest; Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, and Fred Astaire. Winner of three Academy Awards.

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