The Towering Inferno (Blu-ray Disc)
Domestic Box-Office Total
- Starring: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Robert Wagner, Richard Chamberlain, O.J. Simpson, Norman Burton, Susan Blakely
- Directors: John Guillermin, Irwin Allen
- Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
- Rating: PG
- Running Time: 2 hrs. 45 mins.
- Release Date: July 14, 2009
SYNOPSIS:
A dedication ceremony at the world's tallest skyscraper turns into a high-rise catastrophe when a defective wire in its systems-control panel causes an electrical flare-up. Within minutes the gala event turns into a hellish inferno, as a raging fire traps society's most prominent citizens on the top floor. Winner of three Academy Awards, this sepctacular suspense thriller features dazzling special effects and a star studded cast including Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden and Faye Dunaway.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
· Commentary by F.X. Feeney, film historian
· Scene-specific commentary by Mike Vezina, special effects director on 'X3'
· Scene-specific commentary by Branko Racki, stunt coordinator on 'The Day After Tomorrow'
· 32 extended and deleted scenes
· Alternate opening sequence
· "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 Write Stirling Silliphant" featurette
· "AMC Backstory: The Towering Inferno
· Six storyboard comparisons
· Vintage promotional materials
· Irwin Allen 1977 interview
· Trailers
· Interactive galleries
· Stills galleries
· Scene-specific commentary by Mike Vezina, special effects director on 'X3'
· Scene-specific commentary by Branko Racki, stunt coordinator on 'The Day After Tomorrow'
· 32 extended and deleted scenes
· Alternate opening sequence
· "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 Write Stirling Silliphant" featurette
· "AMC Backstory: The Towering Inferno
· Six storyboard comparisons
· Vintage promotional materials
· Irwin Allen 1977 interview
· Trailers
· Interactive galleries
· Stills galleries
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