| Edition |
Widescreen edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (165, 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, dual layer, region 1. |
| Cast |
Towering inferno: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner. Volcano: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Keith David. |
| Credits |
Towering inferno: Director, John Guillermin, producer, Irwin Allen, screenplay by Sterling Silliphant, music by John Williams. Volcano: Director, Mick Jackson, producers, Neal H. Moritz and Andrew Z. Davis, screenplay by Jerome Armstrong and Billy Ray, music by Alan Silvestri. |
| Note |
Towering inferno based on: The tower / by Richard Martin Stern ; and, The glass inferno / by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson. |
|
Towering inferno also produced by Warner Bros. |
|
Originally released as motion pictures in 1974 (Towering inferno) and 1997 (Volcano). |
|
Features include original theatrical trailers. |
| Summary |
Due to substandard materials and workmanship, one of the world's tallest skyscrapers catches on fire during its gala opening, trapping a large crowd of society guests. |
| Audience |
Towering inferno rated PG. Volcano rated PG-13 for intense scenes of disasters. |
| Awards |
Academy Awards: 3, Best Cinematography, Best Song ("We May Never Love Like This Again"), Best Editing. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The towering inferno -- Disc 2. Volcano. |
| Language |
Soundtracks in English, subtitles in English and Spanish. Closed captioned. Volcano also has French soundtrack. |
|
In English ; subtitles in English and Spanish. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording;. |
| Subject |
Skyscrapers -- Drama.
|
|
Volcanoes -- Drama.
|
| Genre/Form |
Disaster films.
|
|
Feature films.
|
|
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
|
|
Thrillers.
|
| Added Author |
Newman, Paul, 1925-2008.
|
|
McQueen, Steve, 1930-1980.
|
|
Holden, William, 1918-1981.
|
|
Dunaway, Faye.
|
|
Astaire, Fred.
|
|
Blakely, Susan.
|
|
Chamberlain, Richard, 1935-
|
|
Jones, Jennifer, 1919-2009.
|
|
Simpson, O. J., 1947-2024
|
|
Vaughn, Robert, 1932-2016
|
|
Wagner, Robert, 1930-
|
|
Guillermin, John, 1925-2015
|
|
Allen, Irwin, 1916-1991.
|
|
Jones, Tommy Lee, 1946-
|
|
Heche, Anne.
|
|
Hoffmann, Gaby, 1982-
|
|
Cheadle, Don.
|
|
Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996.
|
|
Williams, John, 1932-
|
|
Stern, Richard Martin, 1915-2001.
Tower.
|
|
Scortia, Thomas N., 1926-1986
Glass inferno.
|
|
Robinson, Frank M.
Glass inferno.
|
|
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
|
|
Warner Bros.
|
| Standard No. |
024543410720 |
|
