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

Publication Info.	Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Entertainment, [1974]
	©1998

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Location	Call No.	Status
Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level	DVD CLASSIC FILM TOWERING INFERNO	Check Shelf
Granby, Main Library - Adult	CLASSIC DVD TOW	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays	DVD TOWERING	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD TOWERING INFERNO	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Adult Department	DVD TOWERING	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Adult	DVD TOWERING	DUE 05-04-24

Edition	Widescreen edition.
Description	1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD ; Dolby digital.
Cast	Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner.
Credits	Director of photography, Fred Koenekamp ; editors, Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress ; music, John Williams.
Note	Based on: The tower / by Richard Martin Stern ; and, The glass inferno / by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson.
	Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
	Includes original theatrical trailer.
	Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
	Features include: interactive menus ; scene selection ; original theatrical trailer.
	Digitally mastered THX.
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	Rated PG.
Awards	Academy Awards: 3, Best Cinematography, Best Song ("We May Never Love Like This Again"), Best Editing.
Language	In English ; subtitles in English and Spanish.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Skyscrapers -- Drama.
	Disaster films.
	Feature films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre/Form	Suspense films.
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-
	Stern, Richard Martin, 1915-2001. Tower.
	Scortia, Thomas N., 1926-1986 Glass inferno.
	Robinson, Frank M. Glass inferno.
	Guillermin, John, 1925-2015
	Allen, Irwin, 1916-1991.
	Fox Video (Firm)
	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
	Warner Bros.
ISBN	$23.99
Standard No.	8616210429
Music No.	4110429 20th Century-Fox

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