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The towering inferno

Summary: On the night of the dedication ceremony of the world's tallest skyscraper, a raging blaze breaks out, threatening the party-goers.

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  • Physical Description: remote
    1 streaming video file (165 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, California : 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 1974.
  • Distributor: Vaughan, ON : Criterion-on-Demand, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novels "The tower" by Richard Martin Stern and "The glass inferno" by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson.
Originally released as a motion picture by 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 1974.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Fred Koenekamp ; music, John Williams.
Participant or Performer Note: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG.
System Details Note:
Content available as downloadable file or streaming video.
Awards Note:
Academy Awards, USA, 1975: Oscar - Best Cinematography (Fred J. Koenekamp, Joseph F. Biroc) ; Best Film Editing (Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress) ; Best Music, Original Song (Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn)
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed February 5, 2015).
Subject: Skyscrapers -- United States -- Drama
Fire extinction -- United States -- Drama
Rescues -- United States -- Drama
Genre: Feature films.
Disaster films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Film adaptations.
Disaster > Feature.
Thriller > feature.
Suspense films.
Streaming video.

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