The Towering Inferno [Blu-ray]

The Towering Inferno [Blu-ray] Review

The action was directed by Irwin Allen, who is a philosopher, so his interview is interesting. In a sense this is classic adventure directing (45% of film). This is the blueprint for the blockbuster, they were here filming behind the scenes and used 4 film crews, so there is McQueen footage behind the scenes, though there exists no film of McQueen being interviewed. Though a lost interview was found of Bruce Lee, who was the Martial arts instructor for McQueen and Stirling Dale Silliphant - the writer of the film! I guess this makes McQueen the old version of Tom Cruise, who does own one of McQueen's bikes. Perhaps Newman represented a version of Denzel Hayes Washington. Lines were added to Mcqueens script so he had the same number of lines as Newman, and his name is to the left in the main titles, so his name is read first. Who also worked with real life fireman to help the role.

The dts HD MA really sizzles out, and the music is mostly on the front, I prefer this because old films can sound fake when you insert rear effects; the film also has an Academy winning song, and a film sound track by the person who did the Star War's theme next.

It does a mythic quality, which can be a good or a bad thing, though it may be a bad thing in this film, I would have preferred something more realistic, and less wanting.

The twin towers were the tallest building then, but in 1974 it was surpassed by the Sears Tower, is a 108-story building. But the Towering Inferno represents the tallest building in the ideal sense, which connects itself to the Tower of Babel, which was in Iraq, so things have turned. So the themes taken on are adultery (Richard Wagner), lying (Fred Astaire), and greed (Richard Chamberlain).

It may not look big, but it feels big - using space within space.

The Towering Inferno [Blu-ray] Feature

• ISBN13: 0024543600008
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

The Towering Inferno [Blu-ray] Overview

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 spectacular suspense thriller features dazzling special effects and a star studded cast including Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden and Faye Dunaway.


**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 and 1 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 Worlds Tallest Building Featurette
**The Write Stirling Silliphant Featurette
**AMC Backstory: The Towering Inferno Featurette

**6 Storyboard Comparisons

**Vintage Promotional Materials: NATO Presentation Reel, Original 1974 Featurette #1, Original 1974 Featurette #2

**Irwin Allen 1977 Interview

*Trailer Farm: The Towering Inferno Teaser, The Towering Inferno Trailer, The Poseidon Adventure Trailer

**Interactive Galleries:
*American Cinematographer Article
*The Towering Inferno and How It Was Filmed
*Photographing The Dramatic Sequences for "The Towering Inferno"
*"Action Unit" Lives Up To Its Name While Shooting "The Towering Inferno"

**Stills Galleries:
*Shot Compositions
*Publicity
*Behind the scenes
*Conceptual Sketches
*Costumes
*Cross-promo Fox on BD Trailers

The Towering Inferno [Blu-ray] Specifications

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 revelers. Newman's an architect, McQueen a firefighter, and Fred Astaire a kind old gentleman, for which he was Oscar-nominated. O.J. Simpson plays a security guard who rescues a cat. Now that's a disaster. --Keith Simanton

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