Displaying items by tag: Irwin Allen

“It is very simply the greatest disaster movie ever made.” — Nat Segaloff, author of More Fire! The Building of The Towering Inferno: A 50th Anniversary Explosion

The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the golden anniversary of the release of The Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen’s popular production about a fire in a San Francisco skyscraper.

Based upon the novels The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson, the 20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros. co-production was directed by John Guillermin (The Blue Max, King Kong [1976]) and featured an all-star cast headed by Steve McQueen (Bullitt), Paul Newman (Cool Hand Luke), William Holden (Sunset Boulevard), and Faye Dunaway (Network). [Read on here...]

“Jonathan Harris as Dr. Smith is one of the most original and memorable characters in the history of television—ranking right up there with Barney Fife, Herman Munster, Gilligan and the Fonz.” — Kevin Burns

The Digital Bits commemorates the golden anniversary of the premiere of Lost in Space, the science-fiction/adventure series that originally ran on CBS from 1965 to 1968. The classic series debuted 50 years ago this week, and for the occasion The Bits features a Q&A with one of the show’s biggest fans, Kevin Burns, who offers his recollection of watching the series in its original run as a kid and discusses overseeing the show’s high-definition remastering and Blu-ray release, which arrives in stores this week from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.  [Read more here...]