Movie
1991
Backdraft is a 1991 American action thriller drama film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. Starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick and J. T. Walsh, it follows Chicago firefighters on the trail of a serial arsonist.
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Firefighting is profession that includes heroic deeds and spectacular action and, as such, should be quite attractive for film makers. However, Hollywood made relatively low number of films dedicated to the firefighters. The most successful among them is *Backdraft*, 1991 action drama directed by Ron Howard. The plot begins in 1971 Chicago when young Brian McCaffrey sees his father, Captain Dennis McCaffrey (played…More
