Backdraft (1991)
Backdraft (1991)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Kurt Russell
Stephen McCaffrey
William Baldwin
Brian McCaffrey / Stunts
Robert De Niro
Donald Rimgale
Donald Sutherland
Ronald Bartel
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Vaitkus
Scott Glenn
John 'Axe' Adcox
Rebecca De Mornay
Helen McCaffrey
Jason Gedrick
Tim Kirzminski
J.T. Walsh
Alderman Marty Swayzak
Anthony Mockus Sr.
Chief John Fitzgerald
Cedric Young
Grindle
Juan Ramírez
Ray Santos
Kevin Casey
Nightingale
Jack McGee
Schmidt
Mark Wheeler
Pengelly
Richard Lexsee
Washington
Beep Iams
Sean McCaffrey
Ryan Goldstein
Brian, Age 7
John Duda
Stephen - Age 12
Robert Swan
Willy - Bartender
Clint Howard
Ricco, Pathologist
Ron West
Alan Seagrave
Kevin Crowley
Candidate
Carlos Sanz
Candidate
Jane Jenkins
Woman Psychiatrist / Casting
David Crosby
'70s Hippie
W. Earl Brown
Paramedic / Dialect Coach
James Ritz
Mannequin Fire Reporter
Irma P. Hall
Nurse
Nydia Rodriguez Terracina
Nurse
Dennis Liddiard
Party Brawler / Makeup Artist
David Luckenbach
Security Officer
Gregory Lundsgaard
High-Rise Fireman / Steadicam Operator
Dan Tullis Jr.
Engine 17 Firefighter
Peter C. Hobert
Probie
Raffaella De Laurentiis
Executive Producer
Gregory Widen
Writer
Richard Barton Lewis
Producer
Daniel P. Hanley
Editor
Ron Howard
Director
Brian Grazer
Executive Producer
Mikael Salomon
Director of Photography
Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
Mike Hill
Editor
Pen Densham
Producer
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Larry DeWaay
Co-Producer / Unit Production Manager
John Watson
Producer
Todd Hallowell
Associate Producer / Second Unit Director
John Burros
Stand In
Pierre Remy
Chef
Shirley Walker
Orchestrator / Conductor
Garrett Lewis
Set Decoration
Linda Rizzuto
Key Hair Stylist
Lawrence Hammer
Carpenter
Walter Scott
Stunt Coordinator
Alphonse Blumenthal
Gaffer
Cheryl A. Stone
Production Accountant
Albert Brenner
Production Design
Steve Homa
Greensman
John Casey
Costume Supervisor
Raymond Bulinski
Craft Service
Jack Gallagher
First Assistant Director
Roger Tweten
First Assistant Editor
Todd Braden
Lighting Technician
Michael J. Malone
Location Manager
Larissa Supplitt
Location Scout
Todd Dickison
Driver / Transportation Co-Captain
Richard Bryan Douglas
Construction Foreman
Gary Baugh
Set Designer
Josh Bleibtreu
First Assistant Camera
Rob Doherty
Electrician
Jacqueline King
Casting Associate
Becky Mancuso-Winding
Music Supervisor
Robert Finley Jr.
Pyrotechnic Supervisor
David Conaghan
Leadman
Curt Frisk
Sound Mixer
Anne Calanchini
Visual Effects Coordinator
Robert E. Knight
Sign Painter
Steve A. Hagberg
Construction Coordinator
Peter Ramsey
Production Illustrator
Lance Anderson
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Anthony Joseph Fatigato
Painter
Robert L. Blatman
Camera Operator
Ilona Herman
Hairstylist
Denise Wingate
Assistant Costume Designer
Richard Hymns
Supervising Sound Editor
Gloria Coffey-Sharrieff
Set Costumer
George Dougherty
Loader
Dennis J. Parrish
Property Master
Jim Morris
Executive In Charge Of Production
Paul Huston
Visual Effects Art Director
Carol Winstead Wood
Art Direction
Gregory A. Weimerskirch
Assistant Art Director
Alan Broadbent
Standby Painter
Jane Blank
Seamstress
Andrew Golov
Post Production Supervisor
Calvin Chin
Transportation Coordinator
Dennis Leonard
Sound Engineer
Suella Kennedy
Visual Effects Producer
Dick Dova
Key Grip
Phillip V. Caruso
Still Photographer
Andrew Lipschultz
Unit Publicist
Scott Farrar
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jodie Lynn Tillen
Costume Design
Sioux Richards
Script Supervisor
Alecia LaRue
Production Coordinator
Jeffrey A. Williams
Boom Operator
Monica Devereux
Choreographer
Shari Lynn Himes
Production Office Assistant
Jay Rifkin
Scoring Mixer
Mark Moore
Storyboard
John S. Robertson
Key Grip
David Orr
Color Timer
Diana Pellegrini
Foley Editor
Rob Fruchtman
ADR Editor
Sara Bolder
Dialogue Editor
Sandina Bailo-Lape
Foley Editor
Marnie Moore
Foley Artist
Dennie Thorpe
Foley Artist
Gary Isbell
Set Dresser
Michael Silvers
Dialogue Editor
Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam
ADR Editor
Marilyn McCoppen
ADR Editor
Christopher Boyes
Foley Recordist
Mary Helen Leasman
Foley Editor
Mark Sullivan
Matte Painter
Tom Rovak
Colorist
Stephen Andrzejewski
Assistant Location Manager
Betsy Horning
Location Assistant
Jeff Okabayashi
Second Second Assistant Director
John Casino
Stunt Double
Joan Philo
Extras Casting Assistant
Reuben Goldberg
Pyrotechnician
Mollie S. Mallinger
Additional Second Assistant Camera
Louis Rivera
Negative Cutter
Louise C. Larson
Assistant Production Coordinator
Haleen K. Holt
Costume Illustrator
Dwight Campbell
Chief Lighting Technician
Ed Golya
ADR Mixer
Chris Freres
Dolly Grip
Tom Bertino
Rotoscoping Artist
Walter J. Piers
Swing
Martin Rosenberg
Visual Effects Camera
Joe Carroll
Second Assistant Camera
Guy Barresi
Assistant Editor
Celest Ray
Music Coordinator
William Cosgrove
Technical Advisor
Michael D. Gianneschi
Construction Buyer
Paul Andresen
Production Assistant
Wileen Dragovan
Production Secretary
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 24, 1991
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 17m
Content RatingR
Budget$75,000,000
Box Office$152,368,585
Filming LocationsChicago, United States of America
Genres
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Wiki.
Backdraft is a 1991 American action thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. The film stars Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick, and J. T. Walsh, and follows Chicago firefighters on the trail of a serial arsonist.
The film was released on May 24, 1991 to favorable reviews from critics, and grossed $152.4 million worldwide. The film received three Academy Award nominations Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, and Best Visual Effects. The film also inspired a special effects attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood, which opened in 1992 and closed in 2010. It was followed by the sequel Backdraft 2 in 2019, with Baldwin and Sutherland reprising their roles.