Backdraft
Silently behind a door, it waits. One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage. In that instant it can create a hero...or cover a secret.
1991 | 137m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Ron Howard |
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| Writer: | Gregory Widen |
| Staring: |
| Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago. | |
| Release Date: | May 24, 1991 |
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| Director: | Ron Howard |
| Writer: | Gregory Widen |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | sibling relationship, corruption, chicago, illinois, fire, office, danger of life, investigation, psychopath, rescue, firefighting, arson, explosion, warehouse, pyromaniac, firefighter, somber, suspenseful |
| Production Companies | Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Trilogy Entertainment Group |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $152,368,585
Budget: $75,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kurt Russell | Stephen McCaffrey |
| William Baldwin | Brian McCaffrey |
| 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 |
| David Crosby | '70s Hippie |
| W. Earl Brown | Paramedic |
| James Ritz | Mannequin Fire Reporter |
| Irma P. Hall | Nurse |
| Nydia Rodriguez Terracina | Nurse |
| Dennis Liddiard | Party Brawler |
| David Luckenbach | Security Officer |
| Gregory Lundsgaard | High-Rise Fireman |
| Dan Tullis Jr. | Engine 17 Firefighter |
| Peter C. Hobert | Probie |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Shirley Walker | Orchestrator, Conductor |
| Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer |
| Mikael Salomon | Director of Photography |
| Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Walter Scott | Stunt Coordinator |
| Mike Hill | Editor |
| Peter Ramsey | Production Illustrator |
| Monica Devereux | Choreographer |
| William Baldwin | Stunts |
| Jim Morris | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Dennis Leonard | Sound Engineer |
| Richard Hymns | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Scott Farrar | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| W. Earl Brown | Dialect Coach |
| Michael Silvers | Dialogue Editor |
| Todd Hallowell | Second Unit Director |
| Christopher Boyes | Foley Recordist |
| John Casino | Stunt Double |
| Gary Rydstrom | Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Randy Thom | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Terry Leonard | Stunts |
| Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Corey Michael Eubanks | Stunts |
| Norman Howell | Stunts |
| Ron Howard | Director |
| Gregory Widen | Writer |
| Daniel P. Hanley | Editor |
| John Burros | Stand In |
| Pierre Remy | Chef |
| Garrett Lewis | Set Decoration |
| Linda Rizzuto | Key Hair Stylist |
| Lawrence Hammer | Carpenter |
| 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 | Transportation Co-Captain, Driver |
| 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 |
| Lance Anderson | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Anthony Joseph Fatigato | Painter |
| Robert L. Blatman | Camera Operator |
| Gregory Lundsgaard | Steadicam Operator |
| Ilona Herman | Hairstylist |
| Denise Wingate | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Gloria Coffey-Sharrieff | Set Costumer |
| George Dougherty | Loader |
| Dennis J. Parrish | Property Master |
| 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 |
| Larry DeWaay | Unit Production Manager |
| Suella Kennedy | Visual Effects Producer |
| Dick Dova | Key Grip |
| Phillip V. Caruso | Still Photographer |
| Andrew Lipschultz | Unit Publicist |
| Jodie Lynn Tillen | Costume Design |
| Sioux Richards | Script Supervisor |
| Alecia LaRue | Production Coordinator |
| Jeffrey A. Williams | Boom Operator |
| 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 |
| Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam | ADR Editor |
| Marilyn McCoppen | ADR Editor |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| William L. Allen Sr. | Special Effects Technician |
| Scott Ross | General Manager |
| Eugene F. Crededio | Generator Operator |
| Robert Hill | Assistant Camera |
| Bill Barr | Best Boy Grip |
| Gary Summers | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mike Johnson | Stunts |
| Dennis Liddiard | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Brian Grazer | Executive Producer |
| Pen Densham | Producer |
| Todd Hallowell | Associate Producer |
| Raffaella De Laurentiis | Executive Producer |
| Richard Barton Lewis | Producer |
| Larry DeWaay | Co-Producer |
| John Watson | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 31 | 49 | 20 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 661 | 685 |