Backdraft (1991)
- Directed by
- Ron Howard
- Genre
- drama film, action film, disaster film, crime film, thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 1,588 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Firefighters in Chicago investigate a string of arson fires. They suspect someone is setting the blazes on purpose.
tensegrittyintensedramaticvisceralatmosphericsuspensefulaction-packed
What happens
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. It was released on May 24, 1991, to generally positive reviews, and grossed $152.4 million worldwide. It received three Academy Award nominations for Best Sound, Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. It 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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