Backdraft

Backdraft (1991)

Released: 1991-05-24 Duration: 2hr 17min
Rating 6.7
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.

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Trilogy Entertainment Group
Trilogy Entertainment Group
Imagine Entertainment
Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures

Additional Info

Budget $75,000,000.00
Revenue $152,368,585.00
Original Language en
Popularity 16.67

Directed By

Ron Howard

Crew

Director
Ron Howard
Executive Producer
Raffaella De Laurentiis
Executive Producer
Brian Grazer
Original Music Composer
Hans Zimmer
Director of Photography
Mikael Salomon
Editor
Mike Hill
Stunts
Mike Johnson
Producer
Pen Densham
Co-Producer
Larry DeWaay
Associate Producer
Todd Hallowell
Producer
John Watson
Casting
Jane Jenkins
Production Design
Albert Brenner
Art Direction
Carol Winstead Wood
Set Decoration
Garrett Lewis
Costume Design
Jodie Lynn Tillen
Assistant Art Director
Gregory A. Weimerskirch
Construction Coordinator
Steve A. Hagberg
Construction Foreman
Richard Bryan Douglas
Greensman
Steve Homa
Location Scout
Larissa Supplitt
Production Illustrator
Peter Ramsey
Set Designer
Gary Baugh
Standby Painter
Alan Broadbent
Camera Operator
Robert L. Blatman
First Assistant Camera
Josh Bleibtreu
Key Grip
Dick Dova
Steadicam Operator
Gregory Lundsgaard
Still Photographer
Phillip V. Caruso
Assistant Costume Designer
Denise Wingate
Costume Supervisor
John Casey
Hairstylist
Ilona Herman
Key Hair Stylist
Linda Rizzuto
Makeup Artist
Dennis Liddiard
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Lance Anderson
Seamstress
Jane Blank
Carpenter
Lawrence Hammer
Choreographer
Monica Devereux
Craft Service
Raymond Bulinski
Post Production Supervisor
Andrew Golov
Production Office Assistant
Shari Lynn Himes
Property Master
Dennis J. Parrish
Stand In
John Burros
Stunt Coordinator
Walter Scott
Transportation Co-Captain
Todd Dickison
Transportation Coordinator
Calvin Chin
Unit Production Manager
Larry DeWaay
Unit Publicist
Andrew Lipschultz
First Assistant Director
Jack Gallagher
Script Supervisor
Sioux Richards
First Assistant Editor
Roger Tweten
Electrician
Rob Doherty
Lighting Technician
Todd Braden
Casting Associate
Jacqueline King
Executive In Charge Of Production
Jim Morris
Location Manager
Michael J. Malone
Production Accountant
Cheryl A. Stone
Production Coordinator
Alecia LaRue
Boom Operator
Jeffrey A. Williams
Music Supervisor
Becky Mancuso-Winding
Orchestrator
Shirley Walker
Scoring Mixer
Jay Rifkin
Sound Engineer
Dennis Leonard
Sound Mixer
Curt Frisk
Supervising Sound Editor
Richard Hymns
Pyrotechnic Supervisor
Robert Finley Jr.
Visual Effects Coordinator
Anne Calanchini
Visual Effects Producer
Suella Kennedy
Visual Effects Supervisor
Scott Farrar
Storyboard
Mark Moore
Sign Painter
Robert E. Knight
Visual Effects Art Director
Paul Huston
Dialect Coach
W. Earl Brown
Color Timer
David Orr
Dialogue Editor
Sara Bolder
Dialogue Editor
Michael Silvers
Set Dresser
Gary Isbell
Second Unit Director
Todd Hallowell
Foley Editor
Sandina Bailo-Lape
ADR Editor
Marilyn McCoppen
ADR Editor
Rob Fruchtman
Foley Editor
Diana Pellegrini
Foley Artist
Dennie Thorpe
Foley Editor
Mary Helen Leasman
Foley Artist
Marnie Moore
Foley Recordist
Christopher Boyes
Matte Painter
Mark Sullivan
Costume Illustrator
Haleen K. Holt
Second Second Assistant Director
Jeff Okabayashi
Construction Buyer
Michael D. Gianneschi
Title Designer
Wayne Fitzgerald
ADR Mixer
Ed Golya
Special Effects Technician
William L. Allen Sr.
Visual Effects Camera
Martin Rosenberg
Stunt Double
John Casino
Additional Second Assistant Camera
Mollie S. Mallinger
Assistant Camera
Robert Hill
Best Boy Grip
Bill Barr
Dolly Grip
Chris Freres
Second Assistant Camera
Joe Carroll
Assistant Editor
Guy Barresi
Colorist
Tom Rovak
Negative Cutter
Louis Rivera
Assistant Location Manager
Stephen Andrzejewski
Location Assistant
Betsy Horning
Conductor
Shirley Walker
Music Coordinator
Celest Ray
Assistant Production Coordinator
Louise C. Larson
Chief Lighting Technician
Dwight Campbell
Extras Casting Assistant
Joan Philo
General Manager
Scott Ross
Generator Operator
Eugene F. Crededio
Production Assistant
Paul Andresen
Production Secretary
Wileen Dragovan
Pyrotechnician
Reuben Goldberg
Rotoscoping Artist
Tom Bertino
Technical Advisor
William Cosgrove
Sound Designer
Gary Rydstrom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Rydstrom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Summers
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Thom

TOP CAST

Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell

Stephen McCaffrey

William Baldwin
William Baldwin

Brian McCaffrey

Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro

Donald Rimgale

Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland

Ronald Bartel

Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Vaitkus

Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn

John 'Axe' Adcox

Rebecca De Mornay
Rebecca De Mornay

Helen McCaffrey

Jason Gedrick
Jason Gedrick

Tim Kirzminski

J. T. Walsh
J. T. Walsh

Alderman Marty Swayzak

Anthony Mockus Sr.
Anthony Mockus Sr.

Chief John Fitzgerald

Cedric Young
Cedric Young

Grindle

Juan Ramírez
Juan Ramírez

Ray Santos

Kevin Casey
Kevin Casey

Nightingale

Jack McGee
Jack McGee

Schmidt

Mark Wheeler
Mark Wheeler

Pengelly

Richard Lexsee
Richard Lexsee

Washington

Beep Iams
Beep Iams

Sean McCaffrey

Ryan Goldstein
Ryan Goldstein

Brian, Age 7

John Duda
John Duda

Stephen - Age 12

Robert Swan
Robert Swan

Willy - Bartender

Clint Howard
Clint Howard

Ricco, Pathologist

Ron West
Ron West

Alan Seagrave

Kevin Crowley
Kevin Crowley

Candidate

Carlos Sanz
Carlos Sanz

Candidate

Jane Jenkins
Jane Jenkins

Woman Psychiatrist

David Crosby
David Crosby

'70s Hippie

W. Earl Brown
W. Earl Brown

Paramedic

James Ritz
James Ritz

Mannequin Fire Reporter

Dennis Liddiard
Dennis Liddiard

Party Brawler

David Luckenbach
David Luckenbach

Security Officer

Gregory Lundsgaard
Gregory Lundsgaard

High-Rise Fireman

Dan Tullis Jr.
Dan Tullis Jr.

Engine 17 Firefighter

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