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 17.258

Directed By

Ron Howard

Crew

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

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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