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 28.783

Directed By

Ron Howard

Crew

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