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Backdraft is a 1991 American action thriller 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 .
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Two feuding brothers (Russell, Baldwin) carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these explosive crimes. As a child Brian McCafferty watched his firefighter father die.
Chicago firefighting brothers Stephen (Kurt Russell) and Brian (William Baldwin) have been rivals since childhood. Brian, struggling to prove himself, transfers to the arson unit. There he aids ...
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Ron Howard's “Backdraft” is a movie half in love with fire, a film like “Fahrenheit 451” that finds something seductive in tendrils of smoke and boiling cauldrons of flame. Never before in the movies have I seen fire portrayed by such convincing, encompassing special effects.
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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.
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May 24, 1991 · Amazing fire effects highlight this Ron Howard gem about two quarreling brothers in the Chicago Fire Department. William Baldwin and Kurt Russell star with Academy Award®-winner Robert De Niro in this action-packed tale of men against nature. Donald Sutherland has a nasty turn as an arsonist.
