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Only the Brave, also known as Granite Mountain, is a biographical drama film about the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite crew of firefighters who died in the Yarnell Hill Fire in 2013. The film stars Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges and Jennifer Connelly, and was released in 2017.
Watch the trailer and see the cast of the 2017 disaster action biography drama based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire. Learn about the plot, trivia, awards, and more on IMDb.
- (79K)
- Action, Biography, Drama
- Joseph Kosinski
- 2017-10-20
Oct 23, 2017 · The movie is a stirring dramatization, directed by Joseph Kosinski, based on a nonfiction account in GQ by Sean Flynn (and co-produced by Condé Nast Entertainment), of the real-life...
Oct 19, 2017 · The movie based on the Granite Mountain Hotshots and the Yarnell Hill Fire mixes facts and fiction. See what the film gets right and wrong about the characters, the history and the events of the tragedy.
- Shaun Mckinnon
- Environment Editor And Storytelling Coach
- The short version is this: When it comes to what counts — the events of the Yarnell Hill Fire itself — "Only the Brave" sticks to the facts. The de...
- The real Granite Mountain Hotshots and others are played one-for-one by actors including: 1. Josh Brolin as Eric Marsh, the leader of the hotshot c...
- Bridges plays Duane Steinbrink, depicted as the father figure who helps guide the creation of the hotshots. Steinbrink is a real person who did ove...
- About two-thirds of the film isn't about the Yarnell Hill Fire at all, but an origin story for the Granite Mountain Hotshots.The team began as a sm...
- The film also suggests the hotshots were together for longer than they actually were. In reality, the turnover on the team, both before and after i...
- The movie pulls no punches in depicting the challenges of at least two crew members. Marsh's past troubles with substance abuse is referenced, part...
- The movie shows the crew working on the Doce Fire — which did happen in real life, shortly before Yarnell — and then shows McDonough being bitten b...
- Station 7 was the building where the Granite Mountain hotshots worked, trained and hung out.The filmmakers recreated the interior with exacting det...
- Much of the movie was filmed in New Mexico, not Arizona. So the departures from reality in these scenes aren't really mistakes, but they're obvious...
- One of the often-told stories about the hotshots was how they had saved a giant juniper tree above Prescott during the Doce Fire in June 2013. The...
Oct 16, 2017 · The real Chris MacKenzie took pictures and video of the fire on the day of the tragedy with a handheld camera. The video shows the Granite Mountain Hotshots observing the fire from the safety of a ridge before they descended into a much more hazardous area. Ultimately, the movie sticks to the true story here.
A movie based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire. The plot follows their training, challenges, and sacrifices as they become the first municipal hotshot crew in the US.
Through hope, determination, sacrifice and the drive to protect families and communities, the Granite Mountain Hotshots become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the country.
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- Drama, Adventure
- PG-13
