Backdraft (movie)

Backdraft
Directed byRon Howard
Written byGregory Widen
Produced by
  • Richard B. Lewis
  • John Watson
  • Pen Densham
Starring
CinematographyMikael Salomon
Edited by
  • Daniel Hanley
  • Michael Hill
Music byHans Zimmer
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • May 24, 1991 (1991-05-24)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40 million
Box office$152.4 million

Backdraft is a 1991 American action thriller drama movie 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.

It was released by Universal Pictures on May 24, 1991, to generally positive reviews, and grossed $152.4 million worldwide. It received three Academy Award nominations for Best Sound, Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. It also inspired a special effects attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood, which opened in 1992 and closed in 2010. It was followed by the sequel, Backdraft 2, in 2019, with Baldwin and Sutherland reprising their roles.

References

  1. ↑ Greenberg, James (1991-05-12). "Ron Howard Plays With Fire". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "Backdraft (1991)". Box Office Mojo. 1991-08-06. Archived from the original on 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Backdraft Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. ↑ "Backdraft (1991)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2026.
  5. ↑ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  6. ↑ "Fire/Firefighter Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-07-08.

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