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'''''Backdraft''''' is 1991 American action-drama film directed by [[Ron Howard]] and written by [[Gregory Widen]]. The film stars [[Kurt Russell]], [[William Baldwin]], [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Scott Glenn]]. [[Donald Sutherland]], [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]], [[Rebecca De Mornay]], [[Jason Gedrick]], [[Brian Jaramillo]] and [[JT Walsh]] co-star in the film.
In [[The Windy City]], young Brian McCaffery (William Baldwin) is a man going from one dead-end job to another, until he gets it in his head to be a firefighter alongside his brother, Stephen "Bull" McCaffery (Kurt Russell), and the men of the 17-engine crew. Also, Brian's past follows him, as he was photographed at the scene of his father's death by arson, as he watched from the ground, holding his father's helmet in his hands. Now, a dangerous arsonist has torched two city officials, and after Brian is transfered, it is up to him and arson investigator Donald "Shadow" Rimgale to sniff out the arsonist before anyone else is torched.
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* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Donald Sutherland is probably in the movie for all of fifteen minutes, but ''man'' does he make it work for him!
* [[Parking Payback]]: A car is parked in front of a fire hydrant. The firefighters take a certain glee in smashing the car's windows so they can thread the hose through to the hydrant.
* [[Pyromaniac]]: Ronald Bartel ([[Donald Sutherland]])
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|"Axe" Adcox.}}
* [[Sleazy Politician]]: Alderman Swayzak
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* [[Write What You Know]]: The film was based partly on writer Gregory Widen's experiences as a Chicago firefighter (leaving the position after one of his best friends died on the job).
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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
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