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Backdraft
Synopsis
The sons of a Chicago fireman who gave his life in the performance of his duties, firefighting brothers Kurt Russell and William Baldwin carry their lifelong sibling rivalry into their work. Russell is convinced that Baldwin hasn't got what it takes to remain in the fire department. Baldwin is transferred to a safe assignment, assisting arson investigator Robert DeNiro, who is trying to make sense of a series of fires involving an oxygen-induced ball of fire called a backdraft. The investigation reveals a link between corrupt alderman J. T. Walsh and imprisoned pyromaniac Donald Sutherland. The trail of evidence leads Baldwin to suspect that his brother Russell, a much-decorated hero, may be the inside man setting up the arsons.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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  • Director:
    Ron Howard,
  • Writer:
    Gregory Widen,
  • Producer:
    Richard Barton Lewis, John Watson, Pen Densham, Richard B Lewis,
  • Cinematographer:
    Mikael Salomon,
  • Editor:
    Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley,
  • Executive Producer:
    Brian Grazer, Raffaella De Laurentiis,
  • Cast:
    Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro,
  • Associate Producer:
    Todd Hallowell,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Guy Barresi,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Jack Gallagher,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Jeff Okabayashi,
  • Co-Producer:
    Larry DeWaay,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Richard Hymns,
  • Camera Operator:
    Robert L. Blatman,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Sioux Richards,
  • ADR Mixer:
    Ed Golya,
  • Assistant Production Coordinator:
    Louise C. Larson,
  • Boom Operator:
    Jeffrey A. Williams,
  • Colorist:
    Tom Rovak,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Steve A. Hagberg,
  • Construction Foreman:
    Richard Bryan Douglas,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Josh Bleibtreu,
  • Location Manager:
    Michael J. Malone,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Alecia LaRue,
  • Property Master:
    Dennis J. Parrish,
  • Set Dresser:
    Gary Isbell,
  • Stand In:
    John Burros,
  • Foley Artist:
    Dennie Thorpe, Marnie Moore,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    Michael Silvers, Sara Bolder,
  • Visual Effects Supervisor:
    Scott Farrar,
  • Lighting Technician:
    Todd Braden,
  • Visual Effects Producer:
    Suella Kennedy,
  • Color Timer:
    David Orr,
  • Still Photographer:
    Phillip V. Caruso,
  • Rotoscoping Artist:
    Tom Bertino,
  • Title Designer:
    Wayne Fitzgerald,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Randy Thom,
  • Transportation Co-Captain:
    Todd Dickison,
  • Key Hair Stylist:
    Linda Rizzuto,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Bill Barr,
  • Sign Painter:
    Robert E. Knight,
  • Foley Editor:
    Diana Pellegrini, Sandina Bailo-Lape, Mary Helen Leasman,
  • Assistant Camera:
    Robert Hill,
  • Prosthetic Makeup Artist:
    Lance Anderson,
  • Unit Publicist:
    Andrew Lipschultz,
  • Chef:
    Pierre Remy,
  • Matte Painter:
    Mark Sullivan,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Hans Zimmer,
  • Extras Casting Assistant:
    Joan Philo,
  • Stunts:
    Norman Howell, Mike Johnson, Terry Leonard, Corey Michael Eubanks, Tony Brubaker, William Baldwin,
  • Pyrotechnic Supervisor:
    Robert Finley Jr.,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Becky Mancuso-Winding,
  • Production Office Assistant:
    Shari Lynn Himes,
  • Storyboard:
    Mark Moore,
  • Painter:
    Anthony Joseph Fatigato,
  • Set Costumer:
    Gloria Coffey-Sharrieff,
  • Music Coordinator:
    Celest Ray,
  • Set Designer:
    Gary Baugh,
  • Construction Buyer:
    Michael D. Gianneschi,
  • Sound Mixer:
    Curt Frisk,
  • Sound Engineer:
    Dennis Leonard,
  • Location Scout:
    Larissa Supplitt,
  • Carpenter:
    Lawrence Hammer,
  • Conductor:
    Shirley Walker,
  • Leadman:
    David Conaghan,
  • Post Production Supervisor:
    Andrew Golov,
  • ADR Editor:
    Rob Fruchtman, Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam, Marilyn McCoppen,
  • Standby Painter:
    Alan Broadbent,
  • Negative Cutter:
    Louis Rivera,
  • Generator Operator:
    Eugene F. Crededio,
  • Production Assistant:
    Paul Andresen,
  • Stunt Double:
    John Casino,
  • Second Unit Director:
    Todd Hallowell,
  • Sound Designer:
    Gary Rydstrom,
  • Production Secretary:
    Wileen Dragovan,
  • Foley Recordist:
    Christopher Boyes,
  • Orchestrator:
    Shirley Walker,
  • Costume Illustrator:
    Haleen K. Holt,
  • Art Direction:
    Carol Winstead Wood,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Chris Freres,
  • Location Assistant:
    Betsy Horning,
  • Swing:
    Walter J. Piers,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Joe Carroll,
  • Scoring Mixer:
    Jay Rifkin,
  • Chief Lighting Technician:
    Dwight Campbell,
  • Additional Second Assistant Camera:
    Mollie S. Mallinger,
  • Choreographer:
    Monica Devereux,
  • Transportation Coordinator:
    Calvin Chin,
  • Hairstylist:
    Ilona Herman,
  • Production Accountant:
    Cheryl A. Stone,
  • Loader:
    George Dougherty,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    Larry DeWaay,
  • Assistant Costume Designer:
    Denise Wingate,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Roger Tweten,
  • Greensman:
    Steve Homa,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Dennis Liddiard,
  • Casting Associate:
    Jacqueline King,
  • Executive In Charge Of Production:
    Jim Morris,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    Gregory Lundsgaard,
  • Visual Effects Camera:
    Martin Rosenberg,
  • Casting:
    Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson,
  • Dialect Coach:
    W. Earl Brown,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Gregory A. Weimerskirch,
  • Assistant Location Manager:
    Stephen Andrzejewski,
  • Set Decoration:
    Garrett Lewis,
  • Seamstress:
    Jane Blank,
  • Craft Service:
    Raymond Bulinski,
  • General Manager:
    Scott Ross,
  • Electrician:
    Rob Doherty,
  • Production Illustrator:
    Peter Ramsey,
  • Key Grip:
    Dick Dova, John S. Robertson,
  • Pyrotechnician:
    Reuben Goldberg,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Walter Scott,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    John Casey,
  • Special Effects Technician:
    William L. Allen Sr.,
  • Production Design:
    Albert Brenner,
  • Driver:
    Todd Dickison,
  • Visual Effects Coordinator:
    Anne Calanchini,
  • Gaffer:
    Alphonse Blumenthal,
  • Costume Design:
    Jodie Lynn Tillen,
  • Technical Advisor:
    William Cosgrove,
  • Visual Effects Art Director:
    Paul Huston,

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