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Backdraft Welcome to The Guys Review, where we review media, products and experiences. Directed by Ron Howard Music Composed by Has Zimmer Screenplay by Gregory Widen Starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and not Robert Patrick, unfortunately Released May 24, 1991 Budget: $40M ($76.8M in 2021) Box Office: $152.4M ($292.7M in 2021) $77.9M domestically, $74.5M internationally Gross: $112.4M Ratings: IMDb 6.7/10 Rotten Tomates 74% Metacritic 38% Google Users 89% Nominated for 3 Oscars: Sound Effects Editing, Visual Effects, Best Sound Plot: Opens in 1971, two brothers fighting about how to wear firefighter equipment when the alarm sounds. The younger brother, Brian, is asked if he wants to ride and see what his dad does. They arrive at what seems to be a routine fire, save a little girl, when Brian notices the fire “acting” funny, and then witnesses his father in an explosion. 20 years later, Brian McCaffery is grown, is shown to have passed his fireman test, again, and looking to get placed at a station, which he bribed a chief to do. Meanwhile, a man gets blown up opening his door. Outside the bar, Brian bumps into Jennifer Jason Leighs, Jennifer. After a tense exchange, Brian and the other firemen go to the scene. Brian sees his brother, Stephen, and he learns Stephen has him transferred from the station he wants to his station, 17. De Niros’, Donald Rimgale is shown investigating the fire. S: -Is it weird Kurt Russell plays his own father? Is that two credits and paychecks? -The guy who addresses the fire fighters when they arrive is David Crosby, from Crosby, Stills and Nash. -First notice how the fire has a distinctive sound. -Music change when De Niro is shown Brian goes to Stephens house to see him, and finds out from Stephens wife, Helen, Stephen doesn’t live there anymore. Brian founds him on their dads old boat. They share some exposition, and history of Brian quitting the fire academy before. Stephe
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