Backdraft (1991)

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R | Action, Drama, Adventure | Released: 5/24/1991 |Box Office Total: $75.7M

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Synopsis:

A coming-of-age story about a rookie fireman in Chicago and the older brother whom he idolizes, but soon suspects could be involved in a serial arson scheme plaguing the city.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
5/24/1991

Director	Credit
Ron Howard	Director
Todd Hallowell	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Kurt Russell	Stephen McCaffrey
William Baldwin	Brian McCaffrey
Robert De Niro	Donald Rimgale
Donald Sutherland	Ronald Bartel
Jennifer Jason Leigh	Jennifer Vaitkus
Scott Glenn	John Adcox
Rebecca De Mornay	Helen McCaffrey
Jason Gedrick	Tim Krizminski
J.T. Walsh	Martin Swayzak
Tony Mockus Sr	Chief John Fitzgerald
Cedric Young	Grindle
Juan Ramirez	Ray Santos
Kevin M Casey	Nightengale
Jack McGee	Schmidt
Richard Lexsee	Washington
Beep Iams	Sean McCaffrey
Ryan Todd	Brian--age 7
John Duda	Stephen--age 12
Robert Swan	Willy--Bartender
Clint Howard	Ricco
Ron West	Alan Seagrave
Kevin Crowley	1st Candidate
Carlos Sanz	2nd Candidate
Harry Hutchinson	3rd Candidate
David A C Saunders	4th Candidate
J J Chaback	Woman Psychiatrist
Tim Grimm	Man at Parole Board
David Crosby	70's Hippie
Mike Mangano	Firetruck Driver
Rick Reardon	1st Paramedic
Leslie A Ford	2nd Paramedic
W. Earl Brown	3rd Paramedic
Robert F Byrnes Jr	4th Paramedic
Kathryn Jaeck	Mannequin Fire Reporter
David Westgor	Mannequin Fire Reporter
James Ritz	Mannequin Fire Reporter
Joe Gustaferro	Donald Cosgrove
Don Herion	Repairman
Tony Mockus Jr	Jackson
Gregory Widen	Engine Lieutenant
Andrew Lipschultz	Man on Party Boat
Walter Williams	Security Guard
Bob Krzeminski	Captain
F Pat Burns	Battalion Chief at Tenement Fire
Wanda Christine	Mother at Tenement Fire
Anthony C Ellis Jr	Gasping Child at Tenement Fire
Peter C Hobert Jr	Probie
Zita Visockis	Grandma Vaitkus
Razz Jenkins	Photographer on Boat Party
Irma P Hall	1st Nurse
Nydia Rodriguez Terracina	2nd Nurse
Hollis Resnik	Sally
Don Rimgale	Party Crony
Dennis Liddiard	Party Brawler
David Luckenbach	Security Officer
Neil J Francis Jr	1st Cop
Andre Melchor	2nd Cop
Karel King	1st Swayzak Aide
Scott Baity	2nd Swayzak Aide
Gretchen Erickson	Bar Patron
Joan Esposito	Television Reporter
Bob Rice	1st Detective
Marcella DeTineo	Nurse
Tom Clark	1st Retirement Party Schmoozer
Jane MacIver	2nd Retirement Party Schmoozer
Burton Stencel	3rd Retirement Party Schmoozer
Robert Martell	Retirement Party Roaster
Tony G Chrisos	1st Politico
Cay DeVos	2nd Politico
Greg Lundsgaard	High Rise Fireman
Charles Burns Jr	Battalion Chief at Mannequin Fire
Louis Woolf	Falling Chair Lady
Ian A Nevers	Nervous Probie
Kelsey E McMahon	Child Rescued at 70's Fire
Fidel Moreno	70's Onlooker
Zan Heber	1st Reporter
Ilene Kwitny	2nd Reporter
Jane Alderman	4th Reporter
Kevin Petersen	Doctor
Thomas A Senderak	1st Fireman
Michael Allen Mark	2nd Fireman
The Pipes and Drums of the Emerald Society	Bagpipe Group at Funeral
The Drovers	Retirement Party Band
Mark Wheeler	Pengelly
Production Credits	Credit
Todd Hallowell	Associate Producer
Brian Grazer	Executive Producer
Richard Barton Lewis	Producer
Larry DeWaay	Co-Producer
Raffaella De Laurentiis	Executive Producer
John Watson	Producer
Pen Densham	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Imagine Entertainment	Production Company
Trilogy Film Production	Production Company
Raffaella Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Universal Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Writer	Credit
Gregory Widen	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Cheryl A Stone	Production Accountant
Jolanta T Piwowarczyk	Assistant Production Accountant
Michael R Kern	Assistant Production Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
William J Casey Jr	Animal Trainer
William J Casey Jr	Animal Trainer - animal handler
Art Department	Credit
Mark Woods	Lead Set Dresser - set dressing leadman
Carol Wood	Art Director - art direction
Garrett Lewis	Set Decorator
Gary S Isbel	Swing Gang
Albert Brenner	Production Designer
David Conaghan	Lead Person - leadman
Harold Fuhrman	Set Designer
William B Fosser	Set Designer
Paul Huston	Art Director - visual effects art direction
Walter Piers	Swing Gang
Gary N Baugh	Set Designer
Casting	Credit
Joan Philo	Extras Casting Assistant - extras casting assistant 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Lynne Redding	Voice Casting
Erica Arvold	Casting - casting intern
Jackie King	Casting Associate
Jacqueline King	Location Casting - Los Angeles casting associate
Cathie Holzer-Ballowe	Extras Casting - extra casting
Mark Ridge	Extras Casting - extra casting
Susan Wieder	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Jane Jenkins	Casting
Michelle Landis	Extras Casting - extra casting
Jane Alderman	Casting
Barbara Roche	Casting
The Casting Company	Casting Agency casting
Craft Services	Credit
Jeannie K Nusky	Catering
Ray Bulinski	Craft Service
Janet L Contursi	Craft Service
Steve Matthys	Craft Service - craft service 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Film Camera	Credit
Ian C Kelly	Video Playback - video playback engineer
Robert Hill	Camera Assistant
Greg Lundsgaard	Steadicam Operator
Greg Lundsgaard	Camera Operator
Ian Fox	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
David Orr	Color Timer
Mikael Salomon	Director of Photography
Mikael Salomon	Photography - visual effects photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Dean M Simmon	Camera - film loader
Frank Yario Jr	Video Playback - video playback 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Mikael Salomon	Photography - aerial photography
Don Burgess	Director of Photography - director of photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
George Dougherty	Camera
Gerrit Dangremond	Camera Operator - camera operator 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
David Morenz	Steadicam Operator - assistant Steadicam
David Morenz	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
David Luckenbach	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Phillip V Caruso	Photography - still photographer
Martin Rosenberg	Camera Operator - visual effects camera operator
John A Waldo	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Brad Kuehn	Photography - optical photography supervisor
Jon Alexander	Camera Operator - optical camera operator
Josh Bleibtreu	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Jeff Doran	Camera Operator - optical camera operator
Steven Hiller	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
W Joe Carroll	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Mollie S Mallinger	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Management	Credit
Scott Ross	Manager - general manager
Music	Credit
Laura Perlman	Music Editor
Bruce Fowler	Orchestrations
Shirley Walker	Music Conductor - conducting
Shirley Walker	Music Arranger - orchestration
Hans Zimmer	Music
Hillary Bratton	Music Coordinator
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor
Becky Mancuso	Music Supervisor
Bruce Hornsby	Song - songs
Bruce Hornsby	Song Performer
John Hornsby	Song
Los Lobos	Song Performer
Celest Ray	Music - music clearance
Larry Rench	Orchestrations
Timothy R Sexton	Music Supervisor
Jay Rifkin	Music - music scoring mixer
The Smithereens	Song Performer
David Hidalgo	Song
Nico Golfar	Music - score wrangler
Cream	Song Performer
Louis Perez	Song
Martha and the Vandellas	Song Performer
Pat DiNizio	Song
Eric Clapton	Song
Edwin Starr	Song Performer
The Drovers	Song Performer
Jack Bruce	Song
Rhythm Tribe	Song Performer
Peter Brown	Song
The Emerald society	Song Performer
Eddie Holland	Song
Lamont Dozier	Song
Brian Holland	Song
Norman Whitfield	Song
Barrett Strong	Song
Michael S Kirkpatrick	Song
Kathleen Keane	Song
Thomas Guzman-Sanchez	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Allen L Hall	Pyrotechnics - special effects and pyrotechnics
Walter Scott	Stunt Coordinator
William Baldwin	Stunts
Reuben Goldberg	Pyrotechnics - pyrotechnician
John Casino	Stunts
Corey Eubanks	Stunts
Ted Moehnke	Pyrotechnics - pyrotechnician
Scott Glenn	Stunts
Chuck Ray	Pyrotechnics - pyrotechnician
Norman Howell	Stunts
Mike Johnson	Stunts
Terry Leonard	Stunts
Rick Seaman	Stunts
Kay Whipple	Stunts
Anthony Brubaker	Stunts
John Burros	Stunts
Eddie Fernandez	Stunts
Johnny Hock	Stunts
Robert Jauregui	Stunts
Rick LeFevour	Stunts
Kurt Russell	Stunts
Stacy Logan	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Sioux Richards	Script Supervisor
Aldric Porter	Assistant Director
Stephen Andrzejewski	Assistant Location Manager
Larry DeWaay	Unit Production Manager
Betsy Horning	Location Assistant - 2nd unit location assistant (2nd Unit)
Ed Hirsh	Stage Manager
Michael J Malone	Location Manager
Louise C Larson	Assistant Production Coordinator
Alecia Larue	Production Coordinator
Dru Anne Carlson	Script Supervisor - script supervisor 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Ian Foster Woolf	Assistant Director
Jeff Okabayashi	Assistant Director
Bruce Moriarty	Assistant Director - assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
John L Roman	Assistant Director - assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Andrew Lipschultz	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Glenn Williams	Sound Mixer
Jeffrey A Williams	Boom Operator
Dennie Thorpe	Foley Artist
Gary Summers	Rerecording Mixer
Gary Rydstrom	Sound Design
Richard Hymns	Sound Editor
Christopher Boyes	Foley Recordist
Rob Fruchtman	ADR Editor
Ken Fischer	Sound Effects Editor
Scott Chandler	Sound - assistant sound design
Karen A Brocco	ADR - ADR assistant
Donna Jaffe	Sound Effects - sound effects assistant
Nancy Jencks	Foley - foley assistant
Mary Helen Leasman	Foley Editor
Marnie Moore	Foley Artist
Tim Holland	Sound Effects Editor
Scott Guitreau	Sound Effects - sound effects assistant
Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam	ADR Editor
Curtis Frisk	Sound Mixer - sound mixer 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Randy Thom	Rerecording Mixer
Nigel Walker	Sound - soundtrack album engineer
Diana Pellgrini	Foley Editor
Gary Rydstrom	Rerecording Mixer
Frank Eulner	Sound Effects Editor
Dan Engstrom	Sound Effects - sound effects assistant
Sandina Bailo-Lape	Foley Editor
Marilyn McCoppen	ADR Editor
Tom Johnson	Rerecording Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Scott Farrar	Visual Effects Supervisor
Clay Pinney	Special Effects Foreman
Mark Sullivan	Matte Painter
William L Allen	Special Effects - special effects technician
Anne Calanchini	Effects Coordinator - visual effects coordinator
Wayne Fitzgerald	Titles - titles designer
Terry Molatore	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope operator
Suella Kennedy	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Pat Domenico	Special Effects - special effects technician
Tom Bertino	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Thomas P Ryba	Special Effects Foreman
Eben Stromquist	Visual Effects - model engineer
Chuck Wiley	Visual Effects - model maker
Gary L Karas	Special Effects - special effects technician
William D Kennedy	Special Effects - special effects technician
Susan Ross	Visual Effects - model maker
Michael P Lynch	Visual Effects - model maker
Rodman Kiser	Special Effects - special effects technician
C J McMurray	Special Effects - special effects technician
Tony Sommers	Visual Effects - model maker
Mike Menzel	Special Effects - special effects technician
Chris Goehe	Visual Effects - model maker
Giovanni Donovan	Visual Effects - model maker
Joe Montenegro	Special Effects - special effects technician
Michael Roundy	Special Effects - special effects technician
Rodney Morgan	Visual Effects - model maker
Stuart Robertson	Visual Effects - digital effects
Tom Tokunaga	Special Effects - special effects technician
Jake Zawacki	Special Effects - special effects technician
Thomas J Smith	Visual Effects - digital effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Linda R Rizzuto	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Kathe Swanson	Hair - hair and makeup 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Jodie Tillen	Costume Designer
Cheryl Weber	Set Costumer
Denise Wingate	Assistant Costume Designer
Robert N Norin	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Dennis Liddiard	Makeup
Jane Blank	Wardrobe - seamstress
Lance Anderson	Prosthetic Makeup
John C Casey	Costume Supervisor
Ilona Herman	Makeup - makeup and hair
Jerome H Turnage	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Anthony J Scarano	Set Costumer
Peggy Pliscott	Makeup - makeup and hair
Carolyn Schraut Barczak	Set Costumer
Gloria Coffey-Sharrieff	Set Costumer - set costumer 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Linda Melazzo	Makeup - makeup and hair
Dominic Mango	Makeup - makeup and hair

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