Top 100 Movies: No. 87 - Backdraft (1991)
Posted on October 24, 2007
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Backdraft is not Ron Howard’s best work and it did have a contrived plot, but it also had Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Scott Glenn, Kurt Russell and some great fire/action sequences. Not to mention, it’s a tribute to firefighters. How can you go wrong with that?
Backdraft is also in my “if I find it on TV I’m watching it” list. And yes, you will see that list in the future.
I wasn’t able to find a trailer for Backdraft, but i did find a pretty cool video featuring the score by Hans Zimmer. It’s long, but worth a look (and those looking will see spoilers).
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Tags: backdraft, donald sutherland, firefighters, hans zimmer, kurt russel, robert de niro, ron howard, score, scott glenn, top 100 movies, tribute
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This was a terrific movie as far as special effects go. But, the one thing they couldn’t reproduce (or wouldn’t) is the immense amount of smoke which would accomany the major fires depicted in the film. Still, they did an incredible job.
Thanks for the great comment. Excellent point. Plus, how did Kurt Russell’s character never get smoke inhalation?