Backdraft /

Backdraft /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, c1997.
Description:	1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English
Subject:	Fire fighters -- Drama. Fire extinction -- Drama. Brothers -- Drama. Arson investigation. Brothers. Fire extinction. Fire fighters. Illinois -- Chicago. Feature films. Adventure films. Action and adventure films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction. Fiction films.
Format:	DVD Video Video cassette
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7629421

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Other authors / contributors:	Russell, Kurt. Baldwin, William, 1963- Glenn, Scott, 1942- De Niro, Robert. Zimmer, Hans. Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
ISBN:	0783223609 9780783223605
Notes:	Case has copyright date of 1998; actual disc states 1997. Music, Hans Zimmer ; music supervisors, Becky Mancuso and Tim Sexton ; associate producer, Todd Hallowell ; co-producer, Larry DeWaay ; executive producers, Brian Glazer and Raffaella DeLaurentiis ; film editors, Daniel Hanley and Michael Hill ; production designer, Albert Brenner ; director of photography, Mikael Salomon ; writer, Gregory Widen ; producers, Richard B. Lewis, Pen Densham and John Watson ; director, Ron Howard. Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca DeMornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert DeNiro. DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround. English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Summary:	Stephen McCaffrey and his younger brother Brian are two feuding siblings carrying on an heroic family tradition in the Chicago fire department. Stephen is so relentless that he drives Brian out of firefighting and into arson investigation. Assisting arson investigator Donald Rimgale, Brian becomes involved in a puzzling series of arson attacks, each ignited by explosive phenomena known as backdrafts. Before the smoke clears, love affairs are rekindled and lives are shattered as the McCaffrey brothers fight to resolve their differences and solve the mystery.
Target Audience:	Rated R.

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Summary:	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, Rovi
Item Description:	Case has copyright date of 1998; actual disc states 1997.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround.
Audience:	Rated R.
Production Credits:	Music, Hans Zimmer ; music supervisors, Becky Mancuso and Tim Sexton ; associate producer, Todd Hallowell ; co-producer, Larry DeWaay ; executive producers, Brian Glazer and Raffaella DeLaurentiis ; film editors, Daniel Hanley and Michael Hill ; production designer, Albert Brenner ; director of photography, Mikael Salomon ; writer, Gregory Widen ; producers, Richard B. Lewis, Pen Densham and John Watson ; director, Ron Howard.
ISBN:	0783223609 9780783223605