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Two feuding brothers carry on a heroic family tradition in the Chicago Fire Department. Before the smoke clears, love affairs are rekindled and lives are shattered as the brothers fight to resolve their differences and solve a puzzling series of arson attacks, each ignited by explosive phenomena known as backdrafts. Read more
| Starring | Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Scott Glenn |
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| Director | Ron Howard |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Two feuding brothers carry on a heroic family tradition in the Chicago Fire Department. Before the smoke clears, love affairs are rekindled and lives are shattered as the brothers fight to resolve their differences and solve a puzzling series of arson attacks, each ignited by explosive phenomena known as backdrafts.
| Starring | Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, J.T. Walsh, Donald Sutherland |
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| Director | Ron Howard |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 10 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 12 mins HD DVD: 2 hrs 10 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1990 To Rent: DVD: 19 Aug 2002 Blu-ray: Unavailable for rental HD DVD: not available Blu-ray: 24 Jan 2011 HD DVD: 16 Apr 2007 |
Being a fireman is just like belonging to a football team, or so screenwriter Gregory Widen would have us believe. 'You... read more on Time Out
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one of my fav.2 ...
one of my fav.2 fireman brothers, alec baldwin--etc.. try to keep the tradition going, with the family, good music score. worth the watch
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Up with the best
Excellent film. Brill mix of action, adventure, romance, families and sadness in one. Could not have been casted any better than this. A MUST watch
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Good film
I wouldn't rate this as up there with my all time favourites but it was well worth watching. Felt it dragged in places and the rather sad ending spoilt the ... read more »
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Classic!
De Niro's acting is on point. Like the story of this although the fire investigation skills are a little unaccurate and fighting fires without BA, not sure ... read more »