Backdraft (film)

Backdraft
Backdraft
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ron Howard
Written by	Gregory Widen
Produced by	Richard B. Lewis; John Watson; Pen Densham;
Starring	Kurt Russell; William Baldwin; Scott Glenn; Jennifer Jason Leigh; Rebecca De Mornay; Donald Sutherland; Robert De Niro;
Cinematography	Mikael Salomon
Edited by	Daniel P. Hanley; Mike Hill;
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Production; companies	Imagine Films Entertainment; Trilogy Entertainment Group;
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 24, 1991;
Running time	137 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$40 million
Box office	$152.4 million

Backdraft is a 1991 American action thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. Starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick, and J. T. Walsh, it follows Chicago firefighters on the trail of a serial arsonist.

It was released on May 24, 1991 to favorable reviews, and grossed $152.4 million worldwide.^[2]^[3] It received three Academy Award nominations Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, and Best Visual Effects. It also inspired a special effects attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood, which opened in 1992 and closed in 2010. It was followed by the sequel Backdraft 2 in 2019, with Baldwin and Sutherland reprising their roles.

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