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Backdraft

1991, Movie, R, 135 mins

Backdraft: Cast & Details

Year: 1991
Rated R
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 135
Format: Color
Genre(s): Action; Drama; Thriller
Production Co(s).: Imagine Films Entertainment; Raffaella Productions; Trilogy Entertainment Group
Released By: Universal

Award(s)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Sound - Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Gary Rydstrom, Glenn Williams
Academy Award Nominee: Best Sound Effects Editing - Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
Academy Award Nominee: Best Visual Effects - Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney, Scott Farrar

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Cast
 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
Mark Wheeler: Pengelly
Richar 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 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
Gregory Lundsgaard: High Rise Fireman
Charles Burns Jr.: Battalion Chief at Mannequin Fire
Louise 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
Jan Alderman: 4th Reporter
Kevin Petersen: Doctor
Thomas A. Senderak: 1st Fireman
Michael Allen Mark: 2nd Fireman
The Pipe and Drums of the Emerald Society: Bagpipe Group at Funeral
The Drovers: Retirement Party Band
Credits
 Ron Howard: Director
Gregory Widen: Writer
Richard B. Lewis: Producer
John Watson: Producer
Pen Densham: Producer
Brian Grazer: Exec. Producer
Raffaella DeLaurentiis: Exec. Producer
Larry DeWaay: Co-Producer
Todd Hallowell: Assoc. Producer
Mikael Salomon: Cinematographer
Dan Hanley: Editor - Daniel Hanley
Michael Hill: Editor
Hans Zimmer: Musical Composer
Albert Brenner: Production Designer
Carol Winstead Wood: Art Director
Garrett Lewis: Set Decorator
Jodie Tillen: Costumes
Allen Hall: Special Effects
Monica Devereux: Choreography
Robert N. Norin: Make Up
Lance Anderson: Make Up
Walter Scott: Stunts
Chief Stanley Span: Technical Advisor
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