Movie Trivia Monday (Answer ed. #38)

Who directed Backdraft?

Congratulations to Dawn for guessing correctly!

Backdraft trivia:

• Many of the extras in the film are actual Chicago firefighters.
• Kurt Russell, Scott Glenn, and ‘William Baldwin’ did a lot of their own stunts, and the Stunt Coordinator Walter Scott was so impressed by their performances, that he credited them as stunt performers in the credits.
• Much of the soundtrack was later used for the Japanese cooking show, _”Ryori no tetsujin” (1993)_ , AKA “Iron Chef”.
• The photos of firefighters seen on the walls of the investigators office are of the Los Angeles Country fire fighters who were on scene during the filming of the fire scenes as a precautionary measure.
• To draw audiences into the intensity of real fire, a cameraman was outfitted in fire-proof suit and wandered through the flames with a hand-held camera.
• The film’s screenwriter, Gregory Widen, was a firefighter for three years before becoming a screenwriter. The film’s basis is based upon the death of a friend in an actual backdraft.

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