Siskel & Ebert Classics - 5/17/91 - Backdraft, Madonna Truth or Dare
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2021
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R.I.P. Alan Rickman.
I find it interesting that the biggest complaint from firefighters regarding Backdraft is that the firefighting in the movie is in reality too dangerous and less brave than depicted. As a filmgoer, I love it, though. It was clear Ron Howard really wanted the actors right in the thick of the fire and it paid off giving it a sense of reality that, as it turns out, is more fiction than reality.
Backdraft is basically a lifetime like movie for men but still pretty good overall.
Backdraft still remains one of my favorite firefighter movies of the 90's, and their review of it really soars. The movie itself was very well acted and very well directed by Ron Howard.
Truly Madly Deeply has one of the most extraordinary scenes I've ever seen: the lead's sadness in the beginning of the movie was the most affecting singular moment of grief I've ever witnessed in a movie.
R.I.P. Donald Sutherland. Though mention of him was made by Siskel and Ebert made in this review despite it being arguably the best performance.
Leaving the commercials in is a great choice.
Backdraft has its problems but damn, I still love it after all these years. It's probably the biggest reason I ended up becoming a firefighter myself. It was in out family VHS library and I couldn't have been more than 6 or 7 when I first watched it. But I fell in love with the job and I just never grew out of it. Yeah sure, it's not what firefighting really looks like. But who cares?
I love the old ads.
Thanks for posting these old ones .
I worked on "Backdraft" in the Location Department. It was great to see it got a excellent review from these guys. Back in the day, the studios used to sent out PR Kits for the film, sometimes before the film was completely posted. If you look up at the upper left hand corner of the frame at
Straight old school...love it!!
Backdraft👍🌟🌟🌟
Thanks for posting.
Two thumbs up for Madonna's Truth or Dare!? Madonna generous? Realistic documentary!!!!????
I saw Backdraft the weekend it came out in theaters. It was thirty years ago last week and I still consider it the worst weekend of my life! I was a junior in high school. I thought I finally had my shit together. Only I did something completely stupid and it has been in the back of my mind ever since. That being said, my friends and I thought a good Kurt Russell movie would take my mind off of things. Only Backdraft wasn't a good Kurt Russell movie. In fact, at the end of the film, I turned to my buddy Joe and said, "If Kurt Russell dies, I'm leaving." To this day, I have never seen the ending of Backdraft.
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Which TV channel was this show on?
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