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Where was Backdraft filmed?

1991 film, directed by Ron Howard.

  • Chicago

The story is set in Chicago, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Chicago
Filmed in
Chicago
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About Backdraft

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Released
1991
Director
Ron Howard
Cast
Kurt RussellWilliam BaldwinScott GlennJennifer Jason LeighRebecca De MornayDonald SutherlandRobert De NiroJason GedrickJ. T. WalshClint Howard
Genre
ActionThrillerDisasterDramaCrime

Two firefighters of Engine 17 of the Chicago Fire Department are brothers: the elder, Lieutenant Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey, is experienced, while Brian has labored in his brother's shadow.

The longest-serving of the men at Engine 17, John "Axe" Adcox, served under the McCaffreys' father and was like an uncle to the boys when they lost their father.

Contractors have paid him to shut down firehouses so that they can be converted into community centers, with the contractors receiving kickbacks for the construction.

Famous lines from Backdraft

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Fuck you!All men in the firehouse
  • You are, Stephen.Brian
  • .. and bullshitter.Ray Santos
  • Who's your brother, Brian?Stephen
  • Don't you walk away from me!Brian

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