Backdraft

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Release date 1991

Duration 132 min

Producer(s) Raffaella De Laurentiis, Pen Densham, Larry DeWaay...more

Director(s) Ron Howard...more

Writer(s) Gregory Widen...more

Cast Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro...more

Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery,

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 Grindle:
These high-rise gigs give me the creeps.
 

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 Donald 'Shadow' Rimgale:
So stop me if I got this wrong. Now the fire is almost out, you're upstairs on the unburned floor checking for heat, is that correct? And you've been told by your Battalion Chief, your Captain and by me not to do nothin', right? Not to do nothin' until ordered. That's correct, right?
Candidate:
Yes, sir.
Donald 'Shadow' Rimgale:
Ok. But now the itch starts. The 'Glory Boy' flash starts. 'Hey, I'm a hero. Heroes don't just stand around.' You can tell me, that's what it was, wasn't it?
Candidate:
Yes, sir.
Donald 'Shadow' Rimgale:
So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline? [shouting]
Donald 'Shadow' Rimgale:
Was that BEFORE OR AFTER you noticed you were standing in a lake of GASOLINE, YOU IDIOT?
Candidate:
Before, sir.
Donald 'Shadow' Rimgale:
You could have burned or killed or crispened half that company! To say nothing of the fact that you wrecked the physical evidence that I use to prove that it's arson, and you know how goddamned hard it is to determine the cause of these fires! Now you go home and you think about that!
 

 Ronald:
I sent away for the copy of Life magazine. The one with your picture on the front. It's a collectible.
Firefighter Brian McCaffrey:
Who's doing this, Ronald?
Ronald:
Wrong question. Who isn't? It's not a spark because there's not enough damage. He wouldn't have had any fun. It's not an insurance scam because there isn't any profit.
Firefighter Brian McCaffrey:
Do you know who's doing this?
Ronald:
Yes.
Firefighter Brian McCaffrey:
Then tell me.
Ronald:
You want to know who? I want to know if this kid really wanted to be just like his dad.
Firefighter Brian McCaffrey:
I wanted to be him. I wanted to be him more than anything else in the world.
Ronald:
And you loved him?
Firefighter Brian McCaffrey:
Yeah.
Ronald:
And you watched him dance with the animal. You saw your dad burn.
Firefighter Brian McCaffrey:
Fuck you Ronald. Who's doing this, huh?
Ronald:
Did it look at you? Did the fire look at you? It did. Whoa. Wow. Our worlds aren't that far apart after all, are they? So, whoever is doing this knows the animal well, doesn't he? He knows him real well, but he won't let him loose. He won't let him have any fun, so he does not love him. Now who doesn't love fire? And is around trychtichlorate all day long?
Firefighter Brian McCaffrey:
[realizes who it might be] Oh my God!
Ronald:
See... that wasn't such a long trip after all.
 

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