Backdraft: 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook
UPC: Disc: A217-198D-3C57-2DE0 (Blu-ray)
Region Coding: No Region Coding
Production Year: 1991
Rating: R (Restricted)
Language and a Scene of Sensuality
Running Time: 137 min.
DVD Release: 6/1/2021
Case Type: SteelBook
Video Formats: Widescreen 2.35:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: $0.00
From Academy Award®-winning° director Ron Howard, Backdraft is a visually stunning, emotionally charged, action-thriller about the adventurous lives of professional firefighters. Kurt Russell and William Baldwin star as two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. When a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these explosive crimes. Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, and Robert De Niro also star in this critically acclaimed suspense story that features Academy Award®-nominated† visual effects and Sound with some of the most awe-inspiring fire sequences ever filmed.

°2001 Best Director.
†1991, Best Sound Effects Editing.

Genres
Drama
Action
Crime

Studios
Universal Pictures
Imagine Films Entertainment
Trilogy Entertainment Group
Media Companies: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Deleted Scenes
BD-Live
Picture-in-Picture
D-BOX
Subtitles
English
French
Spanish
Audio Tracks
English DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Spanish DTS 2-Channel Stereo
French DTS 5.1
Cast
Kurt Russell as Stephen McCaffrey
William Baldwin as Brian McCaffrey
Robert De Niro as Donald Rimgale
Donald Sutherland as Ronald Bartel
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Jennifer Vaitkus
Scott Glenn as John Adcox
Rebecca DeMornay as Helen McCaffrey
Jason Gedrick as Tim Krizminski
J. T. Walsh as Martin Swayzak
Tony Mockus, Sr. as Chief John Fitzgerald
Cedric Young as Grindle
Juan Ramirez as Ray Santos
Kevin M. Casey as Nightengale
Jack McGee as Schmidt
Mark Wheeler as Pengelly
Richar Lexsee as Washington
Beep Iams as Sean McCaffrey
Ryan Todd as Brian Age 7
John Duda as Stephen Age 12
Robert Swan as Willy (Bartender)
Clint Howard as Ricco
Ron West as Alan Seagrave

Candidates
Kevin Crowley
Carlos Sanz
Harry Hutchinson
David A. C. Saunders


J. J. Chaback as Woman Psychiatrist
Tim Grimm as Man at Parole Board
David Crosby as 70's Hippie
Mike Mangano as Firetruck Driver

Paramedics
Rick Reardon
Leslie A. Ford
W. Earl Brown
Robert F. Byrnes, Jr.



Mannequin Fire Reporters
Kathryn Jaeck
David Westgor
James Ritz


Joe Gustaferro as Donald Cosgrove
Don Herion as Repairman
Tony Mockus, Jr. as Jackson
Gregory Widen as Engine Lieutenant
Andrew Lipschultz as Man on Party Boat
Walter Williams as Security Guard
Bob Krzeminski as Captain
F. Pat Burns as Battalion Chief at Tenement Fire
Wandachristine as Mother at Tenement Fire
Anthony C. Ellis, Jr. as Gasping Child at Tenement Fire
Peter C. Hobert, Jr. as Probie
Zita Visockis as Grandma Vaitkus
Razz Jenkins as Photographer on Boat Party

Nurses
Irma P. Hall
Nydia Rodriguez Terracina


Hollis Resnik as Sally
Don Rimgale as Party Crony
Dennis Liddiard as Party Brawler
David Luckenbach as Security Officer

Cops
Neil J. Francis, Jr.
Andre Melchor



Swayzak Aides
Karel King
Scott Baity


Gretchen Erickson as Bar Patron
Joan Esposito as Television Reporter
Bob Rice as Detective
Marcella DeTineo as Nurse

Retirement Party Schmoozers
Jane MacIver
Burton Stencel


Robert Martell as Retirement Party Roaster

Politicos
Tony G. Chrisos
Cay DeVos


Gregory Lundsgaard as High Rise Fireman
Charles Burns, Jr. as Battalion Chief at Mannequin Fire
Louise Woolf as Falling Chair Lady
Ian A. Nevers as Nervous Probie
Kelsey E. McMahon as Child Rescued at 70's Fire
Fidel Moreno as 70's Onlooker

Reporters
Zan Heber
Ilene Kwitny
Jane Alderman


Kevin Petersen as Doctor

Firemen
Thomas A. Senderak
Michael Allen Mark


The Pipes and Drums of the Emerald Society as Bagpipe Group at Funeral
The Drovers as Retirement Party Band
Trinity Academy of Irish Dancing as Dancing Girls at Retirement Party
Crew
Direction:
Ron Howard: Director
Writing:
Gregory Widen: Writer
Production:
Brian Grazer: Executive Producer
Raffaella De Laurentiis: Executive Producer
Richard B. Lewis: Producer
Pen Densham: Producer
John Watson: Producer
Cinematography:
Mikael Salomon: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Daniel Hanley: Film Editor
Michael Hill: Film Editor
Music:
Hans Zimmer: Composer
"In The Unpromised Land"

"The Granuille Reels"
Michael S. Kirkpatrick: Song Writer

"Nothing For You"
Michael S. Kirkpatrick: Song Writer
Kathleen Keane: Song Writer

"Set Me In Motion"
B. R. Hornsby: Composer
John Hornsby: Song Writer
Sound:
Glenn Williams: Production Sound Mixer
Post Production Sound Services Provided by Skywalker Sound North
Gary Summers: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Thom: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Rydstrom: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Johnson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Rydstrom: Sound Designer
Richard Hymns: Supervising Sound Editor
Art:
Jodie Tillen: Costume Designer
Albert Brenner: Production Designer
Allen Hall: Visual Effects
Carol Winstead Wood: Art Director
Robert N. Norin: Make-up Artist
Lance Anderson: Make-up Effects
Dennis Liddiard: Make-up Artist
Ilona Herman: Make-up Artist
Peggy Pliscott: Make-up Artist
John Casey: Costume Designer
Special Visual Effects by Industrial Light & Magic
Scott Farrar: Visual Effects
Stuart Robertson: Visual Effects
Thomas J. Smith: Visual Effects