Backdraft (1991) – Filmsack Show Notes

INTRO

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Oh hi,

This week on FilmSack we head BACK to Netflix to where it all started and do that arm wrestle hug thing with our local Beefcake Chicago Bartender who is pulling us a big ole DRAFT of our favorite brew that tastes like a Ron Howard Action Thriller from 1991 and has no problem talking about its Daddy-Brother issues while buck naked in a Firehouse Shower. An activity best left to young attractive people who have had 6 or more months to power squat their way to a spectacular 2 seconds of a soapy butt shot … totally worth it … Look at him…that is my brother’s butt double Goddamnit.

Anywho, If you ever find yourself running through a burning warehouse building full of lava hot scaffolding and flammable barrels of fire going off like bottle rockets and you are thinking … now would be a good time to resolve some family issues with my brother …. just remember, it could be worse…you could have to axe fight your way past a guy who’s nickname is literally Axe. Well let me Axe you a question, How’s that working out for you. Dying in the back of an ambulance…why I do believe that is the second time you died in this movie Mustache Man.

Randy, If you go, We all go. No! I don’t wanna go…let go! RANDY LET GO!

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BRIEF

Chicago firefighting brothers Stephen (Kurt Russell) and Brian (William Baldwin) have been rivals since childhood. Brian, struggling to prove himself, transfers to the arson unit. There he aids Don (Robert De Niro) in his investigation into a spate of fires involving oxygen-induced infernos called backdrafts. But when a conspiracy implicating a crooked politician and an arsonist leads Brian back to Stephen, he is forced to overcome his brotherly competitiveness in order to crack the case.

Rated: R
1991 ‧ Action/Thriller ‧ 2h 17m

LINKS

IMDB – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101393/

WIKIPEDIA – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdraft_(film)

Rotten Tomatoes – https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/backdraft

TVTropes – https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Backdraft

WHERE TO WATCH

Netflix – https://www.netflix.com/title/269715?source=35

MORE WAYS TO WATCH – https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/backdraft

TRAILER/CLIPS

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Backdraft (1991) – You got to be kidding me…an actual operating 8 track! Burn it all? alright, I’ll see you at the next parole hearing. #DaddyBrother

SHOW NOTES

Who dies? Who lives? In…the backdraft
What a geek.
Chicago 1971 … what a geek… you are doing it wrong. Who’s your brother?…you are stevie! You do it right…or you will get burnt and die.
Clint Howard is going to be in this.
Come along for a ride-along.
Give it a yank. give it a good pull for those hippies..
Nobody has been happier to head to a fire…
All my stuff’s up there! In the fire…save my stuff!!
That’s your old man up there Brian.
Who me? Just saving lives.. and dad get smoke inhalation.
Hey…did anybody just see that fire flame… is that a gas line…you gonna live but I am gonna die in front of my kid.
It is almost like firefighting is dangerous.
Hey kid…let me get your picture…that’s it…look sad and confused cause your pops just got toasted.
Meanwhile 20 years later…
The littlest McCaffrey… made it to the cover of Life.
You back to firefighting… you can’t seem to keep a job… in your blood.
What I don’t need is a sarcastic bartender.
A case of scotch to the right chief will get you the assignment you want…you crooked son of a bitch.
That fire is out to get people. Like some sort of Final Destination.
Firefighting; It’s a family affair.
Oh I just got back in town…time to hook up with my old flame…OLD FLAME!
I just graduated…again.
6 years Brian..it has been 6 years.
Bunch of grown up kids.
Looks a lot like his old man.
One case of Scotch Brian…you getting cheap in your old age…looks like you are going to the toughest group … the 15.
The captain likes to smoke…you would think he would be tired of smoke
This house sizzles and hisses.
Mice and Matches are my suspects.
Hey maybe you will remember this… Spinach…we don’t need no stinking Spinach…sends the kids running to mommy. Must be an inside joke.
Always a divorce going on.
Living on the boat now.
You got to be kidding me…an actual operating 8 track.
Does this have to be a big brother you broke my GI Joe stuff.
No place to hide…you can’t have a bad day.
I quit the academy before…I got to resolve some issues.
Big brother don’t believe in me…he is like a bad dad. I had a good dad…but he was killed by the FIRE!
Can’t be late… my shitty car says otherwise.
Who let Chris Farley drive the Fire Truck.
Hey Ash…didn’t the kids dad save you.
Heat Wave…good choice.
Garment Factory…always at the Garment Factory…everything is flammable.
Hey little bro…you are doing it wrong.
Got to go find this fire..
Take it from the side. nope…take it head on…she is gonna flash on us…nah.
It’s in the walls…John Wayne time…no backup.
Dig in… DIG IN GODDAMNIT
Its jumping floors on us.
Put your mask on. It’s going to be the real deal
No man left behind…
You got to trust
His name is Axe…Take Tim…he dead.
Not real sure why you would fight this fire…let it burn out.
Why doesn’t Brian have a walky-talky.
The portrayal of fire as a living and breathing entity is amazing.
I got one…I got one!! haha…I saved a manikin .. Sorry to hear about the Manikin…I heard you 2 were close.
gross…smoke spit up.
Bull is his nickname.
I told you to stay right the fuck beside me Brian.
You dropped the ball…you split the team up.
You got my vote for Major…because of your Task force.
Oh no..his ex is on the city council …the enemy
Butt shot… First day…
We saved a life…Fighting 17th…and Stephen is amazing.
I would never have a long naked shower conversation with some guy…no time for talking…get clothed…we talk later.
That’s no line man…thats no line.
Way to go probies….its lunch! Go go go. Make the food half naked.
2 asswipes…probationary.
Chicago Fire Dept.
We feed you to the Thing…a dirty non-dalmation dog.
He died…a CPA… and the city council…and A BACKDRAFT
To funny looking Tim and his boring face and big ears.
That is one clean windshield
Happy Retirement.
Always insulting one another…that is how you show love as a man.
Brian got the credit for the save on his own…but he didn’t save nothing but a manikin…CAUSE IT MAKES A GOOD STORY.
Time for some Irish leg dancing.
Moving up to Fire Investigating….when you have the right strings to pull.
Not some sort of poster boy. I’m very photogenic.
Let’s get drunk and start a fight with my wife’s new boyfriend.
Stuck as Lieutenant for life…you ever wonder why…no..
The Go-go Chicago Boat home…I’m not drunk…you are drunk
I’m not my old man…fire won’t get me..cause I know more than he did.
practicing it everyday…
This movie has the music to move the soul
Cleaning up the chicken crates.
The Thing loves you.
When you have a thing…here comes the firemen.
Get it on your shoulder…run like this Brian…your brother is better.
“Run Damn You” What about Tim…
Roll the Hose now…
My baby…save my baby!! My Baby is still up there.
Don’t take that kind of shit from this fire…don’t let it know you are scared.
When the fire retreats…be scared…be very scared…and when it bulges the door…really be scared….now hold your breath.
Steeeeeeeeevvvvveennnn… Slow mo.
Ash has the hose…I ain’t quitting because you are being hard on me…I’m quitting because I can’t lose you again dad.
Time to move on Brian? I did it my way…I ain’t no hero…I didn’t hesitate cause there was a kid up there that needed saving…I had to do it.
You win Steven.
Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline. I don’t need no heroes! The other side of the coin.
ohhh…he done see the action. He burnt up and he likes the burned up dolls and photos
Swazack can kiss my ass.
Pest control….the arsonist.
Sutherland is extra creepy.
Come on Shadow…tell him..
Tell him about us on State Street.
The animal turned on me…
My hero…my shadow…left his shadow on the wall…
The funny thing about firemen…night and day they are still firemen.
Meanwhile at the Parole Board Meeting.
What did you do to that little girl… I burned her….what do you do to old ladies…I burn them … and the world. Burn it all…I have a problem. See ya next year Ronald McSutherland. Flame broiled…that is Burger King.
Take a deep breath in fire
Explosion blows out the flame…good for us…not so good for him.
Come on your sneaky little bastard… show me where you started.
Little dead rat critters here.
Waiting for some sucker to give it one big gulp of air.
Both Crispers front doors. This guy is a crisper
I don’t think so…not in my contract…I just rewrote your contract.
Hey Ron Howard’s brother….you seem mostly normal here…even if you do work in a morgue.
lets make the love on the dirty hoses on the top of this fire truck
Hey check that door…crispy guilt
Why is everybody always mad at me!
nice pick up I the hospital little bro
time to head back to my ex…where else am I gonna go?
fire is alive. You want to beat it you got to know what it wants. This ain’t science…it is hunting a wild animal.
what did you do mayor?
bullshit task force…
This was a total scam.
That gas line hose is a snake!
This movie had a lot of explosions.
Hey kid…I think I got a little problem here.
None of these guys like being helpless.
Not looking in the right place Brian
Nobody knows the Animal like Ronald.
What is his tool…how does he talk to the fire.
Triptoclorine
You still haven’t put it together yet.
Did the fire look you…it did…oh boy…
They know him real well…but doesn’t want to let him loose. They don’t love him.
It was my brother.
My Brother Dad. He did the best he could.
People change…sometimes right when you are looking at them. Is he the animal?
Does. He love the animal?
ooooh…it’s ash…not my brother.
Is it Adcox…how did you know.
That is the only thing I am sure of anymore.
Just like when he was a kid….looking up at Adcox
Firetruck down!
Who did this music? Sounds like Armagedon
They were killing firemen for money
Can we have this argument somewhere that there is not a fire?
Mid air gas line shutout valve jump
You got to go axes with a guy named Axe in the middle of a fire.
I just couldn’t let it go Bull.
This place is full of barrel rockets and fire…and death.
Let me go bull. You go…we go.
Had to watch his brother daddy die too…that a bunch of bullshit.
oh shit is right….that is some serious
He died because he was stubborn…and now his brother has not brother daddy.
One last time Stephen…I’m gonna show you how I am fireman…
Is this Fire looking at me? Oh…I know this fire ain’t looking at me.
Look at him…that is my brother Goddamnit. Haha
Who’s your brother Brian…you are Stephen.
I’m tied of hearing the siren…turn the siren off.