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TOP 5 FIREFIGHTER MOVIES OF ALL TIME Being a firefighter is a difficult but thrilling career, so watching actors portraying your work on the big screen can be exciting, but also at times frustrating. Sometimes they get it right, sometimes they get it wrong. If you’re on the lookout for some of the best firefighter movies ever created, we’ve compiled a list below that are well worth a watch.
1. Only the Brave, (2017)
Only the Brave is a biographical drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer. It’s based on Sean Flynn’s GQ article “No Exit.” The film includes an ensemble cast including, Josh Brolin, James Badge Dale, Jeff Bridges, Miles Teller, Alex Russell, Taylor Kitsch, Ben Hardy, Thad Luckinbill, Geoff Stults, Scott Haze, Andie MacDowell, and Jennifer Connelly.
Storyline
The storyline of the film is based in 2007 Prescott, Arizona and is based on true and tragic events. Eric Marsh of the Prescott Fire Department is frustrated fighting forest fires when the Type 1 or “Hotshot” front line forest fire fighting crews from afar overrule his operational suggestions to his area’s sorrow.
To change that, Marsh gets approval from the Mayor to attempt to organise an unprecedented certified municipal-based Hotshot crew for Prescott. To that end, Marsh needs new recruits, which includes the young wastrel, Brendan McDonough, to undergo the rigorous training and qualification testing for the most dangerous of fire fighting duties. Along the way, the new team meets the challenge and the hailed Granite Mountain Hotshots are born. In doing so, all the men, especially McDonough, are changed as new experience and maturity is achieved in fire-forged camaraderie. All this is put to the test in 2013 with the notorious Yarnell Hill Fire that will demand efforts and sacrifices no one can ignore. Verdict: Only the Brave manages to portray a fairly accurate portrayal of the sacrifices these firefighters made and the tragedy that occurred less than ten years ago.
2. Burn (2012)
Burn is an American documentary film co-directed and produced by Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez.
Storyline
The documentary takes place in the city of Detroit, Michigan. As a result of a huge increase in fires among the crumbling
urbanscape of abandoned structures, the city has been in severe decline in recent years.This documentary follows the lives and challenges of the Detroit Fire Department members who are on the front lines of this taxing battle. Faced with constant emergencies and diminishing budgets, Detroit firemen are committed to protect the city as best they can, whatever the cost. Verdict: Burn captures the danger (and, yes, joy) of putting out fires, as well as the futility of putting out fires in a city riddled with arson. An action-packed documentary that allows viewers to make personal connections with these men and women who protect Detroit and its citizens.
3. The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Towering Inferno is an American film produced by Irwin Allen with an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. The film, directed by John Guillermin, is a co-production between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros, marking the first time two major Hollywood companies have collaborated on a film. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and was the highest-grossing picture of 1974. The film was nominated for eight Oscars in all, winning three of them.
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