Backdraft
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Sep 16, 2026
Peter LawsHOST
You know, maybe the fresh air helped extinguish it." Shows what I know about fire.
Peter LawsHOST
Should have remembered Backdraft when I saw that in the nineties.
Peter LawsHOST
Because it turns out Chris knows a lot more about fire than I do.
Peter LawsHOST
We actually looked into what Chris had done after leaving the Air Force.
Christine LakinHOST
And Carol overhears this.
Christine LakinHOST
What does she mean, fire department? Dana covers by saying, oh, we're watching the fire movie, Backdraft, you know, with all those handsome firemen.
Christine LakinHOST
That Baldwin is just so cute, don't you think? And Carol says, okay, well, we've decided we had to leave.
Christine LakinHOST
Our plans got changed.
Rich KeefeHOST
Yes.
Rich KeefeHOST
Backdraft.
Ryan DaveyHOST
I put this down as an honorable mention on my list, but you can cut it.
Rich KeefeHOST
Okay.
Rich KeefeHOST
Yeah, it's probably not making it.
Rich KeefeHOST
So we can cut Backdraft in 91.
Rich KeefeHOST
Also, Cape Fear, where once again, he's nominated for an Oscar.
Rich KeefeHOST
I would
Lesley RoleyGUEST
Yeah, it depends.
MattHOST
Like, uh, Backdraft.
Lesley RoleyGUEST
Yeah.
Lesley RoleyGUEST
[laughs]
Jake HollandHOST
Uh, I, I don't always get that, but, uh, you know, I try to, and it's, you know, cause you never know when, when this might be your last.
StevenHOST
uh i got a real quick question before i ask pythons for you david um when you started fire department were you like a cowboy like in the movie uh backdraft just running into houses with no equipment just a jacket and helmet or did you actually suit up you know an air pack and everything
David DachingerGUEST
Yeah, that's such an interesting question because you think about the public's perception of what firefighters do, and it's based probably a lot on movies like Backdraft, right? And, you know, the TV shows, there's not that many of them that are really accurate.
David DachingerGUEST
Like, I'll watch a movie and immediately pick out, you know, if there's a fire department involved in a scene.
David DachingerGUEST
they do things that you would never do in real life right you'll see always see fire from running in a movie i don't know why they do it but we would never do that right it's dangerous it's kind of like slow down the speed up kind of thing um so no we wouldn't be quite that you know cowboy as backdraft I mean, things happen.
Peter MinglesHOST
And if you can just describe a little bit about that to our listening audience who might be a little bit newer, you know, they don't know this stuff.
Peter MinglesHOST
And I remember the movie Backdraft for those people that remember it.
Peter MinglesHOST
Probably the closest you can get to at least seeing what a firefighter in New York City might be all about.
Peter MinglesHOST
But could you describe the brotherhood of those firemen and, and how, and I'm not separating them from policemen, but firemen were really special.
EvanHOST
Of course, coming up, I do believe we've actually got set up to where we're going to be on another podcast together yeah i'm i'm i'm fucking stoked to the max we get to go see brooke and mark over on a podcast on elm street so folks if you uh listen to them or if you don't listen to them give them a listen to and uh we'll be joining them pretty soon um then i believe uh We'll probably do either backdraft or Blade Runner 2049 next.
EvanHOST
And then after that, we'll have Jurassic Park with Sir Harbinger.
EvanHOST
And then it'll be either Blade Runner 2049 or Backdraft.
EvanHOST
It's going to be one of the two.
EvanHOST
It's going to go vice versa, guys.
Ron HowardGUEST
Well, I, when we, when I first got involved with Apollo 13, I was very n- anxious about that, just concerned that it would, you know, diminish my creativity in some way.
Ron HowardGUEST
Up to then I'd, I'd begun making movies with real verisimilitude in mind, Backdraft, firefighting movie, The Paper w- was about-
James DeakinsHOST
Mm-hmm
Ron HowardGUEST
... journalism, and I really wanted that kind of contemporary auth- authenticity, and I felt like it was, it was part of what would engross the audience.
6 MINS LATER
Ron HowardGUEST
... and then in, in our, in our finale, then it was more cinematic, and, and cameras were moving, and it was more, more poetic and beautiful.
Ron HowardGUEST
Mm.
Ron HowardGUEST
But that was a really exciting example, and I, I've, I, you know, I took that lesson, but I've, I've tried to do that, whether it's the fires in Backdraft, you know, races in, in Rush, which I did with Anthony Dod Mantle, or Cinderella Man with s- Salvatore Totino, to, to sort of use, let the camera work express something thematic, uh, wi- within it and, and, and let- Mm-hmm ... and, and, or certain characters in certain situations.
Ron HowardGUEST
And so, you know, again, that's why I, I thrill to these, uh, collaborations and what I learned from them.
Jonas KnoxHOST
This is who he is.
Jonas KnoxHOST
There's a scene in the movie Backdraft where Donald Sutherland is having his parole hearing, and this is a guy who, you know, he was an arsonist.
Jonas KnoxHOST
I mean, he, like, burned buildings, people.
Jonas KnoxHOST
He just-- terrible human being.
Jonas KnoxHOST
This is who he is.
Jonas KnoxHOST
There's a scene in the movie Backdraft where Donald Sutherland is having his parole hearing.
Jonas KnoxHOST
And this is a guy who, you know, he was an arsonist.
Jonas KnoxHOST
I mean, he like burned buildings, people.
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