If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Poguesġ0. You And Me - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakersĩ. "Shine your Light" music video performed by Robbie RobertsonĪudio commentary from Director Jay Russell and Editor Bud Smithħ. "Everyday Heroes" - featuring real stories from real firefighters And as he reflects on his life, now Assistant Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him.Īvailable Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted his relationship with his wife and kids. Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy (Travolta), probationary firefighter Jack Morrison (Phoenix) matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. That's also true to life, says Baltimore County firefighter Joe Carter, who after two years in his Owings Mills station is still low guy on the totem pole.Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Robert Patrick, Morris Chestnut In the movie, Phoenix, the rookie, is the butt of good-natured hazing. Lad114 minutes Action & adventure 327 Add to Wishlist Academy Award (R) nominated stars Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta ignite the intense action in this heroic tale of ordinary men.
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"He cleaned tables, he cleaned toilets, he did the same things we did everyday," said Little, an emergency vehicle driver with the department's Truck No. Not only did Phoenix make it through the academy training, but he also spent six weeks on the job, riding to fires, pulling hoses, living the life. But to Shawn Little and cousins Don and Matt Coster, he was just another guy keeping the firehouse running.
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The line could have broken and sent both plunging to their deaths, but that's the kind of risk firefighters take all the time, Yant said.Īs for the glamour part, to everyone else, Joaquin Phoenix is a movie star.
The victim jumped into the firefighter's arms, and the pair was lowered to safety. The New York fire department lowered a firefighter down a rope outside the building to where the trapped victim waited by the window. The characters and their actions are quite believable. In the early 1990s, a high-rise in Times Square caught fire. Before the end of the movie you may feel as though you know each character as well as Jack does. Yant said that one particularly daring rescue in the film is based on real life. Who plays the role of the priest whenever a new guy arrives Hint Kenny Mike Tommy Lenny 4. What is the name of the girl that Jack meets Hint Melinda Linda Sophie Katie 3. And Disney, which released the film, picked up the entire tab for the overtime. When Jack gets the firehouse and talks with the chief, where is he assigned to Hint The ladder The engine Janitorial Washer 2. "We juggled shifts so the city never was without protection. "The safety of Baltimore residents never was compromised," he said. "It was appealing to us because this gave us a chance to talk to people about what we do," he said.Ībout 300 of the department's 1,700 firefighters and personnel participated in some way in the production of "Ladder 49," according to Yant, the film's technical adviser, though he emphasized that the filming never resulted in empty fire stations. In addition, Baltimore is among the 10 busiest fire departments in the nation, Goodwin said, with more than 100,000 responses a year to reports of fires, hazardous materials and medical emergencies.
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When the movie first starts it goes striaght into an action schene. "We told them that as long as they portrayed the city and the department fairly, we would cooperate in any way we could," Goodwin said. Chief Kennedy plays a big role in Jacks life. But Baltimore offered unprecedented firehouse access to the cast and crew. New York and Philadelphia also were competing for the movie, and filming costs in Toronto are particularly low. "Ladder 49" could just as easily have been made elsewhere. "It's very important to our image, so that people may see this movie and say, 'Hey, Maryland might be a nice place to go."' "It's hard to measure, but it definitely counts," said Ehrlich. "I want to thank director Jay Russell for filming this great film in the greatest city in America," O'Malley said to the crowd.Įhrlich, his wife Kendel alongside him (she actually spent a day on the set, he noted with pride, but wasn't on film), spoke glowingly of the effect movies filmed and set in Baltimore have on civic pride. made nice, smiling and waving at each other as the traditional sidewalk block decorated for the premiere was unveiled. Even political rivals O'Malley and Ehrlich Jr.
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