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 DeMornay, Donald Sutherland and Robert de Niro also star in this critically acclaimed suspense story that features Academy Award-nominated Special Effects and Sound with some of the most awe-inspiring fire sequences ever filmed.