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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Lewis Colick (written by)
Release Date:
1 October 2004 (USA)
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Tagline:
A bond forged by fire is never broken. more
Plot:
Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures...
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Awards:
1 win
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6 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(29 articles)
New ‘V’ Promo Video
(From Screen Rant. 24 September 2009, 3:42 PM, PDT)
Amy Adams Squares Up to ‘The Fighter’
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 30 June 2009, 9:09 PM, PDT)
(From Screen Rant. 24 September 2009, 3:42 PM, PDT)
Amy Adams Squares Up to ‘The Fighter’
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 30 June 2009, 9:09 PM, PDT)
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Jack Webb Would Be Proud
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Joaquin Phoenix | ... | Jack Morrison |
 | John Travolta | ... | Captain Mike Kennedy |
 | Jacinda Barrett | ... | Linda Morrison |
 | Robert Patrick | ... | Lenny Richter |
 | Morris Chestnut | ... | Tommy Drake |
 | Billy Burke | ... | Dennis Gauquin |
 | Balthazar Getty | ... | Ray Gauquin |
 | Tim Guinee | ... | Tony Corrigan |
 | Kevin Chapman | ... | Frank Mckinny |
 | Jay Hernandez | ... | Keith Perez |
 | Kevin Daniels | ... | Don Miller |
 | Steve Maye | ... | Pete Lamb |
 | Robert Lewis | ... | Ed Reilly (as Robert Logan Lewis) |
 | Brooke Hamlin | ... | Katie Morrison |
| Spencer Berglund | ... | Nicky Morrison |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense fire and rescue situations, and for language.
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Runtime:
115 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
India:UA |
Iceland:10 |
Iceland:12 (video rating) |
Malaysia:U |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #40479) |
South Korea:12 |
Sweden:7 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Brazil:12 |
Canada:PG |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-11 |
Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Ireland:12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:11 |
Peru:14 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) |
UK:12A
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Joaquin Phoenix was so afraid of heights before shooting this film that he could not even slide down the 20-foot fire pole. After he finished training he hung off the side of a 20-story building by a single repelling rope.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Jack is lowering the victim from the warehouse in the beginning of the movie the rope is wrapped around the metal construction. However, when the explosion occurs to his side we can see that the rope is no longer wrapped around the metal but simply lying across it.
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Quotes:
Ray Gauquin:
No more beer for Linda. Doubles for Jack - he's gonna be a father!
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Soundtrack:
Fire
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This is a film that definitely looks at the day to day lives of firemen as it is primarily through the eyes of Jack Morrison. The film pretty much looks at how he starts off as a rookie, how he meets his wife and how his career progresses until that fateful night. The more I watched this film, the more it reminded me of a classic "Adam-12" episode entitled "Elegy for a Pig". The only differences between that episode and the film were the fact that it was only a half an hour as opposed to two hours for this film and the fact that the only person in that episode to have a speaking role was Martin Milner as his character Pete Malloy described his and his best friend's career from the day he joined the force to the night his buddy was killed in the line of duty. The only negative that I found with this film is that it tended to slow down in certain areas, especially in the scenes involving Jack's home life with his worried wife Linda and their kids. This is a solid if not spectacular film where the action sequences take a backseat to the human drama of day to day life.