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Fire and Rain

  • TV Movie
  • 19891989
  • 1h 29m
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Fire and Rain (1989)
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On August 2, 1985, Delta Airlines Flight 191 is en route to Los Angeles via Dallas-Fort Worth, taking off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. When the plane is landing in Fort Worth, wind-shear f... Read allOn August 2, 1985, Delta Airlines Flight 191 is en route to Los Angeles via Dallas-Fort Worth, taking off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. When the plane is landing in Fort Worth, wind-shear from a strong thunderstorm causes the plane to crash, resulting in 137 fatalities.On August 2, 1985, Delta Airlines Flight 191 is en route to Los Angeles via Dallas-Fort Worth, taking off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. When the plane is landing in Fort Worth, wind-shear from a strong thunderstorm causes the plane to crash, resulting in 137 fatalities.
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  • Director
    • Jerry Jameson
  • Writers
    • Jerome Greer Chandler(book)
    • Gary Sherman(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Charles Haid
    • John Beck
    • Tom Bosley
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  • Director
    • Jerry Jameson
  • Writers
    • Jerome Greer Chandler(book)
    • Gary Sherman(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Charles Haid
    • John Beck
    • Tom Bosley
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    Charles Haid
    Charles Haid
    • Bobas Bob
    John Beck
    John Beck
    • Captain Edward Connersas Captain Edward Conners
    Tom Bosley
    Tom Bosley
    • Derryl Priceas Derryl Price
    Richard Christie
    Richard Christie
    • First Officer Rudolph Priceas First Officer Rudolph Price
    Penny Fuller
    Penny Fuller
    • Mrs. Hamiltonas Mrs. Hamilton
    Robert Guillaume
    Robert Guillaume
    • Carteras Carter
    David Hasselhoff
    David Hasselhoff
    • Dr. Dan Meyeras Dr. Dan Meyer
    Dean Jones
    Dean Jones
    • Jack Ayersas Jack Ayers
    Patti LaBelle
    Patti LaBelle
    • Lucille Jacobsonas Lucille Jacobson
    Lawrence Pressman
    Lawrence Pressman
    • Mr. Hamiltonas Mr. Hamilton
    Susan Ruttan
    Susan Ruttan
    • Sandra Thompsonas Sandra Thompson
    Angie Dickinson
    Angie Dickinson
    • Beth Mancinias Beth Mancini
    Joe Berryman
    Joe Berryman
    • Michael Steinbergas Michael Steinberg
    Gloria Hocking
    • Marilyn Steinbergas Marilyn Steinberg
    Blue Deckert
    Blue Deckert
    • Jim Rodmanas Jim Rodman
    L. Gregg Loso
    • Clint Smithas Clint Smith
    Marianne Gordon
    Marianne Gordon
    • Wandaas Wanda
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    Angie Bolling
    Angie Bolling
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      • Jerry Jameson
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      • Jerome Greer Chandler(book)
      • Gary Sherman(teleplay)
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    On August 2, 1985, Delta Airlines Flight 191 is en route to Los Angeles via Dallas-Fort Worth, taking off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. When the plane is landing in Fort Worth, wind-shear from a strong thunderstorm causes the plane to crash, resulting in 137 fatalities. —Anonymous
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      Most of the rescue personnel seen in the film were real firefighters and paramedics from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Some of them had taken part in the rescue efforts following the actual crash on August 2, 1985, and were in effect portraying themselves.
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      First Officer Price: We're gonna get our airplane washed!

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    Disaster In Dallas
    It shouldn't be too surprising that real-life (and fictional) airline disasters and tragedies have made frequent fodder for movies, both cinematic and made for television. The 1989 film FIRE AND RAIN falls into the latter category.

    This film, which first aired on September 13, 1989, recounts the true-life events that unfolded on August 2, 1985 in Dallas. On that day, Delta Airlines Flight 191, bound from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Los Angeles was coming into Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on its single stop on the route when it flew into an isolated thunderstorm hovering very close by the field. The storm created what was then a largely unknown (by the public) phenomenon known as "wind shear", or "microburst", which caused the plane to slam into the ground just slightly more than a mile north of the outer perimeter of the DFW airfield. Of the 152 passengers and eleven crew members onboard, 137 died and twenty-eight survived. One person on the ground was also killed, the driver of a Toyota Celica whose car was hit by the plane. It was one of the worst aircraft mishaps in U.S. history up to that time, and it led to modifications in all aircraft whereby their radar could detect microbursts and wind shears of the kind that bought down Delta 191, as well as the kind of thunderstorm that caused them; at the time, it could only detect the actual presence of the storm itself.

    Although it is no more a standout kind of film than a lot of other films of its type, directed as it is by disaster film specialist Jerry Jameson (who also did AIRPORT '77 and STARFLIGHT ONE), FIRE AND RAIN does boast a very good cast that includes Charles Haid, Angie Dickinson, Tom Bosley, John Beck, Dick Christie, Robert Guillaume, Susan Ruttan, David Hasselhoff, and Patti LaBelle. And while certain elements of this film's retelling aren't exactly completely accurate, the makers were quite wise to cast many of the very same firefighters and paramedics ("first responders", in today's jargon) who were at the scene of the actual crash on that stormy August afternoon in 1985; their presence adds a certain verisimilitude the film might otherwise not have had had they decided to cast big-name stars. The actual on-location shooting in Dallas and nearby Irving in Texas adds some more realism to the proceedings.

    FIRE AND RAIN won't set the television movie genre on its ear, but it does well what it had intended to do, even with a few flaws.
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    • Release date
      • September 13, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Flight 191 - på väg mot katastrof
    • Filming locations
      • Dallas, Texas, USA
    • Production company
      • Wilshire Court Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
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      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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