Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone (2006)

When a freakishly hot summer at Yellowstone National Park creates the perfect conditions for the largest forest fire in American History... Look out!

Director:

John Lafia

Writers:

Mark Wheaton, John Fasano

Stars:

Scott Foley, Richard Burgi, Tanya Allen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Foley	...	Clay Harding
Richard Burgi	...	Richard Danville
Tanya Allen	...	Annie Calgrove
Brian Markinson	...	Scott Clark
Ty Olsson	...	Riley Henson (as Ty Olsen)
Lynda Boyd	...	Margaret Sheldon
Kevin McNulty	...	Malcom Levine (as Kevin Mcnulty)
Diego Klattenhoff	...	Willis Lee
Jared Keeso	...	Sean Ellis
Philip Granger	...	Wes Cash (as Phillip Granger)
Sarah-Jane Redmond	...	Valerie Danville
Jessica Amlee	...	Nikki Danville
Ryan Kennedy	...	Jim
Alex Corr	...	Chris
Alexia Fast	...	Maya

Storyline

When a freakishly hot summer at Yellowstone National Park creates the perfect conditions for the largest forest fire in American History... Look out!

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Plot Keywords:

yellowstone national park | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 September 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Wildfires

Filming Locations:

Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

A&E Network, Cypress Point Productions, Jaffe/Braunstein Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

180 min 91 min (shortened)

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Misconceptions abound, absurd special effects, flawed in every respect

The cast was nice looking. That is why I didn't give it a 1. Being a firefighter for 35 years I could not conceive that this movie ever made it through production. There must not have been any technical advice from the National Park Service, National Interagency Fire Center, or any legitimate wild land fire fighting organization. I can not give you the policies and safety requirements that must be met before a firefighter goes on the ground, but it is for sure that this movie misrepresented many of those critical factors. The Park Service would never wait for a fire to reach a half a million acres before it asked for help. I am not going to belabor the whole pointlessness of this movie. The production staff never applied special effects as they are in a real situation. That may have been on purpose for sensationalism, but it tends to give the wrong information. A lack of research evidently. Some of the footage of real forest fires was shown and it did not show lots flame because it is covered by smoke. That is true. The bad special effects showed large tracks of land in 100 foot flames and no smoke. I don't know about the underlying scenario of lack of federal funding, but why should I believe that in a movie so heavily laden if other falsehoods.