Production Year: 2004 - Action/Adventure - Director: Jay Russell - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Robert Patrick, Morris Chestnut, Balthazar Getty, Kevin Chapman, Jacinda Barrett more
Joaquin Phoenix is great in this saga of Baltimore firefighter Jack Morrison, whose life starts flashing before his eyes when he becomes trapped in a blazing high rise. Flashbacks... more
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Ladder 49 [2004]
In paying simple tribute to firefighters, Ladder 49 gets to the heart of those who risk
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their lives for a living. Director Jay Russell brought similar sincerity to his memorable family favorite My Dog Skip, and despite the banalities of an ultra-conven...
Ladder 49 [2004]
In paying simple tribute to firefighters,Ladder 49gets to the heart of those who risk
... more
their lives for a living. Director Jay Russellbrought similar sincerity to his memorable family favoriteMy Dog Skip, and despite the banalities of an ultra-convention...
Ladder 49
What does it take for a man to run into a burning building when everyone else is running
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out? Why do firemen leave their families each morning to risk their lives for strangers? The film chronicles Baltimore firefighter Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix) ...
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Advantages: Beautiful Cinematography Disadvantages: Near on Everything Else
...Ladder 49 initially looks like a good movie, the opening is subtly haunting and the special effects look amazing but soon all this gives way to tired clichés and a contrived plot which fails to spark the audiences' attention. In putting the main group of characters into designated stereotypes the screenplay fails to inject any humanity into them which means that any of the frequent twists lose all their impact as you really couldn't care less what ... ...bit of shouting. Ladder 49 does however contain some of the most beautiful cinematography that I have seen in a long while, the whole production is expertly lit which really does help the action sequences and adds an atmosphere that the badly structured screenplay wouldn't usually allow. Also the use of colour filters is handled well which helps the film have a highly glossy look that is at times simply stunning, the separation of light and dark ...
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Advantages: Visually realistic. Emotionally intense and engaging. Disadvantages: Some plot aspects either unrealistic or slightly predictable.
...by flames, the crew of Ladder 49 rush into action. But when their leader, Jack Morrison, is trapped within the inferno, it is up to the station chief to rescue him. While he lies trapped, his life flashes before him…"
Other Information
Director: Jay W. Russell
Theme: Action/drama
Classification: "12"
Length: 115 minutes
My thoughts
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This is a film about the lives of firemen and is meant to be a tribute to them. Apparently, ... ...the question, "Why do some men run into burning buildings when everyone else is running out?" I think that the film did a very good job of this. By showing the development of both Jack's personal and professional life, the audience gets to know him as a person. We see his ordinary life as a husband and father and we see him go from fighting his first fire to performing many daring rescues. Although I could understand his wife who was afraid he might ...
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Advantages: Good actors. great movie Disadvantages: no
This is my first review here just so you know.
This film is about firefighters, after september 11, this was done for the firefighters who get killed when World Trade Center kollapsed.
This movie has good actors, the best is John Travlota, he is now a boss on a firestation. But the movie take focus to Jack Morisson, he has become a firefighter and start working at Kennedys ( john travlotas ) firestation.
He meet a nice girl and they will marry ... ...i have seen it 4-5 times and i still like i very much. I have not seen so many firefighters movies before, so this is the best I have seen.
I can warmyl recommend you to see this movie if you like action/adventure movies. It is definitely worth the money. ...
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Actor(s): Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Robert Patrick, Morris Chestnut, Balthazar Getty, Kevin Chapman
Director(s): Jay Russell
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: 12 years and over
Production Year: 2004
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Plot: When a large factory is engulfed by flames, the crew of Ladder 49 rush into action. But when their leader, Jack Morrison, is trapped within the inferno, it is up to his station chief to rescue him. While he lies trapped, his life flashes before him...
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINM; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date: 06/06/2005
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: BED 881566
Barcode: 5017188815666
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: The Making Of Ladder 49, On Location Fire Academy Training The Actors, Anatomy Of A Scene The Warehouse Fire, Why We Do It Real Stories From Real Fire Fighters, Deleted Scenes, Shine Your Light Music Video, Audio Commentary
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
DVD Description
Joaquin Phoenix is great in this saga of Baltimore firefighter Jack Morrison, whose life starts flashing before his eyes when he becomes trapped in a blazing high rise. Flashbacks chronicle his memories of being a rookie at his Baltimore fire company. He remembers fighting his first fire, bonding with fellow firefighters, falling in love with a beautiful local girl (Jacinda Barrett), getting married, and having children. He also looks back on forming a close relationship with the fire chief (John Travolta) and learning to face the danger and heroics of life on the job. This film manages to wring plenty of well-earned tears from its subject matter--as well as spine-tingling thrills--which are the result of solid performances, characterisation, and good naturalistic dialogue from screenwriter Lewis Colick. Barrett is great as Jack's worried wife; she and Phoenix exhibit strong, earthy chemistry in their scenes together. Travolta makes a fine fire captain who is graceful, sure of himself, and always ready to give up the spotlight to the younger actors. Other firemen include Morris Chestnut, Balthazar Getty, and Robert Patrick. The addition of a soundtrack of contemporary Irish and Irish-American folk and rock keeps the melancholia just a whisper away. The heroics of 9/11 are subtly honoured here, but never directly mentioned, which is to the film's credit.
Professional reviews
Review: The action sequences and fire effects are thrilling (News Of The World, )
Impressive firefighting drama with top notch performances (Sunday Mirror, )
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