BET ON CHICAGO continues its long-running Movie Pod Series with the 1991, based-in-Chicago, Ron Howard classic BACKDRAFT! Guest panel Jeff Meacham (ABC's Blackish) and Dan Sanders-Joyce (Lone Star 9-1-1) jump into the fire to discuss:
Chicago in the early 90's: rewatching Backdraft (1:51) The INCREDIBLE year that was 1991 at the movies (5:11), Best Visual Effects: T2: Judgement Day changes the game forever vs the practical effects masterpiece of Backdraft (7:10)
What is Director Ron Howard's movie-making aesthetic? (11:48), The pure joy that is Kurt Russell: Movie Star (16:25), Does Russell's Steve McCaffrey have a death wish? (28:34)
Dan's Acting Dojo: William Baldwin (33:58), De Niro vs Donald Sutherland (41:39), The "Jaws" effect but with Fire (49:03)
And we wrap up the pod nominating our Winners+ Losers of Backdraft (52:01), We talk America and Bruce Hornsby music (58:11) and debate the greatest movies that contain 'elements' as villains in cinema history!