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Only the Brave
Directed by
Joseph Kosinski
Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Molly Smith, Dawn Ostroff, Jeremy Steckler, Erik Howsam, and Michael Menchel
Screenplay by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer Based on the GQ article "No Exit" by Sean Flynn
Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Molly Smith, Dawn Ostroff, Jeremy Steckler, Erik Howsam, and Michael Menchel
Screenplay by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer Based on the GQ article "No Exit" by Sean Flynn
With:
Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly, James Badge Dale, Taylor Kitsch, Andie MacDowell, Geoff Stults, Alex Russell, Thad Luckinbill, Ben Hardy, Scott Haze, Jake Picking, Scott Foxx, Dylan Kenin, Ryan Michael Busch, Kenneth Miller, Ryan Jason Cook, Brandon Bunch, and Matthew Van Wettering
Cinematography:
Claudio Miranda
Editing: Billy Fox
Music: Joseph Trapanese
Editing: Billy Fox
Music: Joseph Trapanese
Runtime:
134 min
Release Date: 20 October 2017
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 20 October 2017
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
True story of an elite crew of Arizona firefighters, the Granite Mountain Hotshots, gets boiled down to a surprisingly thin—even hokey at times—masculine melodrama that avoids some of the more compelling personal and political aspects of the story. Fire scenes are impressive, but an exploration of the job's specifics and the individual personalities of the majority of characters are curiously absent. Check out the documentary Young Men and Fire (released the following year, 2008) for a less Hollywoodized exploration of similar material.