No Way Out - Against the flames
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | No Way Out - Against the flames |
| Original title | Only the Brave |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 134 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joseph Kosinski |
| script |
Ken Nolan , Eric Warren Singer |
| production |
Lorenzo di Bonaventura , Erik Howsam , Thad Luckinbill , Trent Luckinbill , Michael Menchel , Dawn Ostroff , Molly Smith , Jeremy Steckler |
| music | Joseph Trapanese |
| camera | Claudio Miranda |
| cut | Billy Fox |
| occupation | |
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No Way Out - Against the Flames (Original Title Only the Brave ) is a biography by Joseph Kosinski that was released in US cinemas on October 20, 2017 and in German cinemas on May 3, 2018. The film portrays the real events in which 19 members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew were killed while fighting a forest fire in 2013 . The script by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer is based on an article in GQ magazine entitled No Exit by Sean Flynn .
action
The elite fire department of Prescott, Arizona, trains under Eric Marsh every day for the emergency. This occurs in June 2013 and they fight the flames together in the wilds of Yarnell, with 19 of the firefighters losing their lives. One of the firefighters is Brendan McDonough, who is the only one who survives the accident.
Historical background
The film tells a true story of the Yarnell Hill Fire in June 2013. In an attempt to protect the town of Yarnell , Arizona from a forest fire, members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots fire department were caught in the flames during a weather change. Only one man escaped, the rest died in the fire. Fourteen of the firefighters who died were between 20 and 30 years old. Despite their fatal efforts, the fire reached the town of Yarnell and about half of the town's houses burned to the ground. Two memorials were erected to commemorate the firefighters who died.
Brendan McDonough, the only survivor of the disaster, had watched the fire from a distance as a scout and narrowly escaped. After later investigations it was found that he was not to blame for the death of his comrades. Nevertheless, contempt and hatred met him for years. McDonough later wrote a book about the misfortune called My Lost Brothers (English for "My Lost Brothers").
Norbert Höfler from Stern Online remarks that what the film does not tell is what happened after the disaster, because after the disaster there was arguments for years: “It was about insurance payments and the question of why the men could not be saved. The Hotshots' widows were bullied for asking for independent investigations and not being satisfied with small severance payments. ”Roxanne Warneke, wife of fireman William, was pregnant with her first child when her husband died. Later she fell in love again, remarried and founded the aid organization Wildland Firefighter Guardian Institute (WFGI) with other widows and dependents, according to Höfler. This had set itself the goal of providing firefighters with the necessary equipment. Many fire fighting crews are still underfunded, says Höfler, and bandages, gloves, shovels, saws and simple grinding tools are often missing. The widows of the hotshots also collect money for GPS transmitters and drones, with which the fire fighting teams can better observe the fires from the air. The Arizona hotshots died because they realized far too late that the wind had turned and the fire had blocked their way. Roxanne Warneke is of the opinion: "If my husband and his comrades had been equipped with it, they would still be alive."
production
Bar and film title
Directed by Joseph Kosinski , the screenplay was written by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer . A big reason for Kosinski to make the film, according to his own statements, was the fact that firefighters work behind the scenes, but do not ask for recognition, even though what they do is so important: “We don't just talk about a film, we talk about it the legacy of these firefighters. The kids of some of these guys will watch the movie one day, so we wanted to make them as authentic as possible. "
The script by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer is based on an article in GQ magazine entitled No Exit by Sean Flynn . Therefore, the film was originally to be called No Exit , later it was to be called Granite Mountain , until it was finally named Only the Brave .
Kai Mihm of epd Film explains that the script focuses much more on the relationships within the team and on the men's private conflicts than on the fire, which is an honorable approach, especially since the film is an explicit homage to the real world Understand role models.
Cast and dubbing
Miles Teller plays Brendan McDonough, the only firefighter to survive the Yarnell Hill forest fire. He said: “You can turn on a channel and hear about so and so's divorce, but the hotshots are important, these are Americans, and I take a lot of pride in that, and it's not political. [...] It's about the guy to the left and the right of you saying we're all in this together, which we are. " Jennifer Connelly stars as Amanda Marsh, Pell James plays Claire Caldwell, and Jenny Gabrielle stars as Desiree Steed. Lora Martinez-Cunningham plays Dr. Ochoa. Listed below are the firefighters who died in the Yarnell Hill forest fire and their age at the time of death, the actors they portray in the film, and their German voice actors . The synchronization was based on a dialogue book by Angelika Brötzmann and Erik Paulsen under the dialogue direction by Paulsen on behalf of Christa Kistner Synchronproduktion GmbH, Potsdam. Brendan McDonough is voiced by Roman Wolko in the German version .
| actor | Real person | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Brolin | Eric Marsh, 43 | K. Dieter Klebsch |
| Alex Russell | Andrew Ashcraft, Jan. | Tim Knauer |
| Michael L. McNulty | Kevin Woyjeck, 21 | |
| Jake Picking | Anthony Rose, 23 | Nick Forsberg |
| Taylor kitsch | Christopher MacKenzie, 30 | Florian Hoffmann |
| Dylan Kenin | Robert Caldwell, 23 | Bastian Sierich |
| Scott Haze | Clayton Whitted, Jan. | Adam Nümm |
| Thad Luckinbill | Scott Norris, 28 | Gerrit Hamann |
| Ryan Michael Busch | Dustin DeFord, Jan. | Simon Derksen |
| Kenneth Miller | Sean Misner, 26 | |
| Brandon Bunch | Garret Zuppiger, 27 | |
| Scott Foxx | Travis Carter, Jan. | Dennis Sandmann |
| Sam Quinn | Grant McKee, Jan. | |
| Geoff Stults | Travis Turbyfill, Jan. | Tommy Morgenstern |
| James Badge Dale | Jesse Steed, 36 | Dennis Schmidt-Foss |
| Ben Hardy | Wade Parker, Jan. | Julius Jellinek |
| Matthew Van Wettering | Joe Thurston, 32 | |
| Ryan Jason Cook | William Warneke, 25 | |
| Nicholas Jenks | John Percin, 24 |
Filming and film music
The shooting took place in a film studio in Santa Fe , Los Alamos and Prescott , the location of the film. The film music was composed by Joseph Trapanese . In September 2017, Capitol Nashville released the song Hold the Light sung by Dierks Bentley feat. S. Carey , written by Trapanese with singer-songwriter Jon Randall . The film-inspired soundtrack was released on October 20, 2017 by Capitol Records Nashville and features songs by Pearl Jam , Kip Moore , Austin Hanks , Steve Earle , Kenny Wayne Shepherd , The Raconteurs and Jeff Bridges along with the Rusty Pilots .
Marketing and Publishing
A first trailer for the film was presented at the Comic Con in San Diego in July 2017. The film premiered on October 8, 2017 at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles . Representatives of the following fire departments were invited: Los Angeles County Fire Department, Los Angeles City Fire Department, Long Beach Fire Department, Orange County Fire Department, San Bernardino County Fire Department, San Bernardino City Fire Department, Downey Fire Department, Compton Fire Department, Manhattan Beach Fire Department, Cal Fire, El Segundo Fire Department, Apple Valley Fire Department, San Diego City Fire Department, Los Angeles County Fire / Lifeguards, and the Long Beach Fire / Lifeguards. The film was released in US theaters on October 20, 2017 and in theaters in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2017. A cinema release in Germany took place on May 3, 2018.
reception
Age rating
In the US, the film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA . In Germany, the film was approved for ages 12 and up . The statement of reasons for the release states: “The film is staged calmly and focuses primarily on the private and family life of the firefighters. Only towards the end does the situation become more dramatic with the fatal mission, but the death of the team is staged very cautiously. Then the grief of the families is impressively depicted. Children from the age of 12 are able to view these more emotional scenes in the context of the narrative and to process them appropriately. "
Reviews
So far, the film has won over 87 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics .
Variety's Peter Debruge says the film is a gripping and powerfully emotional portrait of Yee Haw heroism .
Kai Mihm from epd Film says, thankfully Joseph Kosinski keeps a sober look, renounces heroic pathos and shows the "hotshots" as straightforward, unpretentious professionals. He stages the crew as a mixture of laconic John Ford cowboys and the pithy pilots in Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff , which would have been a fitting title for his film, Mihm continues. But as fascinating as the description of the sovereign firefighting was at times, there was no real drama when the "hotshots" were deployed, as the dangers for surrounding cities and people were only conveyed in the dialogues and Kosinski had no real sense of this very special , develop a men's world shaped by traditional values and role models.
Gross profit
The worldwide revenue from theatrical screenings so far amounts to 23.5 million US dollars.
Awards
On December 18, 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the song Hold the Light was in a shortlist of 70 songs from which the nominations for the Best Movie Song category at the 2018 Academy Awards were determined. On the same day, the Academy announced that Joseph Trapanese's work was on a shortlist from which the nominations for the category Best Film Music were made. Further nominations follow.
VES Awards 2018
- Nomination in the category Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
- Nomination in the category Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
Web links
- No Way Out - Against the flames in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- No Way Out - Against the flames in the German dubbing files
- Hold The Light (From Only The Brave Soundtrack) ft. S. Carey by Dierks Bentley onYouTube
- No Way Out - Against the Flames - Trailer from Studiocanal Germany onYouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for No Way Out - Against the flames . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 175090 / K).
- ↑ http://www.nfpa.org/news-and-research/fire-statistics-and-reports/fire-statistics/the-fire-service/fatalities-and-injuries/top-10-deadliest-wildland-firefighter -fatality-incidents
- ↑ http://www.azfamily.com/story/22736418/yarnell-hill-fire-names-of-fallen-hotshot-crew-released
- ↑ a b c Norbert Höfler: "No Way Out - Against the Flames": The ugly truth behind the fire drama by Yarnell. In: Stern Online, May 3, 2018.
- ↑ https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/30/us/beyond-the-call-of-duty-granite-mountain-hotshots-yarnell-hill-wildfire-arizona-anniversary/index.html
- ↑ http://variety.com/2017/scene/vpage/only-the-brave-premiere-miles-teller-first-responders-1202584250/
- ↑ a b Trailer released for Hotshots movie 'Only the Brave' In: Daily Miner, July 21, 2017.
- ↑ a b Kai Mihm: Review of No Way Out - Against the Flames. In: epd Film, 2018.
- ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/brendan-mcdonough-sole-survivor-arizona-hotshot-firefighting-tragedy/story?id=19881553
- ↑ http://variety.com/2017/scene/vpage/only-the-brave-premiere-miles-teller-first-responders-1202584250/
- ↑ http://www.azfamily.com/story/22736418/yarnell-hill-fire-names-of-fallen-hotshot-crew-released
- ↑ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/09/22/dierks-bentleys-hold-the-light-from-only-the-brave-released/
- ↑ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/10/19/songs-from-only-the-brave-to-be-released/
- ↑ Graham Winfrey: 'Only the Brave' First Trailer: Miles Teller and Josh Brolin Star in Firefighter Drama In: indiewire.com, July 19, 2017.
- ↑ http://variety.com/2017/scene/vpage/only-the-brave-premiere-miles-teller-first-responders-1202584250/
- ↑ http://deadline.com/2017/10/only-the-brave-red-carpet-premiere-first-responders-josh-brolin-joseph-kosinski-dierks-bentley-columbia-pictures-1202184632/
- ↑ Start dates Germany In: insidekino.com. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
- ^ Only the Brave In: parentpreviews.com. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ↑ Reasons for approval for No Way Out - Against the Flames. In: Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ↑ Only the Brave In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- ↑ 'Only the Brave' Review In: Variety, October 11, 2017.
- ^ Only the Brave In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- ↑ 70 Original Songs Vie For 2017 Oscar In: oscars.org, December 18, 2017.
- ↑ Zack Sharf: Oscars 2018: Best Original Score Shortlist Includes 'The Shape of Water', 'All the Money in the World' and More In: indiewire.com, December 18, 2017.
- ↑ Erik Pedersen: VES Awards Nominations: 'Blade Runner 2049' & Latest 'Apes' Lead Film; 'Thrones' Rules All With 11 Noms In: deadline.com, January 16, 2018.