While Sept. 11 helped embellish the already heroic image of firefighters, "Ladder 49" doesn't owe any direct debt to such recent events. It plays, rather, like an old-fashioned, by-the-numbers drama ...
THERE ARE real firefighters in the world who regularly perform heroic deeds. That is an inarguable fact, and it should not be confused with discussion of "Ladder 49," a movie that attempts to convey ...
DETROIT -- John Travolta can't see the hand before his face, but he can feel the heat. He thinks he hears someone to his right, though it could just be a voice bouncing off a wall. He gropes in front ...
Ladder 49 made a blazing debut on the big screen Monday night at its jam-packed, star-studded Hollywood premiere. Also: Stars of Ladder 49 Greet Firehouse.com Winners Following World Premiere ...
He's had his fair share of dangerous call-outs, and time and again his wife has had reason to worry about him. But after all, it's his job to save people and run into burning buildings when everyone ...
Everybody loves firefighters, and even before they became the national heroes of 9/11, Hollywood movies about the profession -- from 1903's "Life of an American Fireman" to 1974's "Towering Inferno" ...
Disney's "Ladder 49," starring Joaquin Phoenix as the station-house rookie and John Travolta as his mother-hen captain, reminds us that firefighters risk life and limb daily to keep us safe. Other ...
A firetruck featured in the John Travolta film ‘Ladder 49’ will be on display at a 9/11 observance on Sept. 14 at the Price of Freedom Museum. Kannapolis Emergency Services Director Tracy Winecoff ...
You have to marvel at the crass exploitation inherent in a movie that exists to show a bunch of firefighters in one life-threatening situation after another. It doesn’t help that, in terms of tone and ...
Ladder 49 -Renée Fleming to Release 'Greatest Moments at the Met' Album This announcement follows news of Fleming’s nomination last week for a 2023 Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album, ...