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Superfire (2002)

Superfire (2002), directed by Steven Quale, starring D. B. Sweeney and Diane Farr.

04/20/2002 BR Action, Thriller and TV Movie 3h 30m

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Every battle has a hero.

Synopsis

A firefighter pilot blames himself for the death of his previous colleagues and gets a new assignment with a raging forest fire in Portland, Oregon, that has the whole city in jeopardy.

  • William WagesCinematography
  • Steven QualeDirector
  • Harry HitnerEditing
  • Russ LandauOriginal music

About the film

Superfire is a 2002 American disaster television film directed by Steven Quale.

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Superfire is a 2002 American disaster television film directed by Steven Quale.

Plot

After firefighter pilot Jim Merrick makes a mistake that costs the lives of 12 smokejumper colleagues, he becomes a disgrace and is reassigned to a town in Oregon. Due to his loss of reputation, most people are unwilling to listen when he tries to warn them of a fire encroaching on Portland, Oregon. The disaster involves multiple simultaneous forest fires that combine into a superfire threatening the city, and Jim and his new team must work to stop the disaster.

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Production

In November 2000, it was announced that Lions Gate Television Pictures was planning to produce a film titled Superfire about an elite firefighter squad specifically for ABC. Filming was scheduled for the spring of 2001, and Stephen Quayle was announced as the director. The film was a co-production between Germany, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. Filming took place in New Zealand, and the television film featured several New Zealand actors.

Broadcast

The television film was broadcast on ABC on April 20, 2002. The television film had a rating of PG-13/TV-14.

Home video release

Some versions of the DVD release of the film shortened the film to around an hour and a half. Other versions contained the full-length film.

Reception

A review in the 2005 book VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever by Jim Craddock and Gale Thomson called the film a "hackneyed heroes story."

In a review of the shortened DVD, the review site chasingthefrog.com gave the film a rating of 2 and a half out of 4 stars and a movie grade of C+, writing that it "turned out to be a relatively good-looking film, at least for a TV movie anyway. Sure, the special effects were noticeably not big budget, but I have to credit the filmmakers and say that they did a good job in making the fire scenes look believable. (There were clips from the bigger budget 1997 film "Dantes Peak" [sic] used to capture the massive fire.)"

Accolades

The visual effects team of John Allardice, Steve Courtney, Sherry L. Hitch, John McGinley, George Port, Jonathan Rothbart, Mark Sadeghi, Lee Stringer, and Ron Thornton was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special at the 54th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2002.

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External links

Superfire at IMDb

Superfire at Rotten Tomatoes

Text from Superfire (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfire_(film)

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What is Superfire about?

Superfire: A firefighter pilot blames himself for the death of his previous colleagues and gets a new assignment with a raging forest fire in Portland, Oregon, that has the whole city in jeopardy.

Who directed Superfire?

Superfire was directed by Steven Quale in 2002.

Who stars in Superfire?

The cast of Superfire includes D. B. Sweeney, Diane Farr, Chad Donella, Ellen Muth and Gedeon Burkhard.

How long is Superfire?

Superfire runs for 210 minutes, or 3h30.

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