Ladder 49

Ladder 49 is a 2004 disaster thriller film directed by Jay Russell and starring Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Morris Chestnut, Robert Patrick, Balthazar Getty, Jay Hernandez, and Jacinda Barrett.

Synopsis[]

Follows the lives of a group of firefighters with one in particular reminiscing on his past as he is trapped in a burning building while his fellow firefighters attempt to rescue him.

Cast[]

• Joaquin Phoenix as Firefighter Jack Morrison, Ladder Company 49 (formerly Engine Company 33)
• John Travolta as Deputy Chief (formerly Captain) Mike Kennedy, Deputy Chief 1 (formerly Engine Company 33)
• Jacinda Barrett as Linda Morrison, Jack's wife
• Morris Chestnut as Firefighter Tommy Drake, Ladder Company 49 Tillerman
• Balthazar Getty as Firefighter Ray Gauquin, Ladder Company 49
• Robert Patrick as Firefighter Leonard "Lenny" Richter, Ladder Company 49
• Billy Burke as Firefighter Dennis Gauquin, Ladder Company 49
• Tim Guinee as Captain Tony Corrigan, Ladder Company 49
• Kevin Chapman as Lieutenant (formerly Firefighter) Frank McKinney, Engine Company 33
• Jay Hernandez as Probationary Firefighter Keith Perez, Engine Company 33
• Kevin Daniels as Firefighter Engineer Don Miller, Engine Company 33
• Steve Maye as Firefighter Pete Lamb, Engine Company 33
• Robert Logan Lewis as Firefighter Ed Reilly, Ladder Company 49
• Spencer Berglund as Nicky Morrison, Jack and Linda's son
• Brooke Hamlin as Katie Morrison, Jack and Linda's daughter
• Sam Stockdale as Himself
• Paul Novak, Jr. as the Voice of Ladder 49, The Dispatcher - with a deep, sensual baritone
• Mayor of Baltimore Martin O'Malley as himself

Trivia[]

• Joaquin Phoenix trained with actual firefighters where he was given the nickname "Hollywood". After completion, they started calling him by his real name. Phoenix is now an honorary member.
• The film is set in Baltimore, but was originally going to be set in New York City. This was changed following 9/11.

Videos[]

External links[]

• Ladder 49 on Wikipedia

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