Instead of humanizing the firemen, the movie idolizes them, and thus renders them into cardboard characters.
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Ladder 49

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Director -
Jay Russell -
Producer -
Casey Silver -
Screenwriter -
Lewis Colick -
Distributor -
Buena Vista Pictures -
Production Co -
Beacon Communications , Touchstone Pictures , Fantail Films Inc. , Beacon Pictures , Casey Silver Productions -
Rating -
PG-13 (Language|Intense Fire/Rescue Situations) -
Genre -
Drama , Action -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 1, 2004, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 1, 2014 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$74.5M -
Runtime -
1h 54m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Dolby SRD , DTS , SDDS -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.37:1)