The Granite Mountain Hotshots Movie

The film tells the story of the granite mountain hotshots an elite crew of firefighters from prescott arizona who lost 19 of 20 members while fighting the yarnell hill fire in june 2013 and is dedicated to.

The granite mountain hotshots movie.

A three mile 4 8 km path leads from a parking area on highway 89 up to an observation deck. Two widows of the granite mountain hotshots say they helped with the creation of the movie and they feel that it portrays their husbands and the elite team s story. Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park was created to honor the hotshots. Like in the movie the true story confirms that only one member of the 20 man granite mountain hotshots crew survived.

Juliann ashcraft said she found out her firefighter husband andrew was among the dead by watching. Only the brave 2017 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Entering their sixth season the 2013 granite mountain inter agency hotshots became instructors at the arizona incident and management academy. The granite mountain inter agency hotshots had been protecting the city with over 3 1 billion in assessed value over 18 000 homes and 24 000 residents.

Take a 360 degree tour. Josh brolin as eric marsh the leader of the hotshot crew. 21 year old brendan mcdonough nicknamed donut and played by miles teller in the movie had been serving as a fire and weather lookout when the fire encroached on his position and threatened to overtake it. The real granite mountain hotshots and others are played one for one by actors including.

On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. Richard brody on the new movie only the brave about the granite mountain hotshots a real life unit of heroic arizona firefighters and what the film doesn t include. Miles teller as brendan mcdonough the only.