The Granite Mountain Hotshots Movie

On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire.

The granite mountain hotshots movie.

Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park was created to honor the hotshots. 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. 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. Juliann ashcraft said she found out her firefighter husband andrew was among the dead by watching.

Entering their sixth season the 2013 granite mountain inter agency hotshots became instructors at the arizona incident and management academy. Only the brave is a 2017 american biographical drama film directed by joseph kosinski and written by ken nolan and eric warren singer based on the gq article no exit by sean flynn. The real granite mountain hotshots and others are played one for one by actors including. Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots.

Like in the movie the true story confirms that only one member of the 20 man granite mountain hotshots crew survived. Miles teller as brendan mcdonough the only. 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. A three mile 4 8 km path leads from a parking area on highway 89 up to an observation deck.

Josh brolin as eric marsh the leader of the hotshot crew. A trail follows the last steps of the hotshots down to the fatality site where they made their last stand. 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.