The Granite Mountain Hotshots Movie

Josh brolin as eric marsh the leader of the hotshot crew.

The granite mountain hotshots movie.

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. They first operated as a fuels mitigation crew until they transitioned to a handcrew in 2004. 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 their memory. Miles teller as brendan mcdonough the only.

It perfectly illustrates the kind of teamwork and camaraderie that informed the legendary squad of hotshots working to save in this case their hometown from utter destruction by fire. They trained under the supervision of eric marsh depicted by josh brolin in the movie. The granite mountain hotshots formed in 2002 as a group within the prescott volunteer fire department. Take a 360 degree tour.

The real granite mountain hotshots and others are played one for one by actors including. Outside magazine released the documentary film the granite mountain hotshots and the yarnell hill fire august 12 2013 in which friends relatives colleagues including brendan mcdonough the lone survivor of the granite mountain hotshots speak out. The movie is a stirring dramatization directed by joseph kosinski based on a nonfiction account in gq by sean flynn and co produced by condé nast entertainment of the real life activities of. 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.

On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. Entering their sixth season the 2013 granite mountain inter agency hotshots became instructors at the arizona incident and management academy.