Backdraft The Show Goes On

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Backdraft at Universal Studios Hollywood television commercial from 1992. • Backdraft is a fire special effects show at Universal Studios Japan and formerly at Universal Studios Hollywood, based on the 1991 film of the same name. Visitors could learn how the pyrotechnic effects were created and experience some of them first hand. It was the first attraction based on an R-rated film at the Universal theme park. • The Hollywood attraction was supposed to officially close after Labor Day 2009 to be replaced by Transformers: The Ride 3D in 2011 but remained open to appease visitors due to temporary closures of other attractions for annual refurbishment. The Hollywood attraction officially closed on April 11, 2010. The attraction remains part of the Osaka park. A similarly styled show demonstrating storm effects, Lights! Camera! Action! Hosted by Steven Spielberg, opened at Universal Studios Singapore in 2010. • Following the 1986 success of King Kong Encounter during the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood, MCA (then-owner of Universal Studios) began expanding the park as a must-visit destination in all of Southern California. In 1991, E.T. Adventure opened at the park, and a giant set of escalators called the Starway was built on the hillside that leads to various attractions, shops, and food courts (Studio Center). After the 1991 film, Backdraft became a critical and commercial success, MCA Planning and Development (now known as Universal Creative) began constructing the attraction and opened it on July 1, 1992. The attraction has been ported to Universal Studios Japan on the opening day of March 31, 2001. • Queue • For the Hollywood version, guests entered a sound stage in the Lower Lot where Backdraft was being filmed. For the Japan version, guests enter a building facade in San Francisco and into a soundstage where Backdraft is being filmed. • Pre-show • As guests walk into the Backdraft filming center , Ron Howard appears on a video screen and talks to the guests about making Backdraft. For the Hollywood version, guests enter another soundstage. For the Japan version, guests enter a set of a city alley, where the fire is burning the building. The stars from the film, Scott Glenn and Kurt Russell appear on the video screen and talk about the fire. The moment they finish, the fire surprises the guests. They are finally led into a set resembling the warehouse scene in the movie. • Main show • The guests line up on a tiered observation platform, overlooking a simulated warehouse scene. The main show begins with a narration, There is a fire in the center office. It burned up everything in the room, until it ran out of oxygen. Oh, it may look quiet now, but that is its deception...for hiding inside are unburned natural gases. Waiting...for a breath of fresh air... Suddenly, fire breaks out in the warehouse, causing a Backdraft. A series of explosions creates more fire. After a final explosion, the platform on which the guests are standing suddenly drops a few inches (with compressed air blowing up from under the platform), giving the guests a real scare. Participants are then directed to exit through the building. An interesting note: the fire is actually created by gas flame, which is nearly silent. Without the fire audio track, the only fire sound you hear in real life is the sound of gas jets turning on and off (except for the cracking barrel effects). The sound of the fire is actually an audio recording, which includes all the sounds you hear while inside the attraction show building. • In popular culture • The warehouse set was prominently featured in the television show Sliders, in the third-season episode titled The Fire Within . • ABOUT THE FILM • Backdraft is a 1991 American action thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. The film stars Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick and J. T. Walsh. It is about Chicago firefighters on the trail of a serial arsonist. Filming in Chicago began in July 23, 1990 and was wrapped up on December 8, 1990. Before the filming was started, the main actors went out on calls with real Chicago firefighters, all of the main actors also went to the Chicago Fire Academy to learn how to be like firefighters in the movie. • ©1992 Universal Studios. All rights reserved • (http://www.universalstudioshollywood....) • Posted for entertainment and educational purposes only. • No copyrights infringed. All works property of the company listed above. Please do not reproduce without their expressed written consent. • #Backdraft • #RonHoward • #FireEffects • #UniversalStudiosHollywood • #UniversalStudios • #UniversalHollywood • #StudioCenter • #FireMovie • #UniversalPictures • #LightsCameraAction • #Soundstage • #UniversalLot • #Backlot • #NBCU • #CowMissing

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