Case of the brave

The story of a firefighter team called the Granite Mountain Hotshots who participated in the fight against forest fires in Arizona in the summer of 2013. Squad leader Eric Marsh takes on the rookie team Brandon MacDon. The guy is unemployed, sluggish and abusing drugs, has just left prison, but the commander gives him a chance. Brandon is expecting a replenishment in the family. The remaining team members are distrustful of him. The detachment needs to obtain a federal license to fight fires, otherwise they are not truly trusted with responsible tasks. A beginner can pull back the whole team.

Brandon goes through hard training and several small fires. The team manages to save the relic tree "Big Juniper" symbol of the city and they become heroes. After a year of work, Brandon is gradually gaining authority among colleagues. The detachment has a difficult task. Fire approaches the town of Prescott , preparing to evacuate. On the night before the operation, Brandon warns the commander that he is about to leave the dangerous work of a forest fireman, as his wife is worried about his life. Marsh asks him to consider the decision, although he makes it clear that he will not risk it. The Granite Mountain Hotshots team sets off into the forest and creates a head fire that should stop the spread of the main threat. Due to an error, the pilots extinguish a controlled fire and the team is trapped. 19 firefighters die in the fire. Only Brandon manages to escape by miracle, whom the commander sent to a hill to monitor the progress of the fire. Brandon returns to the city and meets with family members of the deceased comrades. He finds no words to explain how he managed to escape.

A few years after the events, Brandon with his grown daughter visits the "Big Juniper" and remembers the dead comrades.

Development

In June 2014, it became known that Scott Cooper plans to direct a film that tells the real story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots fire department, whose employees died in a fire in Arizona in 2013. The project was produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura together with his company Di Bonaventura Pictures, Michael Menchel and Dawn Ostroff . Ken Nolan took up the script ^[6] . The future film was called "No way out."

In February 2016, it became known that the director’s chair was Joseph Kosinski ^[7] . On March 1, 2016, it was announced that the main roles in the film would be played by Miles Teller and Josh Brolin ^[8] . In May 2016, Taylor Kitsch and Jeff Bridges joined the cast ^[9] . In June of that year, roles in the upcoming film were given to Jennifer Connelly , Ben Hardy and Andy MacDowell ^{[10] [11] [12]} . The film received a new name - "Granite Mountain" ^[13] .

Filming

The main shootings began on June 13, 2016. They took place in various places and environs of New Mexico , such as Santa Fe and Los Alamos ^{[14] [15]} .

Marketing

The first trailer for the film was released on July 19, 2017. With his release, the picture again received a new name - “The Case of the Brave” ^[16] . On September 13, the second trailer was released ^[17] . On October 5, the final trailer was released ^[18] .

The film "The Case of the Brave" received positive reviews from film critics. On the Rotten Tomatoes website , the rating is 87%, based on 146 reviews with an average score of 7 out of 10 ^[19] . On the Metacritic website , the film has a rating of 72 out of 100 based on 35 reviews from critics, which corresponds to the status of “generally positive reviews” ^[20] .

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