
Review safety protocols before your visit. People who liked Only the Brave also liked. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic. Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic story of a team. Tickets: $15 / $11 senior and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / Free or discounted for MoMI members ($11 classic). The precarity of blue-collar work is brought to life in these individual stories, with radio and television clips transmitting local news and providing the political and economic context for their predicament. Four teenagers in the small industrial city of Wollongong are affected by the economic recession and the slashing of jobs, which especially took a toll on women. With Tina Waller, Kevin Bugden, Lorraine Palamara, David Horridge. Kokkinos is one of the great chroniclers of working-class migrant stories in Australia, and her mid-length film powerfully conveys the raw sexuality and dreams of artistic expression in these rebellious best friends.ĭir. Written by Rachel Wagstaff, with music by Cardiff born composer Matthew Brind and directed by Steve Marmion. Two Greek-Australian schoolgirls dream of escaping their suburban lives, while contending with boredom, sexism, and troubled home lives. With Elena Mandalis, Dora Kaskanis, Maude Davey. Kitsch remembers hearing about the Yarnell Hill Fire when it happened, but never knew the full story until he got the script for this film.Dir. You might also like See More Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic. In his next film, Only the Brave, the actor combines all that accrued experience for one of his most daunting roles yet: firefighter Chris MacKenzie (“Mac,” as Kitsch calls him), a 30-year-old wildfire specialist who died in the devastating Yarnell Hill blaze that claimed the lives of 19 firefighters in 2013.īased on a harrowing GQ article, Only the Brave, directed by Joseph Kosinski, paints a familial portrait of the 19 “hotshots”-firefighters who are specially trained to tame unforgiving wildfires-who died that day. He’s also, by his count, played at least six real people (including cult leader David Koresh, in the upcoming series Waco).

Starring Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Taylor Kitsch, Jeff Bridges, James Badge Dale and Jennifer. In his most prominent acting roles, the native Canadian has played a Navy Seal ( Lone Survivor), a California detective ( True Detective), and a star football player ( Friday Night Lights), all with a thread of homegrown panache. Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic story of a team of local firefighters who - through hope, determination and sacrifice - become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the nation.

You would be forgiven for thinking Taylor Kitsch is the ultimate all-American guy.
