Change Your Image
pzbpgpq
Reviews
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993)
Not like the real thing!
I lost my home and 26 of my neighbors in this fire in October 1991. This made for TV film began production only months after the actual events. There was resistance among homeowners to the making of this film. 3,300 homes had been lost and for the most part we were very traumatized especially those of use who had to escape under the fire which burned from the treetops down. I was one that was trapped on Charing Cross Road and one of the last to get out alive.
When this film was made the producers rebuilt one neighborhood street with false fronts (obvious in the film) they then burned it down. Talk about rubbing salt in open wounds.
Years have passed, life goes on for most of us and the film is still a campy mess. Inside info if you watch this thing. The Asian family (I lived on the same street) with the boat.... The actual boat was a tiny aluminum row boat. Evidently not enough drama in that.