While Sept. 11 helped embellish the already heroic image of firefighters, "Ladder 49" doesn't owe any direct debt to such recent events. It plays, rather, like an old-fashioned, by-the-numbers drama ...

The best compliment I can pay ``Ladder 49'' is to say that it left me feeling thoughtful and sad. I was surprised it had such an effect. I walked in expecting an action picture with heroic ...

Some lucky firefighters attending the Firehouse World Exposition and Conference in San Diego were treated to a special screening of Ladder 49 Tuesday evening, which featured a lively Question and ...

Joaquin Phoenix stars in last year's solid action hit about a firefighter whose career plays out in flashbacks while he's trapped inside a burning building. John Travolta co-stars as the mentor who ...

Filled with gripping moments of firefighters battling flames and trying to save lives, intense drama inside the firehouse and homes and the humor of a brotherhood forged in the heat, "Ladder 49" is ...

A 61% VACANT SEE RATE. THIS ICONIC BUILDING HAS A RICH HISTORY. CHEVROLET. COME ON, COME ON. IT WAS FEATURED IN A SCENE INVOLVING THE RESCUE OF A YOUNG GIRL IN THE MOVIE LADDER 49. ALEX AARON IS CEO ...

In the opening scene, fireman Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix) and other members of Ladder 49 enter a huge burning building. Conflagration has engulfed the edifice and the men search, eventually ...