The Granite Mountain Hotshots prepare to battle a wildfire in a scene from “Only the Brave.”
SCOTTSDALE — The producers had one goal when they set out to do "Only the Brave," the film that chronicles the 2013 Yarnell Hill fire in Prescott that killed 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots.
Tell the men's stories.
"People don't know what these guys do and we got the chance to introduce them to the world," Michael Menchel said last week as reporters from around the state gathered at Scottsdale's The Phoenician Resort to promote the film. It arrives at theaters on Friday, Oct. 20.
"We're super proud of the film," fellow producer Trent Luckinbill added, a sentiment shared by Brendan McDonough, the lone survivor of the Yarnell Hill fire.
"Since day one we’ve just felt that everyone who has been a part of it just wants to make sure that it’s authentic and make sure it’s honoring and make sure it’s a fitting film," McDonough said. "Make sure it shows what our brothers were about and the moral code they carried.”
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"Only the Brave" will be shown at most major movie theaters in Tucson.
- Cathalena E. Burch
