Factual error: During the Christmas season (December) Travolta and Phoenix discuss a transfer to an aide's position. That same night Phoenix discusses the possibility with his wife - with crickets chirping away in the background. Not in Baltimore in December.
Ladder 49 (2004)
Plot summary
Directed by: Jay Russell
Starring: John Travolta, Joaquin Phoenix, Robert Patrick, Jacinda Barrett
The beginning of the movie starts out with a big warehouse fire. Jack get stuck in the fire saving his friends. The whole movie after that consists of Jack remember his life after joining the fire department which includes getting married and having a child. After he remember his past, he dies in the fire.
More mistakes in Ladder 49
Lenny Richter: Why does it always have to be the 12th floor? Why can't they be on the 4th?
Trivia: Jacinda Barrett's father was a fire fighter in Brisbane, Australia. She has been quoted as saying that's what drew her to working on this movie.