US EditionMovie Review: Matthew McConaughey steers a white-knuckle wildfire drama in ‘The Lost Bus’
The film portrays the heroic efforts of a school bus driver during the 2018 Camp Fire, which caused 85 fatalities and widespread destruction in California, officials reported.
- The movie 'The Lost Bus' starring Matthew McConaughey premieres in theaters on September 19, 2024, and streams on Apple TV+ starting October 3.
- The film dramatizes the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California, which ignited on November 8 due to a failed PG&E transmission line during dry, windy conditions.
- It follows bus driver Kevin McKay, played by McConaughey, who rescues 22 children and their teacher amid chaotic evacuation routes clogged by fire and smoke.
- The deadly wildfire burned nearly 240 square miles, destroyed over 18,000 structures, displaced 50,000 people, and killed 85, making it California's most destructive fire.
- 'The Lost Bus' offers a tense, fact-based survival story highlighting individual courage amid disaster and suggests continued increasing wildfire risks due to worsening conditions.
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Movie Review: Matthew McConaughey steers a white-knuckle wildfire drama in ‘The Lost Bus’
Matthew McConaughey plays a bus driver who transported 22 kids to safety during the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. in the new film “The Lost Bus.”
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