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Bringing Out the Dead
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6.6Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Frank Pierce
- Patricia Arquette as Mary Burke
- John Goodman as Larry Verber
- Ving Rhames as Marcus
- Tom Sizemore as Tom Wolls
- Marc Anthony as Noel
Themes
- dying and death
- new york city
- coma
- based on novel or book
- ambulance
- drug addiction
- night life
- hallucination
- ambulance man
- alcoholism
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Martin Scorsese
- Screenplay by
- Paul Schrader
- Based on
- Bringing Out the Dead , by Joe Connelly
- Produced by
- Barbara De Fina Scott Rudin
- Starring
- Nicolas Cage Patricia Arquette John Goodman Ving Rhames Tom Sizemore
- Cinematography
- Robert Richardson
- Edited by
- Thelma Schoonmaker
- Music by
- Elmer Bernstein
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures Touchstone Pictures Scott Rudin Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures, (United States) Buena Vista International (International)
- Release date
- October 22, 1999 ( 1999-10-22 )
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $32 million
- Box office
- $16.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 American psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader, based on the 1998 novel by Joe Connelly. It stars Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, and Tom Sizemore. The plot depicts 48 hours in the life of a depressed New York City paramedic (Cage).
Bringing Out the Dead was released in the United States on October 22, 1999, by Paramount Pictures, while it was released internationally by Touchstone Pictures through Buena Vista International. It was the final film to be released on LaserDisc in the United States. It received generally positive reviews from critics but was a disappointment at the box office, grossing just $16 million against its $32 million production budget.
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