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Bringing Out the Dead

original film poster
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Barbara De Fina, Scott Rudin
Written by Novel:
Joe Connelly
Screenplay:
Paul Schrader
Starring Nicolas Cage
John Goodman
Ving Rhames
Tom Sizemore
Patricia Arquette
Marc Anthony
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s) October 22, 1999
Running time 121 min.
Country USA USA
Language English
Budget $32,000,000

Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and based on the novel by Joe Connelly[1] [2] with the screenplay by Paul Schrader. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Ving Rhames, John Goodman, Tom Sizemore and Patricia Arquette.

Contents

Plot

Frank Pierce (Cage) is a paramedic working the graveyard shift in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, a neighborhood in New York City, during the early 1990s. It takes place over the course of three nights, each night pairing Pierce with a different partner (Goodman, Rhames, and Sizemore).

Complaining of burnout, Pierce suffers from insomnia and begins having visions of a young girl named Rose who died while under his care. Once called Father Frank for his ability to save lives, Pierce starts to fear that he will soon face another life he cannot save, and begins attempting to get fired as his visions of Rose become more frequent.

Soon, Pierce bonds with Mary (Arquette), the daughter of a heart attack victim whom he had previously saved, and who visits her father regularly at the hospital. Mary talks to Frank about her compassion toward helping others, which is shown contrasting Frank's feelings of burnout. It is through Mary that Frank is able to reconcile his feelings about Rose, and in the end, sleep, after sleeping with Mary and carrying out a mercy killing of her father.

Cast

Soundtrack

Track listing

  1. "T.B. Sheets" - Van Morrison
  2. "Janie Jones" - The Clash
  3. "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" - Johnny Thunders
  4. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" - R.E.M.
  5. "I'm So Bored with the USA" - The Clash
  6. "Red Red Wine" - UB40
  7. "Nowhere to Run" - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
  8. "Too Many Fish in the Sea" - The Marvelettes
  9. "Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am a Japanese Sandman)" - The Cellos
  10. "Rivers of Babylon" - The Melodians
  11. "Combination of the Two" - Big Brother & The Holding Company
  12. "Bell Boy" - The Who

Notes

  • The opening song on the movie is "T.B. Sheets", a lengthy blues-influenced song about a young girl who lies dying in a hospital bed, surrounded by the heavy smell of death and disease. It was written by Van Morrison and included on his 1967 album, Blowin' Your Mind!.
  • Director Martin Scorsese provides the voice of one of the ambulance dispatchers.
  • The U.S. Box Office was only $16,640,210, accounting for only about 1/2 of the budget. [1]
  • The film was part of a trio of films in the late 1990s starring Nicolas Cage that were co-productions of Paramount Pictures and Touchstone Pictures, with Face/Off (1997) and Snake Eyes (1998).

Reception

The film was generally well received by critics and holds a 71% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 104 reviews.[3]

Laserdisc release

This motion picture, along with Sleepy Hollow, was the final feature film released on Laserdisc.

References

  1. ^ Washburn, Lindy (February 27, 2000). "To Hell And Back In An Ambulance — Author Chronicles A Medic's Wild Ride Between Death And Saving Lives". The Record (Bergen County, New Jersey). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-25107238.html. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 
  2. ^ McClurg, Jocelyn (March 1, 1998). "'Bringing Out The Dead' Vivid, Out Of Control". Hartford Courant (Hartford, Conn.): p. G.2. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/26907675.html?dids=26907675:26907675&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+01%2C+1998&author=JOCELYN+MCCLURG&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=%60BRINGING+OUT+THE+DEAD%27+VIVID%2C+OUT+OF+CONTROL&pqatl=google. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 
  3. ^ "Bring Out the Dead Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. http://au.rottentomatoes.com/m/bringing_out_the_dead/. Retrieved 2010-02-16. 

External links

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Goodfellas (1990) • Cape Fear (1991) • The Age of Innocence (1993) • Casino (1995)  • Kundun (1997) • Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
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Bringing Out the Dead
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Barbara De Fina, Scott Rudin
Written by Novel:
Joe Connelly
Screenplay:
Paul Schrader
Starring Nicolas Cage
John Goodman
Ving Rhames
Tom Sizemore
Patricia Arquette
Marc Anthony
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s) October 22, 1999
Running time 121 min.
Country USA
Language English
Budget $32,000,000

Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and based on the novel by Joe Connelly[1][2] with the screenplay by Paul Schrader. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Ving Rhames, John Goodman, Tom Sizemore and Patricia Arquette.

Contents

Plot

Frank Pierce (Cage) is a paramedic working the graveyard shift in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, a neighborhood in New York City, during the early 1990s. It takes place over the course of three nights, each night pairing Pierce with a different partner (Goodman, Rhames, and Sizemore).

Complaining of burnout, Pierce suffers from insomnia and begins having visions of a young girl named Rose who died while under his care. Once called Father Frank for his ability to save lives, Pierce starts to fear that he will soon face another life he cannot save, and begins attempting to get fired as his visions of Rose become more frequent.

Soon, Pierce bonds with Mary (Arquette), the daughter of a heart attack victim whom he had previously saved, and who visits her father regularly at the hospital. Mary talks to Frank about her compassion toward helping others, which is shown contrasting Frank's feelings of burnout. It is through Mary that Frank is able to reconcile his feelings about Rose, and in the end, sleep, after sleeping with Mary and carrying out a mercy killing of her father.

Cast

Soundtrack

Track listing

  1. "T.B. Sheets" - Van Morrison
  2. "Janie Jones" - The Clash
  3. "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" - Johnny Thunders
  4. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" - R.E.M.
  5. "I'm So Bored with the USA" - The Clash
  6. "Red Red Wine" - UB40
  7. "Nowhere to Run" - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
  8. "Too Many Fish in the Sea" - The Marvelettes
  9. "Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am a Japanese Sandman)" - The Cellos
  10. "Rivers of Babylon" - The Melodians
  11. "Combination of the Two" - Big Brother & The Holding Company
  12. "Bell Boy" - The Who

Notes

  • The opening song on the movie is "T.B. Sheets", a lengthy blues-influenced song about a young girl who lies dying in a hospital bed, surrounded by the heavy smell of death and disease. It was written by Van Morrison and included on his 1967 album, Blowin' Your Mind!.
  • Director Martin Scorsese provides the voice of one of the ambulance dispatchers.
  • The U.S. Box Office was only $16,640,210, accounting for only about 1/2 of the budget. [1]
  • The film was part of a trio of films in the late 1990s starring Nicolas Cage that were co-productions of Paramount Pictures and Touchstone Pictures, with Face/Off (1997) and Snake Eyes (1998).

Reception

The film was generally well received by critics and holds a 71% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 104 reviews.[3]

Laserdisc release

This motion picture, along with Sleepy Hollow, was the final feature film released on Laserdisc.

References

  1. ^ Washburn, Lindy (February 27, 2000). "To Hell And Back In An Ambulance — Author Chronicles A Medic's Wild Ride Between Death And Saving Lives". The Record (Bergen County, New Jersey). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-25107238.html. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 
  2. ^ McClurg, Jocelyn (March 1, 1998). "'Bringing Out The Dead' Vivid, Out Of Control". Hartford Courant (Hartford, Conn.): p. G.2. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/26907675.html?dids=26907675:26907675&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+01%2C+1998&author=JOCELYN+MCCLURG&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=%60BRINGING+OUT+THE+DEAD%27+VIVID%2C+OUT+OF+CONTROL&pqatl=google. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 
  3. ^ "Bring Out the Dead Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. http://au.rottentomatoes.com/m/bringing_out_the_dead/. Retrieved 2010-02-16. 

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Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and based on the novel by Joe Connelly with the screenplay by Paul Schrader. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Ving Rhames, John Goodman, Tom Sizemore and Patricia Arquette.

Quotes

Frank: I gotta get a drink. Sobriety's killing me.
Frank: You said if I came in late for another shift, you'd fire me.
Captain Barney: I'll fire you tomorrow.
Mary: You have to be strong to survive in this city.
Frank: Oh, I see. With all the poor people of this city who wanted only to live and vere viciously murdered, you have the nerve to sit here, wanting to die, and not go through with it? You make me sick!







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