Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers (WGA):

Joe Connelly (novel)
Paul Schrader (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Frank Pierce is a paramedic working Gotham's Hell's Kitchen. He's become burned out and haunted by visions of the people he's tried to save.

Plot Keywords:

Hell | Ghost | Paramedic | Rescue | Ambulance

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nicolas Cage	...	Frank Pierce
Patricia Arquette	...	Mary Burke
John Goodman	...	Larry
Ving Rhames	...	Marcus
Tom Sizemore	...	Tom Wolls
Marc Anthony	...	Noel
Mary Beth Hurt	...	Nurse Constance
Cliff Curtis	...	Cy Coates
Nestor Serrano	...	Dr. Hazmat
Aida Turturro	...	Nurse Crupp
Sonja Sohn	...	Kanita
Cynthia Roman	...	Rose
Afemo Omilami	...	Griss
Cullen O. Johnson	...	Mr. Burke (as Cullen Oliver Johnson)
Arthur J. Nascarella	...	Captain Barney (as Arthur Nascarella)

MPAA:

Rated R for gritty violent content, drug use and language.

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Chile:18 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #36706)

Filming Locations:

11th Avenue & 54th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

De Fina-Cappa

Trivia:

Average Shot Length (ASL) = 5.1 seconds

Goofs:

Continuity: Just before Wolls crashes the ambulance, Frank starts to drink from a bottle of rubbing alcohol as he sits in the right front seat. The shot immediately shifts to one through the right side passenger window. The bottle is gone, and Frank is just staring forward.

Quotes:

Dr. Hazmat: I'm gonna hafta intubate because the kid's mother won't sign the Do Not Resuscitate. Mercy killing doesn't translate well in Spanish.

Movie Connections:

References Fargo (1996)

Soundtrack:

Llegaste a Mi

Perfect!

It's a very different and amazing movie. Very intense, because it shows all difficulties some professionals - in this case, they are paramedics - have to deal with and all the things they have to go through to help strangers, people they've never seen before, people they can't help at all, people they end up involved with, people who die in their bear hands. Not a kind of job anyone could have, but NICK CAGE can make it happen, as if it was really himself there, really, living all those stressful situations, the REAL LIFE as it is. But there is also the funny part, that makes us remember we all fail too, and that sometimes the best thing to do is to sit down and have really good laughs, because we are far from being perfect. That is the most important thing in this movie to me, shows reality but in a charming way of dealing with it! Not only Nick, but Ving Rhames and Queen Latifah... They all rock. Thanks, Mr. Martin Scorcese for one more masterpiece!!!