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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   28,041 votes
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Director:
Martin Scorsese
Writers (WGA):
Joe Connelly (novel)
Paul Schrader (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 October 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
An Easter story. Frank is a Manhattan medic, working graveyard in a two-man ambulance team. He's burned out... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
Bangkok Dangerous
 (From The AV Club. 5 September 2008, 3:40 PM, PDT)

Composer Elmer Bernstein Dies at 82
 (From IMDb News. 19 August 2004)

User Comments:
Surreal, strange, special and very, very good more

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)
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Additional Details

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 more
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)

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Trivia:
This is the last movie to have been released on LaserDisc in the United States. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Marcus is talking on the radio, he has the microphone "keyed" so that he can transmit. The female dispatcher can be heard talking back to him while he still has the button depressed. This is impossible, since you can transmit or receive, but not at the same time, on this type of system. more
Quotes:
Marcus: I'm a true cocksman. I don't mix my seed. The only time I touch a white woman is when I'm holding her down for the police. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Anus Magillicutty (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am A Japanese Sandman) more

FAQ

Is this movie based on a book ?
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Surreal, strange, special and very, very good, 12 February 2006
8/10
Author: MrVibrating from Sweden

This surreal portrayal of a stressed-out depressed, alcoholic and generally weird paramedic is a movie you cannot watch just like that. I recommend watching it late at night, but not too tired, since you have to be quite alert to catch everything that's going on.

The basic plot is about an ambulance driver(Nicolas Cage can act!) who hasn't saved anyone for months and begins to doubt he can save anyone anymore. He drinks booze and coffee and the result is a great mess. This is not a "beginning to the end" kind of movie. When the movie ends, nothing is really solved.

The acting is pretty much flawless. Nicolas Cage does his best performance to date, and his paramedic buddies and the people he encounters are all very well portrayed. John Goodman is a fat, sweaty but somewhat likable paramedic, Tom Sizemore(!) is a psychotic ambulance driver who has his very own view of the job, Ving Rhames is a delivered Christian who takes the job as an opportunity to save souls, Mark Anthony is an interesting street weirdo, and Patricia Arquette is a weary woman who loses her father.

The imagery is very good too. New York whizzes past, full of lights and darkness. It's gritty, it's moody and it's surreal.

If you can stand a little unorthodox cinema then you'll like Bringing Out the Dead. But be sure to be in the mood, or the experience will be very different.

Oh, and I salute all the paramedics and other health care heroes out there. If your job is anywhere near this movies, you're the greatest.

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