Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 American supernatural horror 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).
Plot
In Manhattan, paramedic Frank Pierce suffers from depression, insomnia, and occupational burnout having not saved any patients in months after botching the resuscitation of Rose, a homeless teen. He has begun to hallucinate Rose's ghost. One night, Frank and his partner Larry respond to a dispatcher's call by the family of a Mr. Burke who has entered cardiac arrest. There, Frank befriends Burke's distraught daughter Mary, a former junkie, and discovers Mary was friends with Noel, a drug addict and delinquent who is frequently sent to the hospital.
Cast
- Afemo Omilami
- Aida Turturro
- Arthur J. Nascarella
- Cliff Curtis
- David Zayas
- James Hanlon
- John Goodman
- John Heffernan
- Jon Abrahams
- Judy Reyes
- Larry Fessenden
- Marc Anthony
- Martin Scorsese
- Mary Beth Hurt
- Michael K. Williams
- Nestor Serrano
- Nicolas Cage
- Patricia Arquette
- Phyllis Somerville
- Queen Latifah
- Sonja Sohn
- Tom Sizemore
- Ving Rhames
More details
| author | Paul Schrader |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Martin Scorsese |
| editor | Thelma Schoonmaker |
| genre | drama horror |
| keywords | baseball bat beat breathe build cardiac arrest depression drink drug addict drug dealing drug den drug house emergency services giving birth hear heroin hospital staff insomnia manhattan maternity ward morning narcan occupational burnout one night paramedic parked car shoot suffer survive voice voluntary ambulance wait young man |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein |
| producer | Barbara De Fina Scott Rudin |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures Scott Rudin Productions Touchstone Pictures |
| publisher | Buena Vista International Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | New York City |