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Release Date: 1999

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, Ving Rhames, Martin Scorsese, Tom Sizemore, Aida Turturro, John Goodman, Marc Anthony, Charis Michelsen

Categories: Movies, Film Adaptation, Drama Film

Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 drama 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. It is about 48 hours in the life of a burnt-out paramedic: Frank (Cage) is a Manhattan medic, working the graveyard shift in a two-man ambulance team. He's burned out, exhausted, and seeing ghosts, especially a young woman he failed to save six months before. He is no longer able to save people - he simply brings out the dead. We follow him for three... MORE

Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 drama 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. It is about 48 hours in the life of a burnt-out paramedic: Frank (Cage) is a Manhattan medic, working the graveyard shift in a two-man ambulance team. He's burned out, exhausted, and seeing ghosts, especially a young woman he failed to save six months before. He is no longer able to save people - he simply brings out the dead. We follow him for three nights, each with a different partner: Larry (Goodman), who thinks about dinner; Marcus (Rhames), who looks to Jesus; and Tom (Sizemore), who wallops people out of frustration. Frank befriends the daughter of a heart victim he brings in. Mary (Arquette) is an ex-junkie, angry at her father but now hoping he'll live. Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired-calling in sick, coming in late, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he can't help- yet LESS