Publishing magnate refuses to publish a book by his son's male lover so the kids buy out their father and run it themselves!
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Daniel J. Sullivan
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Title: The Substance of Fire (1996)
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| Tony Goldwyn | ... | Aaron Geldhart | |
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Benjamin Ungar | ... | Young Isaac Geldhart |
| Timothy Hutton | ... | Martin Geldhart | |
| Tom McDermott | ... | Old Printer | |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | ... | Sarah Geldhart | |
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George Morfogen | ... | Otto the printer |
| Ron Rifkin | ... | Isaac Geldhart | |
| Lee Grant | ... | Cora Cahn | |
| Andrew Pang | ... | Mr. Otani jr | |
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Edmund Ikeda | ... | Mr. Otani sr |
| Elizabeth Franz | ... | Miss Barzakian | |
| Gil Bellows | ... | Val Chenard | |
| Eric Bogosian | ... | Gene Byck | |
| Ronny Graham | ... | Louis Foukold | |
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John Sullivan | ... | Stewart |
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Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the company, grows frustrated with Isaac's emotional decline and attempts to take over the firm. The resulting crisis involves Isaac's other two children, his daughter Sarah and his dying son Martin. Written by Jesse Garon <grifter@primenet.com>
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Both Ron Rifkin and Sarah Jessica Parker reprised their roles from the original Off-Broadway production. Rifkin received a Lortel award for his performance in the original play. See more »Quotes
Sarah Geldheart: Tell me the truth. Does anybody actually finish a book once they have formed an opinion of it?See more »
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14 March 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$56,211, 16 March 1997Gross USA:
$31,638Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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The Main reason to see the film version of "The Substance Of Fire" is Ron Rifkin's splendid performance. He reprises the role he created on stage with great aplomb.It is however,one of the few reasons to see this film.The plot has been drastically altered from the original play,even adding major characters that did not exist in the original.The basic story remains, a Jewish Publisher and his slow decent into dementia brought on through his loss of control of the company to his son. But there it ends. The messages in this film are very clear,but the execution,direction and scripting destroy the impact of the original play.