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Bringing Out the Dead

  • 19991999
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  • 2h 1m
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6.8/10
72K
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Nicolas Cage in Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
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Haunted by the patients he failed to save, a monumentally burned-out Manhattan ambulance paramedic fights to maintain his sanity over three increasingly turbulent nights.Haunted by the patients he failed to save, a monumentally burned-out Manhattan ambulance paramedic fights to maintain his sanity over three increasingly turbulent nights.Haunted by the patients he failed to save, a monumentally burned-out Manhattan ambulance paramedic fights to maintain his sanity over three increasingly turbulent nights.
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72K
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    • Martin Scorsese
    • Joe Connelly(novel)
    • Paul Schrader(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nicolas Cage
    • Patricia Arquette
    • John Goodman
    • Martin Scorsese
    • Joe Connelly(novel)
    • Paul Schrader(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nicolas Cage
    • Patricia Arquette
    • John Goodman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 426User reviews
    • 171Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
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    Nicolas Cage
    Nicolas Cage
    • Frank Pierce
    Patricia Arquette
    Patricia Arquette
    • Mary Burke
    John Goodman
    John Goodman
    • Larry
    Ving Rhames
    Ving Rhames
    • Marcus
    Tom Sizemore
    Tom Sizemore
    • Tom Wolls
    Marc Anthony
    Marc Anthony
    • Noel
    Mary Beth Hurt
    Mary Beth Hurt
    • Nurse Constance
    Cliff Curtis
    Cliff Curtis
    • Cy Coates
    Nestor Serrano
    Nestor Serrano
    • Dr. Hazmat
    Aida Turturro
    Aida Turturro
    • Nurse Crupp
    Sonja Sohn
    Sonja Sohn
    • Kanita
    Cynthia Roman
    • Rose
    Afemo Omilami
    Afemo Omilami
    • Griss
    Cullen O. Johnson
    • Mr. Burke
    • (as Cullen Oliver Johnson)
    Arthur J. Nascarella
    Arthur J. Nascarella
    • Captain Barney
    • (as Arthur Nascarella)
    Martin Scorsese
    Martin Scorsese
    • Dispatcher
    • (voice)
    Julyana Soelistyo
    Julyana Soelistyo
    • Sister Fetus
    Graciela Lecube
    • Neighbor Woman
      • Martin Scorsese
      • Joe Connelly(novel)
      • Paul Schrader(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Martin Scorsese has admitted that he didn't enjoy shooting the film at all. Most of it was filmed at night in mid-December so conditions were continually harsh.
    • Goofs
      Just before Mrs. Burke and Frank climb into the back of the ambulance at the hospital, the camera and its operator are reflected in the open ambulance door
    • Quotes

      Frank Pierce: Saving someone's life is like falling in love. The best drug in the world. For days, sometimes weeks afterwards, you walk the streets, making infinite whatever you see. Once, for a few weeks, I couldn't feel the earth - everything I touched became lighter. Horns played in my shoes. Flowers fell from my pockets. You wonder if you've become immortal, as if you've saved your own life as well. God has passed through you. Why deny it, that for a moment there - why deny that for a moment there, God was you?

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Fight Club/The Straight Story/Julien Donkey-Boy/The Story of Us (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      T.B. Sheets
      Written and Performed by Van Morrison

      Courtesy of Columbia Records

      By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

    User reviews426

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    8/10
    Brilliant film with paramedics and urban jungle, a crazy ride
    I just love it when Nicholas Cage takes on these types of roles, where he plays a slightly crazy to full crazy characters. Ving Rhames also puts on a pretty entertaining performance and I really enjoyed these characters dialogues. In fact I liked almost every exchange of dialogue in this movie. Okay the plot is about Frank Pierce(Nicholas Cage) who is a paramedic that tries to help people in the street of Manhattan. He gets some pleasure out of his job, but for the most part it's like a living hell for him. Now I haven't really experienced the lifestyle in the early 90's, but it seems pretty crazy and obnoxious how the movie portrays it. Especially inside the hospitals, I never seen a hospital that crazy and hectic. The way New York is shown in the early 90's is pretty gritty with a lot of people trying to stay afloat. Scorsese has made some brilliant films in the past and I really enjoyed this movie as well. Nicholas Cage was the perfect actor for this role and the way he cruises the streets in a ambulance while making narrative about the city life was entertaining although somewhat random at times. This is a film making done very well and powerful as well. Engaging movie with some great and entertaining performances. I especially liked the dark serious humor in this. Highly recommend anyone to see it.

    8.5/10
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    • Release date
      • October 22, 1999 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • 11th Avenue & 54th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • De Fina-Cappa
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Touchstone Pictures
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    • 2 hours 1 minute
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