| Bringing Out the Dead | |
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| Directed by | Martin Scorsese |
| Produced by | Barbara De Fina Scott Rudin |
| Screenplay by | Paul Schrader |
| Based on | Bringing Out the Dead by Joe Connelly |
| Starring | Nicolas Cage John Goodman Ving Rhames Tom Sizemore Patricia Arquette Marc Anthony |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Distributed by | United States/Canada Paramount Pictures United Kingdom/International Touchstone Pictures Buena Vista International |
| Release date(s) | October 22, 1999 |
| Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $55,000,000 |
| Box office | $16,797,191[1] |
Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 American neo-noir drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader, based on the homonymous novel by Joe Connelly.[2][3] It stars Nicolas Cage, Ving Rhames, John Goodman, Tom Sizemore and Patricia Arquette. The film was a flop at the box office but received very positive reviews from critics. It was also the last North American title to be released on Laserdisc.[4]
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Plot [edit]
Frank Pierce (Cage), is a burnt-out paramedic, in the early 1990s. Frank is a Manhattan medic working the graveyard shift in a two-man ambulance team. Usually exhausted and depressed, Frank sees ghosts walking the streets, particularly that of a young woman he failed to save six months before. Over three days, he is assigned a shift per day, each with a different partner: Larry (Goodman), Marcus (Rhames), and Tom (Sizemore). While working with them, he befriends the daughter of a cardiac arrest patient he brought in, Mary (Arquette), an ex-junkie. Between rounds, Frank battles against the massive effects of a new form of heroin that is hitting the streets, as well as his own psychological demons.
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Cast [edit]
- Nicolas Cage as Frank Pierce
- Patricia Arquette as Mary Burke
- John Goodman as Larry
- Ving Rhames as Marcus
- Tom Sizemore as Tom Wolls
- Marc Anthony as Noel
- Cliff Curtis as Cy Coates
- Mary Beth Hurt as Nurse Constance
- Aida Turturro as Nurse Crupp
- Phyllis Somerville as Mrs. Burke
- Queen Latifah as Dispatcher Love (Voice Only)
- Martin Scorsese as Dispatcher (Voice Only)
Soundtrack [edit]
Track listing [edit]
- "T.B. Sheets" - Van Morrison
- "Janie Jones" - The Clash
- "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" - Johnny Thunders
- "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" - R.E.M.
- "I'm So Bored with the USA" - The Clash
- "Red Red Wine" - UB40
- "Nowhere to Run" - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
- "Too Many Fish in the Sea" - The Marvelettes
- "Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am a Japanese Sandman)" - The Cellos
- "Rivers of Babylon" - The Melodians
- "Combination of the Two" - Big Brother & The Holding Company
- "Bell Boy" - The Who
Production [edit]
The film was part of a trio of films in the late 1990s starring Nicolas Cage that were co-productions of Paramount Pictures and Touchstone Pictures, with Face/Off (1997) with John Travolta and Snake Eyes (1998) with Gary Sinise. Bringing Out the Dead was one of the last titles to be released on the Laserdisc format.
The opening song on the movie is "T.B. Sheets", a lengthy blues-influenced song, about a young girl who lies dying in a hospital bed, surrounded by the heavy smell of death and disease. It was written by Van Morrison and included on his 1967 album, Blowin' Your Mind!. The song was originally going to be used in Taxi Driver.
Both the director Martin Scorsese and Queen Latifah provided the voice of the ambulance dispatchers.
Reception [edit]
Critical response [edit]
The film was well received by critics and holds a 71% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 104 reviews.[5] Roger Ebert gave it a perfect four star rating, writing, "To look at Bringing Out the Dead--to look, indeed, at almost any Scorsese film--is to be reminded that film can touch us urgently and deeply".[6]
Box office [edit]
Bringing Out the Dead debuted at No. 4 in 1,936 theaters with a weekend gross of only $6,193,052. Produced at a budget of $55 million but generated a revenue of just $16.7 million, the film was a box office bomb.
Notes [edit]
- Siegel, Ashely (January 1, 2000). "Bringing Out The Dead (R) (film review)". Mountain Xpress (Asheville, North Carolina, United States). Retrieved January 25, 2010.
References [edit]
- ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bringingoutthedead.htm
- ^ Washburn, Lindy (February 27, 2000). "To Hell And Back in an Ambulance – Author Chronicles A Medic's Wild Ride Between Death And Saving Lives". The Record (Bergen County, New Jersey). Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ^ McClurg, Jocelyn (March 1, 1998). "'Bringing Out The Dead' Vivid, Out Of Control". Hartford Courant (Hartford, Conn.). p. G.2. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ^ "LaserDisc Museum". LASERDISC PLANET. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ "Bring Out the Dead Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ^ "Bringing Out the Dead". rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
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- Bringing Out the Dead at AllRovi
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