19992h 1mDir. Martin Scorsese

Bringing Out the Dead

Name: Bringing Out the Dead
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-10-22
Duration: 2 h 1 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore

“Any call can be murder, any stop can be suicide, any night can be the last.”

Drama

4.0 / 5.0

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1st Half: 4.0 ★vs2nd Half: 4.0 ★

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Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.

Starring:Nicolas Cage,Patricia Arquette,John Goodman,Ving Rhames,Tom Sizemore

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Nicolas Cage

Frank Pierce

Patricia Arquette

Mary Burke

John Goodman

Larry Verber

Ving Rhames

Marcus

Tom Sizemore

Tom Wolls

Marc Anthony

Noel

Mary Beth Hurt

Nurse Constance

Cliff Curtis

Cy Coates

Aida Turturro

Nurse Crupp

Nestor Serrano

Dr. Hazmat

Cynthia Roman

Rose

Sonja Sohn

Kanita

Key Production Crew

Director

Martin Scorsese

Screenplay & Writers

Paul Schrader, Narges Takesh, Joe Connelly

Cinematography

Robert Richardson

Original Score

Elmer Bernstein

Producers

Scott Rudin, Barbara De Fina

Film Details

Budget$32,000,000

Box Office Revenue$16,797,191

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Scott Rudin ProductionsTouchstone PicturesParamount PicturesCappa/De Fina Productions

Keywords & Themes

#dying and death#new york city#coma#based on novel or book#ambulance#drug addiction#night life#hallucination#ambulance man#alcoholism

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

4.0

Have you ever felt like you’ve balanced between life and death? Well, late night paramedic Frank Pierce is losing his sense of reality as he drives throughout the dark streets of the city struggling with survivors guilt ...

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