Bringing Out the Dead

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Bringing Out the Dead

original film poster
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Barbara De Fina, Scott Rudin
Written by Paul Schrader, Joe Connelly (novel)
Starring Nicolas Cage
John Goodman
Ving Rhames
Tom Sizemore
Patricia Arquette
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Distributed by Paramount Pictures (USA)
Touchstone Pictures (non-USA)
Release date(s) October 22, 1999
Running time 121 min.
Country USA USA
Language English
Budget $32,000,000
IMDb profile

Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 English language film directed by Martin Scorsese, and based on the novel by Joe Connelly. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Ving Rhames, John Goodman, Tom Sizemore and Patricia Arquette.

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[edit] Plot

Frank Pierce (Cage), is a paramedic working the graveyard shift in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, a neighborhood in New York City, during the early-90s. It takes place over the course of three night, each night pairing Pierce with a different partner (Goodman, Rhames, and Sizemore).

Complaining of burn out, Pierce suffers from insomnia and begins having visions of a young girl named Rose who died while under his care. Once called Father Frank for his ability to save lives, Pierce starts to fear that he will soon face another life he cannot save, and begins attempting to get fired as his visions of Rose become more frequent.

Soon, Pierce bonds with Mary, the daughter of a heart-attack victim whom he had previously saved, and who visits the father regularly at the hospital. Mary talks to Frank about her compassion toward helping others, which is shown contrasting Frank's feelings of burnout. It is through Mary that Frank is able to reconcile his feelings about Rose, and in the end, sleep.

[edit] Soundtrack

[edit] Track Listing

  1. T.B. Sheets - Van Morrison
  2. Janie Jones - The Clash
  3. You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory - Johnny Thunders
  4. What's The Frequency, Kenneth? - R.E.M.
  5. I'm So Bored With The USA - The Clash
  6. Red Red Wine - UB40
  7. Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
  8. Too Many Fish In The Sea - The Marvelettes
  9. Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am A Japanese Sandman) - The Cellos
  10. Rivers Of Babylon - The Melodians
  11. Combination Of The Two - Big Brother & The Holding Company
  12. Bell Boy - The Who

[edit] Notes

The opening song on the movie is "T.B. Sheets" a lengthly blues-influenced song about a young girl that 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!.

[edit] Laserdisc release

This motion picture, along with Sleepy Hollow, was the the final feature film released on Laserdisc

[edit] External links

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Films directed by Martin Scorsese
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Goodfellas (1990)  • Cape Fear (1991)  • The Age of Innocence (1993)  • Casino (1995)  • A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)  • Kundun (1997)  • My Voyage to Italy (1999)  • Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
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