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.

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Film Cast:

• Frank Pierce: Nicolas Cage
• Mary Burke: Patricia Arquette
• Larry Verber: John Goodman
• Marcus: Ving Rhames
• Tom Wolls: Tom Sizemore
• Noel: Marc Anthony
• Nurse Constance: Mary Beth Hurt
• Cy Coates: Cliff Curtis
• Nurse Crupp: Aida Turturro
• Dr. Hazmat: Nestor Serrano
• Rose: Cynthia Roman
• Kanita: Sonja Sohn
• Cokehead: Larry Fessenden
• Captain Barney: Arthur J. Nascarella
• Dispatcher (voice): Martin Scorsese
• Dispatcher Love (voice): Queen Latifah
• Drug Dealer: Michael Kenneth Williams
• Voice in Crowd: Craig muMs Grant
• Mr. Oh: John Heffernan
• ICU Nurse: Judy Reyes
• Griss: Afemo Omilami
• Mr. Burke: Cullen O. Johnson
• Sister Fetus: Julyana Soelistyo
• Neighbor Woman: Graciela Lecube
• Neighbor Woman: Marylouise Burke
• Mrs. Burke: Phyllis Somerville
• Neighbor Woman: Mary Diveny
• John Burke: Tom Riis Farrell
• Arguing Russian: Aleks Shaklin
• Arguing Russian: Leonid Citer
• Man with Bloody Foot: Jesus A. Del Rosario Jr.
• Big Feet: Bernie Friedman
• Prostitute: Theo Kogan
• Prostitute: Fuschia!
• Mr. Oh’s Friend: Matthew Maher
• Mr. Oh’s Friend: Bronson Dudley
• Mr. Oh’s Friend: Marilyn McDonald
• Homeless Man in Waiting Room: Ed Jupp Jr.
• Homeless Man in Waiting Room: J. Stanford Hoffman
• Concerned Hispanic Aunt: Rita Norona Schrager
• Naked Man: Don Berry
• Street Punk: Mtume Gant
• Grunt: Michael A. Noto
• Bystander: Omar Scroggins
• Stanley: Andy Davoli
• Miss Williams: Charlene Hunter
• Club Doorman: Jesse Malin
• I.B. Bangin’: Harper Simon
• Drummer: Joseph Monroe Webb
• Club Bystander: Jon Abrahams
• I.B.’s Girlfriend: Charis Michelsen
• Dr. Milagros: Lia Yang
• Arrested Man: Antone Pagán
• Bridge & Tunnel Girl: Melissa Marsala
• Weeping Woman: Betty Miller
• Pregnant Maria: Rosemary Gomez
• Carlos: Luis Rodriguez
• Crackhead: Sylva Kelegian
• Dr. Mishra: Frank Ciornei
• Nurse Odette: Catrina Ganey
• Nurse Advisor: Jennifer Lane Newman
• Police in Hospital: John Bal
• Police in Hospital: Raymond Cassar
• Drunk: Tom Cappadona
• Drunk: Jack O’Connell
• Drunk: Randy Foster
• Homeless Suicidal: Richard Spore
• Fireman: James Hanlon
• Fireman: Chris Edwards
• Police Sergeant: Mark Giordano
• Cop in Elevator: Michael Mulheren
• Cop in Elevator: David Zayas
• Cop #1: Terry Serpico
• Cop #3: Floyd Resnick
• Surgeon: Megan Leigh
• Screaming Man: David Vasquez
• ICU Doctor: Joseph P. Reidy
• Urchin Prostitute (uncredited): Erica Bamforth
• Child Zombie (uncredited): Peju Bamgboshe
• Policewoman (uncredited): Carolyn Campbell
• Club Kid (uncredited): Michael Carbonaro
• Catatonic Patient in Suede Coat (uncredited): Joe Connelly
• Cop #2 (uncredited): Brian Smyj

Film Crew:

• Director: Martin Scorsese
• Screenplay: Paul Schrader
• Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
• Director of Photography: Robert Richardson
• Producer: Scott Rudin
• Producer: Barbara De Fina
• Conductor: Elmer Bernstein
• Co-Producer: Eric Steel
• Boom Operator: Louis Sabat
• Casting: Ellen Lewis
• Associate Producer: Jeff Levine
• Unit Production Manager: Bruce S. Pustin
• First Assistant Director: Joseph P. Reidy
• Associate Producer: Mark Roybal
• Executive Producer: Adam Schroeder
• Still Photographer: Phillip V. Caruso
• Music Editor: Bobby Mackston
• Production Design: Dante Ferretti
• Costume Design: Rita Ryack
• Set Decoration: William F. Reynolds
• Art Direction: Robert Guerra
• Hairstylist: Joseph Coscia
• Key Hair Stylist: William A. Farley
• Makeup Artist: Jane DiPersio
• Hairstylist: Scott W. Farley
• Makeup Artist: Leon Weisinger
• Production Supervisor: Shell Hecht
• Script Supervisor: Martha Pinson
• Camera Operator: Vincent Galindez
• Stunt Coordinator: G. A. Aguilar
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Michael Owens
• Visual Effects Producer: Jill Brooks
• Construction Coordinator: Glen Pangione
• First Assistant Camera: Gregor Tavenner
• Steadicam Operator: Larry McConkey
• Wigmaker: Carol F. Doran
• Carpenter: James Cappello
• Chef: P.J. Haines
• Driver: Carlos Bernal
• Set Medic: Rich Fellegara
• Special Effects Coordinator: John Ottesen
• Stunts: Chris Cenatiempo
• Transportation Captain: Timothy Shannon
• Unit Publicist: Eric Myers
• Visual Effects Editor: John Bartle
• Color Timer: Bob Kaiser
• First Assistant Editor: Scott Brock
• Best Boy Electric: Doug Dalisera
• Electrician: John Billeci
• Gaffer: Russell Engels
• Rigging Gaffer: Ken Connors
• Casting Associate: Gayle Keller
• Location Manager: Len Murach
• Orchestrator: Emilie A. Bernstein
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Fleischman
• Supervising Sound Editor: Philip Stockton
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Susan Greenhow
• Post Production Supervisor: Kendall McCarthy
• Production Office Assistant: Ashlee Burnette
• Stand In: Marco Kyris
• Production Intern: Will Sweeney
• Transportation Co-Captain: Joseph Buonocore
• Publicist: Marion Billings
• Sound Mixer: James Sabat
• Assistant Property Master: James Bono
• Set Dresser: Dennis Causey
• Camera Loader: Denise Schwab
• Dolly Grip: Patrick McGrath
• Key Grip: Richard Guinness Jr.
• Key Costumer: Kevin Ritter
• Key Makeup Artist: Linda Grimes
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Joanna Brett
• Second Assistant Director: Christopher Surgent
• ADR Voice Casting: Bruce Winant
• Assistant Production Coordinator: Karen Koula Sossiadis
• ADR Editor: Marissa Littlefield
• Apprentice Sound Editor: Debora Lilavois
• Assistant Sound Editor: Kate Eales
• Foley Editor: Benjamin Cheah
• Sound Effects Designer: Eugene Gearty
• Supervising ADR Editor: Becky Sullivan
• Dialogue Editor: Fred Rosenberg
• Dialogue Editor: Laura Civiello
• Property Master: James Mazzola
• Second Second Assistant Director: Greg Hale
• Construction Grip: Jay Halligan
• Key Construction Grip: Thomas Yacuk
• Grip: Howard Davidson
• ADR Recording Engineer: David Boulton
• ADR Recordist: Alex Raspa
• Foley Artist: Marko Costanzo
• Foley Recordist: George A. Lara
• Foley Supervisor: Will Ralston
• Additional Visual Effects: Nick Seuser
• Visual Effects Production Assistant: Erin Collins Butler
• Stunt Driver: Jalil Jay Lynch
• Additional Grip: Will Arnot
• Assistant Camera: Tracey Gudwin
• Best Boy Grip: Glen Engels
• Second Assistant Camera: Jeanne Vienne
• Consulting Editor: James Y. Kwei
• Assistant Location Manager: James D. Lee
• Location Assistant: Damon Michael Gordon
• Compositing Supervisor: Jon Alexander
• Digital Compositor: Eric Person
• Effects Supervisor: Janos Pilenyi
• Extras Casting Assistant: Lee Genick
• First Assistant Accountant: Theresa Marsh
• Generator Operator: Ronald Paul
• Intern: Rueven Halevi
• Key Rigging Grip: Billy Kerwick
• Payroll Accountant: Penni Smith
• Production Assistant: Erica Bamforth
• Production Secretary: Reid Warman
• Second Assistant Accountant: Kellyann Wargo
• Story Editor: Narges Takesh
• Technical Advisor: Susan Callahan
• Technical Advisor: Joe Connelly
• Storyboard Artist: John Davis
• Stunt Driver: Conrad E. Palmisano
• Stunts: Peter Epstein
• Stunts: Blaise Corrigan

Movie Reviews:

• John Chard: Powerful and engrossing cinema from a truly great team.
• Frank Pierce is a member of the Nork York paramedics, serving the Hell’s Kitchen district he is witness to some terrible incidents. As he starts to crack under the pressure of the job, and getting no help from a succession of zany partners, Frank may just find solace with an ex-junkie girl who’s father he brought in dying of a heart attack.
• Martin Scorsese can never be accused of not being adventurous, after dabbling in Eastern spiritualism with 1997s Kundun, he returns to New York and tackles a wing of America’s tortured heroes. Based on the novel by Joe Connelly, Bringing Out The Dead is at times a difficult watch in many ways, but it’s haunting poignancy is told with brilliantly adroit ease from one of America’s famed directors, whilst it has to be said that the humour that is in there is darkly genius in its execution. We are along for the ride with haunted Frank for three days (and nights) as he and his borderline bonkers partners deal with overdoses, heart attacks, drunks and a notably cynical virgin birth! As Frank starts to see ghosts of people he couldn’t save in the past, Scorsese and his team treat us to an adrenalin fuelled nightmare, the editing (Thelma Schoonmaker) is swift and explosive like, Robert Richardson’s cinematography framing certain aspects of this journey with impacting deftness, and then we have the soundtrack.
• Scorsese is always a man who takes great care in sound tracking his movies, in fact few modern day directors can touch his knack for a perfect soundtrack. Fusing Motown with 70s Punk Rock would seem an odd combination, but all of it works as the paramedics start to feel the strain and (in some cases) as the mania takes hold. It’s rare to hear a New York Dolls track in a movie, to hear a Johnny Thunders solo track is as rare as a dog that speaks Norwegian, and here the use of Thunders’ You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory is pitch perfect, impacting so. Such is the use of early Clash standards as our protagonists feed off each others precarious mental conditions, it’s a soundtrack to savour basically.
• Nicholas Cage plays Frank Pierce, and it’s a great performance full of restraint and honesty, it’s the sort of performance that his detractors tend to forget about such is its emotive simplicity. Tom Sizemore (wonderfully manic), Ving Rhames, John Goodman and Patricia Arquette fill out the cast and all do fine work, but I’m sure they would be the first to acknowledge the excellence of Paul Schrader’s screenplay. This piece is far from being a masterpiece, but with it’s intensity sitting side by side with a paramedics need for coping, it’s clear that Scorsese and his talented team have made one of the most astute and undervalued pieces of the 90s. 9/10