Bringing Out the Dead
Any call can be murder, any stop can be suicide, any night can be the last.
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Timing:
2:1 (121 min)
6.608/10
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7.1/10
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6.8/10
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Country
Production
Genre
Drama, Thriller
Budget
$55 000 000
Revenue
$16 797 191
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Scott Rudin, Barbara De Fina, Bruce S. Pustin, Adam Schroeder
Operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Ellen Lewis
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Before filming, Nicolas Cage went on 24-hour shifts with a team of doctors.
- One of the 'ambulance' patients was played by Joe Connelly, the author of the novel on which the film is based, who himself is a New York 'ambulance' doctor.
- The dispatchers, who never appear on screen, were "voiced" by Martin Scorsese and Queen Latifah.
- In the episode where Frank tries to save Rose (Cynthia Roman), the actors intentionally played the scene in reverse. This added a fantastical quality to the film – it created the impression that even the snow wasn't falling, but rather seemed to be lifting off the ground.
- During filming, Nicolas Cage – who played Frank Pierce – changed an average of ten shirts each night, as they were constantly getting soiled with blood, sweat, and dirt.
- Before starting to write the screenplay, Paul Schrader went on several ambulance calls to see for himself what paramedics had to deal with at work. On his first ride, the paramedics were attending to a homeless man who had fallen onto the subway tracks and been hit by a train.
- One of the ambulance patients was played by Joe Connelly, the author of the novel on which the film is based, who is himself a New York City paramedic.
- The dispatchers, who never appear on screen, were voiced by Martin Scorsese and Queen Latifah.
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