Bringing Out the Dead
Directed by Martin Scorsese
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- EdmondZippo17 May 2026Too much death at the bottom of the canyons of steel of Scorsese's beloved New York. Schrader's script is a precursor to his recent trilogy of men who suffer and suffer, partly at their own hand, until they find solace in the promise of a woman's love. How are we supposed to go on, when facing so much distressing misery, the story asks. Oftentimes, the answer is surrender, but to what? The bottle? Jesus? The emptiness? As a watcher of The Pitt, I feel like I'm qualified (I'm not, this is a bit) to give my opinion on the realism of the medical gestures performed in this film. Look, it's not great. I've seen better. I very much enjoyed the frenetic quality that the camera conveyed. Speeding through a diseased city, living days of nights. The obvious stylistic comparison is After Hours (can someone gift me that Criterion 4k release? Anyone?). The city never sleeps. Some has to accompany her dead or dying children to the next step in their journey.
- cultfilmliker4 January 2026Who knew the life of an EMT was so harrowing lol What a cast!! Michael K Williams very good in a tiny bit part! All Cage’s partners and associates are great. Tom Sizemore is too good at playing his part, as we’ve seen. Loved the cinematography. Between that and the cast, I got lots of Tarantino vibes The direction during the fence scene was spectacular. *Marty Scorsese voice* that’s cinema 🙌
Bringing Out the Dead Trivia
Bringing Out the Dead was released on 22 October 1999.
Bringing Out the Dead was directed by Martin Scorsese.
Bringing Out the Dead has a runtime of 2h 1m.
Bringing Out the Dead was produced by Barbara De Fina, Scott Rudin.
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.
The key characters in Bringing Out the Dead are Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage), Mary Burke (Patricia Arquette), Larry Verber (John Goodman).
Bringing Out the Dead is rated 18.
Bringing Out the Dead is a Drama, Thriller film.
Bringing Out the Dead has an audience rating of 7 out of 10.
Bringing Out the Dead had a budget of US$32M.
Bringing Out the Dead has made US$16.8M at the box office.