| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Bringing Out the Dead (1999) |
| Director | Martin Scorsese |
| Writer | Paul Schrader, based on the novel by Joe Connelly |
| Lead Actor | Nicolas Cage |
| Cast | Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore |
| Genre | Drama, Thriller |
| Release Date | October 22, 1999 (United States) |
| Duration | 2h 1m |
| Budget | $32 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDb Rating | 6.8/10 |
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BRINGING OUT THE DEAD covers 56 chaotic hours in the life of paramedic Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage), who dispenses mercy in a gritty section of New York where the “cardiac arrests” are caused mostly by suicides, homicides and overdoses. This fourth deep but gloomy collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ) has its moments but veers toward surrealism.
Sensitive Frank is haunted by his failures as he struggles to save lives. He befriends the estranged daughter (Patricia Arquette) of a man who has a heart attack.
In the city’s corrupt streets, humanity struggles and God may appear in the guise of an Asian nun preaching repentance. Scorsese and Schrader are artists who show ugliness not for its own sake but in brutal moral outrage.
There is a bizarre mix of horror and humor. (The hospital, nicknamed Our Lady of Misery, is a vision of pathetic yet heroic medics and cops striving against hopelessness.) Frank wants to quit but can’t even get fired because the city needs him so desperately. His fellow drivers (John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore) all have ways of coping, ranging from detachment to rage to Christian fatalism.
New York seems to signify the unredeemed world of chaos in which faith, hope and love are on life support, and people must find their own strength.
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