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Rating: 7 stars

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Seen on: 12/12/2011

  • Watched on: TV
  • Format: DVD

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Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Drama

Most recently watched by sensoria, sleestakk

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 121 minutes

Actors

Martin Scorsese | John Goodman | Terry Serpico | Nicolas Cage | Tom Sizemore | Antone Pagan | Patricia Arquette | Cliff Curtis | Joseph P. Reidy | Ving Rhames | Nestor Serrano | Queen Latifah | Phyllis Somerville | Jon Abrahams | David Zayas | Arthur J. Nascarella | Michael Mulheren | Larry Fessenden | Afemo Omilami | Michael Kenneth Williams | Charis Michelsen | Marc Anthony | Cullen O. Johnson | Andy Davoli | Mary Beth Hurt | Leonid Citer | Marylouise Burke | Tom Riis Farrell | Sylva Kelegian | James Hanlon | Michael Carbonaro | Aida Turturro | Melissa Marsala | Judy Reyes | Mark Giordano | Tom Cappadona | John Heffernan | Richard Spore | Sonja Sohn | Bronson Dudley | Cynthia Roman | Don Berry | Betty Miller | Jesse Malin | Julyana Soelistyo | Mtume Gant | Jack O'Connell (II) | Mary Diveny | Craig muMs Grant | Matthew Maher | Theo Kogan | Harper Simon | Brian Smyj | Catrina Ganey | Carolyn Campbell | Omar Scroggins | Fuschia! | Floyd Resnick | Chris Edwards | Marilyn McDonald | Graciela Lecube | Ed Jupp Jr. | Lia Yang | Erica Bamforth | Aleks Shaklin | Jesus A. Del Rosario Jr. | Bernie Friedman | J. Stanford Hoffman | Rita Norona Schrager | Michael A. Noto | Charlene Hunter | Joseph Monroe Webb | Rosemary Gomez | Luis Rodriguez | Frank Ciornei | Jennifer Lane Newman | John Bal | Raymond Cassar | Randy Foster | Megan Leigh | David Vasquez | Peju Bamgboshe | Joe Connelly

Viewing Notes

A lesser known Scorsese film, largely forgotten by the general public. I’d never seen it despite multiple attempts (apparently it was out of print for a while and unavailable on Netflix for ages), so I finally closed the gap.

Its themes are similar to Taxi Driver, both of which focus on individuals who are very isolated from the city around them, despite being heavily immersed in its seedier side. Both characters suffer from moral ambiguity and struggle with their attempts (and failures) to make a difference in the world around them.

Despite the similarities to Taxi Driver, this is no Taxi Driver; and Nicolas Cage is no Robert DeNiro. That’s not to say he’s not good here; he is. This is the sort of slightly off the rails character that Cage seems to portray well.

Bringing Out The Dead also has some great humor in it that you don’t find in Taxi Driver.

Definitely worth seeing, but also definitely a minor work by Scorsese.

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