Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Coming Out at 22 October 1999 in theaters.
Drama, Thriller
Bringing Out the Dead is drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, based on the novel about a paramedic by Joe Connelly and starring Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, and Tom Sizemore. It was also the final LaserDisc released in North America, being released on October 3, 2000.
In Manhattan in the early 1990s, Frank Pierce is a burned-out hospital paramedic who works the graveyard shift in a two-man ambulance team with various partners. Usually exhausted and depressed, he has not saved any patients in months and begins to see the ghosts of those lost, especially a homeless adolescent girl named Rose whose face appears on the bodies of others. Frank and his first partner Larry respond to a call by the family of a man named Mr. Burke who has entered cardiac arrest. Frank befriends Mr. Burke’s distraught daughter Mary, a former junkie. Frank discovers Mary was childhood friends with Noel, a brain-damaged drug addict and delinquent who is frequently sent to the hospital.
After a few minor calls (one involving Noel), Frank and Larry respond to a shooting and he tends to one of the surviving victims. Frank notices two vials of a drug named “Red Death”, a new form of heroin that is plaguing the streets of New York City, roll out from the victim’s sleeve which implies it was a shooting by a rival drug gang. While in the back of the ambulance with Frank and Noel the victim goes into denial and repents his drug dealing ways but dies before they can reach the hospital.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Joe Connelly (novel), Paul Schrader
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, Mary Beth Hurt
Cast:
| Nicolas Cage | … | Frank Pierce |
| Patricia Arquette | … | Mary Burke |
| John Goodman | … | Larry |
| Ving Rhames | … | Marcus |
| Tom Sizemore | … | Tom Wolls |
| Marc Anthony | … | Noel |
| Mary Beth Hurt | … | Nurse Constance |
| Cliff Curtis | … | Cy Coates |
| Nestor Serrano | … | Dr. Hazmat |
| Aida Turturro | … | Nurse Crupp |
| Sonja Sohn | … | Kanita |
| Cynthia Roman | … | Rose |
| Afemo Omilami | … | Griss |
| Cullen O. Johnson | … | Mr. Burke |
| Arthur J. Nascarella | … | Captain Barney |
| Martin Scorsese | … | Dispatcher (voice) |
| Julyana Soelistyo | … | Sister Fetus |
| Graciela Lecube | … | Neighbor Woman |
| Marylouise Burke | … | Neighbor Woman |
| Phyllis Somerville | … | Mrs. Burke |
| Mary Diveny | … | Neighbor Woman |
| Tom Riis Farrell | … | John Burke |
| Aleks Shaklin | … | Arguing Russian |
| Leonid Citer | … | Arguing Russian |
| Jesus A. Del Rosario Jr. | … | Man with Bloody Foot |
| Larry Fessenden | … | Cokehead |
| Bernie Friedman | … | Big Feet |
| Theo Kogan | … | Prostitute |
| Fuschia! | … | Prostitute |
| John Heffernan | … | Mr. Oh |
| Matthew Maher | … | Mr. Oh’s Friend |
| Bronson Dudley | … | Mr. Oh’s Friend |
| Marilyn McDonald | … | Mr. Oh’s Friend |
| Ed Jupp Jr. | … | Homeless Man in Waiting Room |
| J. Stanford Hoffman | … | Homeless Man in Waiting Room |
| Rita Norona Schrager | … | Concerned Hispanic Aunt |
| Don Berry | … | Naked Man |
| Mtume Gant | … | Street Punk |
| Michael A. Noto | … | Grunt |
| Omar Scroggins | … | Bystander |
| Craig muMs Grant | … | Voice in Crowd |
| Michael Kenneth Williams | … | Drug Dealer |
| Andy Davoli | … | Stanley |
| Charlene Hunter | … | Miss Williams |
| Jesse Malin | … | Club Doorman |
| Harper Simon | … | I.B. Bangin’ |
| Joseph Monroe Webb | … | Drummer |
| Jon Abrahams | … | Club Bystander |
| Charis Michelsen | … | I.B.’s Girlfriend |
| Lia Yang | … | Dr. Milagros |
| Antone Pagán | … | Arrested Man |
| Melissa Marsala | … | Bridge & Tunnel Girl |
| Betty Miller | … | Weeping Woman |
| Rosemary Gomez | … | Pregnant Maria |
| Luis Rodriguez | … | Carlos |
| Sylva Kelegian | … | Crackhead |
| Frank Ciornei | … | Dr. Mishra |
| Catrina Ganey | … | Nurse Odette |
| Jennifer Lane Newman | … | Nurse Advisor |
| John Bal | … | Police in Hospital |
| Raymond Cassar | … | Police in Hospital |
| Tom Cappadona | … | Drunk |
| Jack O’Connell | … | Drunk |
| Randy Foster | … | Drunk |
| Richard Spore | … | Homeless Suicidal |
| James Hanlon | … | Fireman |
| Chris Edwards | … | Fireman |
| Mark Giordano | … | Police Sergeant |
| Michael Mulheren | … | Cop in Elevator |
| David Zayas | … | Cop in Elevator |
| Terry Serpico | … | Cop #1 |
| Floyd Resnick | … | Cop #3 |
| Megan Leigh | … | Surgeon |
| David Vasquez | … | Screaming Man |
| Judy Reyes | … | ICU Nurse |
| Joseph P. Reidy | … | ICU Doctor |
| Queen Latifah | … | Dispatcher Love (voice) |
| Erica Bamforth | … | Urchin Prostitute |
| Peju Bamgboshe | … | Child Zombie |
| Carolyn Campbell | … | Policewoman |
| Michael Carbonaro | … | Club Kid |
| Joe Connelly | … | Catatonic Patient in Suede Coat |
| Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas | … | Band Member / Trailer |
| George F. Miller | … | Paramedic in Hospital Hallway |
| Christine J. Noble | … | Junkie |
| Davell j Owens | … | Wounded Drug Dealer |
| Brian Smyj | … | Cop #2 |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia