Bringing Out the Dead

Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

R 22 Oct 1999 • Drama, Thriller • 2h 1m
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An Easter story. Frank is a Manhattan medic, working graveyard in a two-man ambulance team. He's burned out, exhausted, seeing ghosts, especially a young woman he failed to save six months' before, and no longer able to save people: he brings in the dead. We follow him for three nights, each with a different partner: Larry, who thinks about dinner, Marcus, who looks to Jesus, and Tom, who wallops people when work is slow. Frank befriends the daughter of a heart victim he brings in; she's Mary, an ex-junkie, angry at her father but now hoping he'll live. Frank tries to get fired, tries to quit, and keeps coming back, to work and to Mary, in need of his own rebirth.

Martin Scorsese
Director
Joe Connelly, Paul Schrader
Writer
Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman
Starring

Language: English
Awards: 2 wins & 5 nominations
Country: United States
Metacritic Score: 72
DVD Release Date:
Box Office Total: $16,797,191

6.9

IMDb (77180 votes)
73%
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