Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

Directed by

Martin Scorsese

Genre

drama film, action film, horror film, thriller film, suspense film, supernatural film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 1,245 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A depressed paramedic in New York City goes through two days of intense emergency calls. He struggles with his own exhaustion and the ghosts of patients he could not save.

tensemelancholicvisceralgrittyhauntingexhaustingbleakclaustrophobic

What happens

Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 American psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader, based on the 1998 novel by Joe Connelly. It stars Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, and Tom Sizemore. The plot depicts 48 hours in the life of a depressed New York City paramedic (Cage). Bringing Out the Dead was released in the United States on October 22, 1999, by Paramount Pictures, while it was released internationally by Touchstone Pictures through Buena Vista International. It was the final film to be released on LaserDisc in the United States. It received generally positive reviews from critics but was a disappointment at the box office, grossing just $16 million against its $32 million production budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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