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DVD : Bringing Out the DeadIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $9.98 Price: $4.69 You Save: $5.29 (53%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Paramount EAN: 9780792165873 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 079216587X Label: Paramount Manufacturer: Paramount Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 09, 2000 Running Time: 121 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: October 22, 1999 Sales Rank: 30145 MPN: PARD335644D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Nicolas cage stars as frank pierce a paramedic on the brink of madness from too many years of saving and losing lives. One fateful night frank meets the daughter of a man he once desperately tried to save. Now together they will confront the ghosts of the past and discover redemption can be found. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2006 Starring: Nicolas Cage Marc Anthony Run time: 121 minutes Rating: R Director: Martin Scorsese Amazon.com: Martin Scorsese comes home to the mean streets of New York with Bringing Out the Dead, the hyperkinetic tale of an ambulance driver (Nicolas Cage) on three sleep-deprived, adrenaline-fueled nights amongst the dead and dying of the city. Less a coherent narrative than a mood piece, the film is a welcome return to form for Scorsese, who takes Joe Connelly's memoir and spins it into a slightly surreal, darkly comic tale of one man's redemption. Frank Pierce (Cage) is a man who feels impotent in his job as an EMT--less a lifesaver, he's more of a grief mop as he sardonically puts it, bearing witness to the pain and suffering of others. Haunted by the specter of a young homeless girl, something stirs in Frank when he meets Mary (Patricia Arquette), the daughter of a heart attack victim Frank attends to. In a world where human interaction usually means putting someone on a stretcher, or bantering frenetically with his coworkers, Frank seems headed for certain physical and nervous collapse. Scorsese, screenwriter Paul Schrader (of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull), and cinematographer Robert Richardson put a vivid spin on the New York of the early 90s with amazing visual flair and keen, economical storytelling. The film practically pulses with life, and hits the perfect note of ragged exhaustion. Cage, after a recent career slump, turns in an exceptional performance, by turns manic and weary. In fact, this is one of the best casts ever assembled for a Scorsese film: in addition to the quietly effective Arquette, there are great performances by John Goodman, Ving Rhames, and Tom Sizemore as Cage's ambulance partners, as well as Mary Beth Hurt (as an ER doctor), pop star Marc Anthony (as a drug addict), and especially Cliff Curtis (as a drug dealer who winds up in an unusual scrape). It's not a masterpiece in the vein of Taxi Driver, but Bringing Out the Dead ranks as a stunning Scorsese joyride. --Mark Englehart Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Just beautifulGreat dark comedy. Great characters. Other reviewers have already said it better than I could. Rating:  - YES and NO - It's a Think Piece!For the EMT people who see this..they say..it hits home on the sou!l It reflects when one works in this environment over many years and going through burnout..the emotion or thoughts in this movie by the EMT is accurate.. as it may be through other lines of industry..apathy or desensitization...but probably over dramatized. What you see on the screen is most likely representative of their thought processes or wishes they could do or say on the job. I find it maybe insulting to rookie EMTs who hold ... Read More Rating:  - Different vibe... Struck a cord with meThis movie had a fantastically different vibe that struck or cord with me, though I wouldn't recommend this to my mother. Definitely a certain type of feel that a certain kind of film watchers will enjoy. It's dark, gritty, wierd, off-beat, graphic... Scorsese really gets the best out of his actors (in most any movie he directs), and Nicolas Cage delivers an excellent performance. His ambulance driver is frazzled, frantic, frustrated, half-way insane, and not sure if he is dreaming or ... Read More Rating:  - Just awfulI can't imagine the impulse people seem to have to praise this film, other than pure contrariness. There is: no plot; no character development (exactly where is the "redemption"? In killing a man on life support?); nothing likeable; nothing affirmed, reaffirmed, changed, transformed. There's not even the relief of violence, and the comedy ("but she is a virgin!") is so threadbare as to be almost invisible. I like Nicholas Cage. Some of his work, such as "8MM," has been unjustly overlooked. ... Read More Rating: - Night work can be Hell, Mr.Scorsese!What is particularly compelling about this Martin Scorsese jolter is that,though I do not by any means consider this the best work I have seen him do,nor the best acting cast ever assembled,BRINGING OUT THE DEAD is still his one film that I remember vividly and have taken it to heart.WHY? From 1977 to 1980 I worked a stressful inner city job that required me to work the night shift.I had to leave it after three years because my mental,emotional and physical had been forced to extend themselves way beyond ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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