Bringing Out the Dead

A slice-of-life look at a New York paramedic, taking in a Thursday night through to Saturday. We get to see how he deals with the various emergencies and the weird characters -- patients and colleagues -- that are part of his life. Along the way he falls in love with the daughter of a patient.

120 minutes.
No persons under 13 .
Drama, Horror, Romance

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Credits

Cast	Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore
Director	Martin Scorsese
Screenplay	Paul Schrader, from the novel by Joe Connelly
Music	Elmer Bernstein
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	1999
Produced by	De Fina-Cappa, Paramount Pictures, Touchstone Pictures

Official Site

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Movies for Africa Ian Douglas	1
Cape Argus Derek Wilson	10
Cape Argus Adrian Monteath	10
The Cape Times Wilhelm Snyman	10
The Star Darryl Accone	14
Die Burger Francois Smith	15
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	15
Rapport Barrie Hough	18
TV3 Screenplay Barry Ronge	16
eye Weekly Alex Patterson	20
Box Office Wade Major	5
Rough Cut Christopher Brandon	16
Total Film Simon Crook	15
Film Review Alan Jones	15
What the People say
Internet 2057 Netizens	14
Average .. 65%	13

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: I see some reviewers thought this film brilliant, I was bored waiting for the story to start. Instead I was treated to editorial tricks, fancy camerawork and sometimes-irritating music. Most of the other medical staff did not come across as real people, being far too wacky. To spice up a dull story, the director resorts to silly tricks to invent excitement where none exists.

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Bringing Out the Dead

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

What the People say

Average .. 65%

Visitor Comments