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Bringing Out the Dead

1999 · 121 min

A feverish, hallucinatory night shift through the city, steeped in exhaustion and guilt, with moments of raw tenderness.

Tagline: Any call can be murder, any stop can be suicide, any night can be the last.
Overview: Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
death
addiction
isolation
redemption
Places: big city
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	4
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	9
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Written by: Paul Schrader
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, Mary Beth Hurt, Cliff Curtis
Music: Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Runtime: 121 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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