Bringing Out the Dead

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	Nicolas Cage	Frank Pierce
	Patricia Arquette	Mary Burke
	John Goodman	Larry
	Ving Rhames	Marcus
	Tom Sizemore	Tom Wolls
	Marc Anthony	Noel
	Mary Beth Hurt	Nurse Constance
	Cliff Curtis	Cy Coates
	Nestor Serrano	Dr. Hazmat
	Aida Turturro	Nurse Crupp
	Sonja Sohn	Kanita
	Cynthia Roman	Rose
	Afemo Omilami	Griss
	Cullen O. Johnson	Mr. Burke
	Arthur J. Nascarella	Captain Barney
	Martin Scorsese	Dispatcher
	Julyana Soelistyo	Sister Fetus
	Graciela Lecube	Neighbor Woman
	Marylouise Burke	Neighbor Woman
	Phyllis Somerville	Mrs. Burke
	Mary Diveny	Neighbor Woman
	Tom Riis Farrell	John Burke
	Aleks Shaklin	Arguing Russian
	Leonid Citer	Arguing Russian
	Jesus A. Del Rosario Jr.	Man with Bloody Foot

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Director	Martin Scorsese
Writer	Joe Connelly, Paul Schrader
Producer	Barbara De Fina, Jeff Levine, Bruce S. Pustin, Joseph P. Reidy, Mark Roybal, Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder, Eric Steel
Musician	Elmer Bernstein
Photography	Robert Richardson

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Story Synopsis:
Based on the novel by Joe Connelly, “Bringing Out The Dead” stars Nicolas Cage as Frank Pierce, an emergency medical technician who is beginning to feel the madness that comes with five years of cruising the most brutal streets of New York and trying to save injured lives. This past year for Frank has been filled with too many failures, and he feels haunted by the ghosts of those he was unable to help. Patricia Arquette is Mary Burke, a woman he met while administering to her father, who tries to help him come to grips with his demons.

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD is intentionally desaturated. Achieved by the bleach bypass process (partial or total elimination of the bleach step in printing), the picture has an overexposed appearance in the hostpital scenes and a somewhat monochromatic appearance in the darker scenes and in the ambulance. While colors are rich and dramatically contrasted, they are also nicely balanced throughout. Images are mostly sharp and detailed, though some scenes are soft and plugged-up. Minor artifacts, occasional edge enhancement and pixelization are apparent.

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel soundtrack is driven by dialogue and a soundstage that is balanced toward the screen. The stereophonic imaging across the screen has subtle depth, and surround envelopment is not a prominent factor for this film, being used for very minor atmospheric rendering and spatial fill-in from the music. The dialogue production is reasonably good with voices having a natural-sounding character, and integration with the visuals is sometimes good but often a bit too emphasized in the mid-bass. The narrative from Nicholas Cage also exhibits the "chesty" presence. Deep bass and .1 LFE activity are significantly restrained. Overall, this is a functional, but quite undistinguished film soundtrack.

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