Trivia / Bringing Out the Dead

• Acclaimed Flop: Despite being fairly well received by both critics and audiences, the film was a box office failure. Its total budget was $32 million; it barely made half of its budget back at the box office, making a mere $16.8 million.
• Awesome, Dear Boy: Nicolas Cage signed on to work with Martin Scorsese.
• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $32 million. Box office, $16,797,190.
• Creator Couple: Nicolas Cage and Patricia Arquette were married at the time. They would divorce two years later.
• Creator's Favourite Episode: Nicolas Cage named this as one of his favourite films of his own.
• Hostility on the Set: Tom Sizemore and Marc Anthony reportedly did not get along on set and very nearly had a physical altercation.
• Production Posse: The fourth film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader.
• What Could Have Been: Paul Schrader wrote the role of Frank Pierce with Edward Norton in mind.

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