History Film / BringingOutTheDead

''Bringing Out the Dead'' is a 1999 drama film directed by Creator/MartinScorsese and written by Creator/PaulSchrader. The film stars Creator/NicolasCage as Frank Pierce, a sleep-deprived paramedic who hasn't saved a life in months. The film takes place over the course of several days, as he finds himself frequently haunted by visions of lives he has failed to save.

* TheMedic: The film follows the exploits of a New York City paramedic. This film is a grittier depiction of this trope as it portrays the immense emotional toll that working in EMS can take on a person. While it is a noble profession, EMTs/paramedics often work under stressful conditions and it leaves many people burnt out; while they do everything in their power to keep people alive, they do sometimes fail to do so, but that’s simply the nature of the job.

''Bringing Out the Dead'' is a 1999 drama film directed by Creator/MartinScorsese and written by Creator/PaulSchrader. The film stars Creator/NicolasCage as a sleep-deprived paramedic who hasn't saved a life in months. The film takes place over the course of several days, as he finds himself frequently haunted by visions of lives he has failed to save.

Rounding out the cast are Creator/PatriciaArquette, Tom Sizemore, Creator/VingRhames, Music/MarcAnthony, Creator/JohnGoodman, and Cliff Curtis. Scorsese himself frequently pops up as the voice of a rather sardonic dispatcher, while another dispatcher whose voice is heard in several scenes is played by Music/QueenLatifah.

Rounding out the cast are Creator/PatriciaArquette, Tom Sizemore, Creator/VingRhames, Marc Anthony, Creator/JohnGoodman, and Cliff Curtis. Scorsese himself frequently pops up as the voice of a rather sardonic dispatcher, while another dispatcher whose voice is heard in several scenes is played by Music/QueenLatifah.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese's own Film/TaxiDriver. Both movies star an isolated, insomniac man with a hero complex driving people around New York City, but unlike Travis Bickle, Frank Pierce does have a strong moral compass, even if burnout makes him do stupid things.

* PermaStubble: Frank looks like absolute hell throughout the film, with a perpetual 5-o'clock shadow and deep bags under his eyes.

* ActivistFundamentalistAntics: Marcus fits this like a glove as the EMT who spouts Christian Bible quotes and doctrine to his fellow [=EMTs=], his patients and whomever is watching them work on their patients! Especially at the [[GothRock Goth Club]] where he double takes at his patient's odd stage name, and when he learns from Frank that his patient is still alive but in a drug induced coma, he uses Narcan to fake a miraculous recovery to [[EasyEvangelism attempt to convert the club patrons to Christianity]]. We find out how much a {{Hypocrite}} Marcus is when he flirts with the female dispatcher and tries to pick up a prostitute while on duty.

* ActivistFundamentalistAntics: Marcus fits this like a glove as the EMT who spouts Christian Bible quotes and doctrine to his fellow [=EMTs=], his patients and whomever is watching them work on their patients! Especially at the [[GothRock Goth Club]] where he double takes at his patient's odd stage name, and when he learns from Frank that his patient is still alive but in a drug induced coma, he uses Narcan to fake a miraculous recovery to [[HeelFaithTurn attempt to convert the club patrons to Christianity]]. We find out how much a {{Hypocrite}} Marcus is when he flirts with the female dispatcher and tries to pick up a prostitute while on duty.

* ActivistFundamentalistAntics: Marcus fits this like a glove as the EMT who spouts Christian Bible quotes and doctrine to his fellow [=EMTs=], his patients and whomever is watching them work on their patients! Especially at the [[GothRock Goth Club]] where he double takes at his patient's odd stage name, and when he learns from Frank that his patient is still alive but in a drug induced coma he uses Narcan to fake a miraculous recovery to [[HeelFaithTurn attempt to convert the club patrons to Christianity]]. We find out how much a {{Hypocrite}} Marcus is when he flirts with the female dispatcher and tries to pick up a prostitute while on duty.

* ActivistFundamentalistAntics: Marcus fits this like a glove as the EMT who spouts Christian Bible quotes and doctrine to his fellow EMTs, his patients and whomever is watching them work on their patients! Especially at the [[GothRock Goth Club]] where he double takes at his patient's odd stage name, and when he learns from Frank that his patient is still alive but in a drug induced coma he uses Narcan to fake a miraculous recovery to [[HeelFaithTurn attempt to convert the club patrons to Christianity]]. We find out how much a {{Hypocrite}} Marcus is when he flirts with the female dispatcher and tries to pick up a prostitute while on duty.

* Goth: Just about everyone who is at the club Frank and Marcus arrives at, including their patient I Be Bangin' (Fredrick Smith) and his bandmates.

* AcclaimedFlop: Despite being fairly well received by both critics and audiences, the film was a box office failure. It’s total budget was 32 million dollars; it barely made half of its budget back at the box office, making a mere 16.8 million.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Actors Tom Sizemore and Marc Anthony reportedly did not get along on set and very nearly had a physical alteration.

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''Bringing Out the Dead'' is a 1999 drama film directed by Creator/MartinScorsese and written by Creator/PaulSchrader. The film stars Nicolas Cage as a sleep-deprived paramedic who hasn't saved a life in months. The film takes place over the course of several days, as he finds himself frequently haunted by visions of lives he has failed to save.