
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.Status: | Released (1999-10-22) |
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Awards: | 2 wins & 5 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $16,797,191 |
Screen: | Joe Connelly, Paul Schrader |
Productions: | Scott Rudin Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Cappa/De Fina Productions, Scott Rudin |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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- 2963: Nicolas Cage - Frank Pierce
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- 3197: Tom Sizemore - Tom Wolls
- 47775: Marc Anthony - Noel
- 54782: Mary Beth Hurt - Nurse Constance
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- 1032: Martin Scorsese - Director - Directing
- 1035: Paul Schrader - Screenplay - Writing
- 3661: Thelma Schoonmaker - Editor - Editing
- 149: Robert Richardson - Director of Photography - Camera
- 2997: Scott Rudin - Producer - Production
- 7170: Barbara De Fina - Producer - Production
- 7182: Elmer Bernstein - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
Powerful and engrossing cinema from a truly great team. Frank Pierce is a member of the Nork York paramedics, serving the Hell's Kitchen district he is witness to some terrible incidents. As he starts to crack under the pressure of the job, and getting no help from a succession of ....
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Been a long time since I last watched this and according to IMDb I gave it a 3/10. With the new Paramount release on 4K, I decided to give it another watch and while I can appreciate some of the style and even performances, this one just didn't do much for me and is one of Scorsese's ....
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