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The Substance of Fire (1996)
Directed by Daniel J. Sullivan
“Doing What Is Right... Could Cost Him Everything.”
Drama · 1h 42m
Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the company, grows frustrated with Isaac's emotional decline and attempts to take over the firm. The resulting crisis involves Isaac's other two children, his daughter Sarah and his dying son Martin.
Cast
Tony Goldwyn
Aaron Geldhart
Timothy Hutton
Martin Geldhart
Ron Rifkin
Isaac Geldhart
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Geldhart
Lee Grant
Cora Cahn
Elizabeth Franz
Miss Barzakian
B
Benjamin Ungar
Young Issac
Roger Rees
Max
Viola Davis
Nurse
Adolph Green
Mr. Musselblatt
Debra Monk
Martha Hackett
Tom McDermott
Old Printer
Crew
- Director
- Daniel J. Sullivan
- Screenplay
- Jon Robin Baitz
- Director of Photography
- Robert D. Yeoman
- Original Music Composer
- Joseph Vitarelli
- Editor
- Pamela Martin
- Producer
- Jon Robin Baitz, Randy Finch, Ron Kastner
Details
- Release date
- 1996-09-11
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Miramax