The Substance of Fire

The Substance of Fire (1996)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1996-09-11
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Miramax
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Daniel J. Sullivan
star 7.2/10
From 4 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Tony Goldwyn

    as Aaron Geldhart

  • Timothy Hutton

    as Martin Geldhart

  • Ron Rifkin

    as Isaac Geldhart

  • Sarah Jessica Parker

    as Sarah Geldhart

  • Lee Grant

    as Cora Cahn

  • Elizabeth Franz

    as Miss Barzakian

  • Benjamin Ungar

    as Young Issac

  • Roger Rees

    as Max

  • Viola Davis

    as Nurse

  • Adolph Green

    as Mr. Musselblatt

  • Debra Monk

    as Martha Hackett

  • Tom McDermott

    as Old Printer

  • George Morfogen

    as Otto the Printer

  • Andrew Pang

    as Mr. Otani Jr

  • Edmund Ikeda

    as Mr. Otani Sr

  • Gil Bellows

    as Val Chenard

  • Eric Bogosian

    as Gene Byck

  • Ronny Graham

    as Louis Foukold

  • John Sullivan

    as Stewart

  • Sophia Salguero

    as Rachel

  • John Patrick Walker

    as Peter

  • David S. Howard

    as Dr. Bernard Kramer

  • Gregory Burke

    as Young Martin Geldhart

  • William Cain

    as Mr. Cox

  • Alec Mapa

    as New Receptionist

  • Edgar Martinez

    as Miquel

  • John Christopher Jones

    as Book Binder

  • Dick Latessa

    as Mr. McCormack Sr

  • Patrick Page

    as Mr. McCormack Jr

  • Kate Forbes

    as Rizzoli Book Buyer

  • Gloria Irizarry

    as Esme

  • Barbara Eda-Young

    as Reena Geldhart

  • Matt McGrath

    as Young Book Clerk

  • José Ramón Rosario

    as Dennis the Tailor

  • William Meisle

    as Customer with Shoes

  • Gina Torres

    as Maitre d'

  • Marc Schneier

    as Rabbi

  • Lynn Clayton

    as Beautiful Woman

  • Mary Fortune

    as Art Student
Directing Daniel J. Sullivan Director
Directing Christine Gee Script Supervisor
Writing Jon Robin Baitz Screenplay
Art Michael Devlin Location Scout
Editing Pamela Martin Editor
Production Ron Kastner Producer
Production Meg Simon Casting
Art Mark Ricker Art Direction
Production Jon Robin Baitz Producer
Production Randy Finch Producer
Sound Joseph Vitarelli Music
Production Lemore Syvan Co-Producer
Art Shelley Barclay Set Decoration
Production David Ray Martin Location Manager
Crew Robert D. Yeoman Cinematography
Writing Jon Robin Baitz Original Film Writer
Art John Lee Beatty Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Jess Goldstein Costume Design
Crew Blaise Corrigan Stunts

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