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The Substance of Fire

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Calorie Rating: 143
Released: 1996-09-11
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Studios: Miramax,


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.

Director / Directors

Christine Gee
Script Supervisor


Cast

Tony Goldwyn
Character: Aaron Geldhart
Timothy Hutton
Character: Martin Geldhart
Ron Rifkin
Character: Isaac Geldhart

Sarah Jessica Parker
Character: Sarah Geldhart
Lee Grant
Character: Cora Cahn
Elizabeth Franz
Character: Miss Barzakian

Benjamin Ungar
Character: Young Issac
Roger Rees
Character: Max
Viola Davis
Character: Nurse

Adolph Green
Character: Mr. Musselblatt
Debra Monk
Character: Martha Hackett
Tom McDermott
Character: Old Printer

George Morfogen
Character: Otto the Printer
Andrew Pang
Character: Mr. Otani Jr
Edmund Ikeda
Character: Mr. Otani Sr

Gil Bellows
Character: Val Chenard
Eric Bogosian
Character: Gene Byck
Ronny Graham
Character: Louis Foukold

John Sullivan
Character: Stewart
Sophia Salguero
Character: Rachel
John Patrick Walker
Character: Peter

David S. Howard
Character: Dr. Bernard Kramer
Gregory Burke
Character: Young Martin Geldhart
William Cain
Character: Mr. Cox

Alec Mapa
Character: New Receptionist
Edgar Martinez
Character: Miquel
John Christopher Jones
Character: Book Binder

Dick Latessa
Character: Mr. McCormack Sr
Patrick Page
Character: Mr. McCormack Jr
Kate Forbes
Character: Rizzoli Book Buyer

Gloria Irizarry
Character: Esme
Barbara Eda-Young
Character: Reena Geldhart
Matt McGrath
Character: Young Book Clerk

José Ramón Rosario
Character: Dennis the Tailor
William Meisle
Character: Customer with Shoes
Gina Torres
Character: Maitre d'

Marc Schneier
Character: Rabbi
Lynn Clayton
Character: Beautiful Woman
Mary Fortune
Character: Art Student


Production and Crew

Lemore Syvan
Co-Producer
Mark Ricker
Art Direction
Michael Devlin
Location Scout

David Ray Martin
Location Manager
Ron Kastner
Producer

Robert D. Yeoman
Cinematography
Meg Simon
Casting

Randy Finch
Producer
Shelley Barclay
Set Decoration

John Lee Beatty
Production Design
Jess Goldstein
Costume Design

Jon Robin Baitz
Original Film Writer