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The Substance of Fire
The Substance of Fire

The Substance of Fire (1996)

72% User Rating
1h 42min
Drama

"Doing What Is Right... Could Cost Him Everything."

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.

Daniel J. SullivanDirector

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Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn

Aaron Geldhart

Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton

Martin Geldhart

Ron Rifkin

Ron Rifkin

Isaac Geldhart

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Geldhart

Lee Grant

Lee Grant

Cora Cahn

Elizabeth Franz

Elizabeth Franz

Miss Barzakian

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Benjamin Ungar

Young Issac

Roger Rees

Roger Rees

Max

Viola Davis

Viola Davis

Nurse

Adolph Green

Adolph Green

Mr. Musselblatt

Debra Monk

Debra Monk

Martha Hackett

Tom McDermott

Tom McDermott

Old Printer

George Morfogen

George Morfogen

Otto the Printer

Andrew Pang

Andrew Pang

Mr. Otani Jr

Edmund Ikeda

Edmund Ikeda

Mr. Otani Sr

Gil Bellows

Gil Bellows

Val Chenard

Eric Bogosian

Eric Bogosian

Gene Byck

Ronny Graham

Ronny Graham

Louis Foukold

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John Sullivan

Stewart

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Sophia Salguero

Rachel

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John Patrick Walker

Peter

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David S. Howard

Dr. Bernard Kramer

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Gregory Burke

Young Martin Geldhart

William Cain

William Cain

Mr. Cox

Alec Mapa

Alec Mapa

New Receptionist

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Edgar Martinez

Miquel

John Christopher Jones

John Christopher Jones

Book Binder

Dick Latessa

Dick Latessa

Mr. McCormack Sr

Patrick Page

Patrick Page

Mr. McCormack Jr

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Kate Forbes

Rizzoli Book Buyer

Gloria Irizarry

Gloria Irizarry

Esme

Barbara Eda-Young

Barbara Eda-Young

Reena Geldhart

Matt McGrath

Matt McGrath

Young Book Clerk

José Ramón Rosario

José Ramón Rosario

Dennis the Tailor

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William Meisle

Customer with Shoes

Gina Torres

Gina Torres

Maitre d'

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Marc Schneier

Rabbi

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Lynn Clayton

Beautiful Woman

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Mary Fortune

Art Student (uncredited)

David Boston

David Boston

Sign Painter (uncredited)

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