
The Substance of Fire (1996)
Overview
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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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 5.831 |
Directed By
Daniel J. Sullivan
Crew
Daniel J. Sullivan
Ron Kastner
Joseph Vitarelli
Robert D. Yeoman
Meg Simon
Mark Ricker
Randy Finch
Michael Devlin
Jon Robin Baitz
Pamela Martin
Shelley Barclay
David Ray Martin
Lemore Syvan
Christine Gee
Jon Robin Baitz
Jess Goldstein
Jon Robin Baitz
John Lee Beatty
Blaise Corrigan
TOP 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
Benjamin Ungar
Young Issac

Roger Rees
Max

Viola Davis
Nurse

Adolph Green
Mr. Musselblatt

Debra Monk
Martha Hackett

Tom McDermott
Old Printer

George Morfogen
Otto the Printer

Andrew Pang
Mr. Otani Jr

Edmund Ikeda
Mr. Otani Sr

Gil Bellows
Val Chenard

Eric Bogosian
Gene Byck

Ronny Graham
Louis Foukold
John Sullivan
Stewart
Sophia Salguero
Rachel
John Patrick Walker
Peter
David S. Howard
Dr. Bernard Kramer
Gregory Burke
Young Martin Geldhart

William Cain
Mr. Cox

Alec Mapa
New Receptionist
Edgar Martinez
Miquel

John Christopher Jones
Book Binder

Dick Latessa
Mr. McCormack Sr

Patrick Page
Mr. McCormack Jr
Kate Forbes
Rizzoli Book Buyer

Gloria Irizarry
Esme

Barbara Eda-Young
Reena Geldhart

Matt McGrath
Young Book Clerk

José Ramón Rosario
Dennis the Tailor
William Meisle
Customer with Shoes

Gina Torres
Maitre d'
Marc Schneier
Rabbi
Lynn Clayton
Beautiful Woman
Mary Fortune
Art Student