The Substance of Fire (1996)

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

Directed by Daniel J. Sullivan1h 42mDrama

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.

Rated

R

Year

1996

Country

US

Language

English

Release date

11 September 1996

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6.4 (7)

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Tony Goldwyn

Timothy Hutton

Martin Geldhart

Ron Rifkin

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker

Lee Grant

Elizabeth Franz

Elizabeth Franz

Roger Rees

Viola Davis

Adolph Green

Mr. Musselblatt

Debra Monk

Tom McDermott

George Morfogen

George Morfogen

Otto the Printer

Andrew Pang

Edmund Ikeda

Gil Bellows

Eric Bogosian

Ronny Graham

Sophia Salguero

John Patrick Walker

David S. Howard

Dr. Bernard Kramer

Young Martin Geldhart

William Cain

Alec Mapa

New Receptionist

John Christopher Jones

John Christopher Jones

Dick Latessa

Mr. McCormack Sr

Patrick Page

Mr. McCormack Jr

Rizzoli Book Buyer

Gloria Irizarry

Gloria Irizarry

Barbara Eda-Young

Barbara Eda-Young

Matt McGrath

Young Book Clerk

José Ramón Rosario

José Ramón Rosario

Dennis the Tailor

Customer with Shoes

Gina Torres

Beautiful Woman

Art Student (uncredited)

David Boston

Sign Painter (uncredited)

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