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The Substance Of Fire

1996, Movie, R, 101 mins

The Substance Of Fire: Review

SUBSTANCE OF FIRE, THE
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This earnest adaptation of Jon Robin Baitz's play is worth seeing for Ron Rifkin's astonishing performance alone. He plays a New York publisher who, as a child, watched while his family was taken away to die in a Nazi concentration camp. That memory has defined his life and now threatens to destroy it: He feels compelled to publish only accounts of atrocities and genocide, not quite the sort of books that fly off the shelves. His children (Tony Goldwyn, Timothy Hutton and Sarah Jessica Parker) are faced with a painful choice: Indulge their father's obsessions, or save the family business. Read the complete review for The Substance Of Fire

The Substance Of Fire: Cast & Details

Year: 1996
Rated R
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Cast
 Benjamin Ungar: Young Isaac Geldhart
Ron Rifkin: Isaac Geldhart
Tom McDermott: Old Printer
George Morfogen: Otto the Printer
Lee Grant: Cora Cahn
Tony Goldwyn: Aaron Geldhart

 

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