The Substance of Fire

Name: The Substance of Fire
Director: Daniel J. Sullivan
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996
Duration: 102 min
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Timothy Hutton, Ron Rifkin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee Grant

19961h 42mdir. Daniel J. Sullivanscreenplay Jon Robin Baitz

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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.

Cast

Tony Goldwyn Timothy Hutton Ron Rifkin Sarah Jessica Parker Lee Grant Elizabeth Franz

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