The Substance of Fire
(1996)

Released: 1996-09-11

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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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Tony Goldwyn

as Aaron Geldhart

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Timothy Hutton

as Martin Geldhart

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Ron Rifkin

as Isaac Geldhart

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Sarah Jessica Parker

as Sarah Geldhart

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Lee Grant

as Cora Cahn

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Elizabeth Franz

as Miss Barzakian

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Adolph Green

as Mr. Musselblatt

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Debra Monk

as Martha Hackett

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Tom McDermott

as Old Printer

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George Morfogen

as Otto the Printer

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Andrew Pang

as Mr. Otani Jr

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Edmund Ikeda

as Mr. Otani Sr

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Gil Bellows

as Val Chenard

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Eric Bogosian

as Gene Byck

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Ronny Graham

as Louis Foukold

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