"Doing What Is Right... Could Cost Him Everything."11 September 1996Drama102 mins
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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"THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE" (1996) Bookstore Scene Shot at Chartwell Booksellers
Yes that's us. This brief scene in "THE SUBSTANCE IF FIRE" Jon Robin Baitz's film adaptation of his exceptional stage play took one entire Sunday to film.
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Mitchell Thompson preforming monologue from The Substance of Fire.
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A selection from the play The Substance of Fire by Jon Robin Baitz.
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