The Substance of Fire
11/09/1996
2h
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
Aaron Geldhart
Timothy Hutton
Martin Geldhart
Ron Rifkin
Isaac Geldhart
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Geldhart
Lee Grant
Cora Cahn
Elizabeth Franz
Miss Barzakian
Benjamin Ungar
Young Issac
Roger Rees
Max
Viola Davis
Nurse
Adolph Green
Mr. Musselblatt
Debra Monk
Martha Hackett
Tom McDermott
Old Printer
George Morfogen
Otto the Printer
Andrew Pang
Mr. Otani Jr
Edmund Ikeda
Mr. Otani Sr
Gil Bellows
Val Chenard
Eric Bogosian
Gene Byck
Ronny Graham
Louis Foukold
John Sullivan
Stewart
Sophia Salguero
Rachel
John Patrick Walker
Peter
David S. Howard
Dr. Bernard Kramer
Gregory Burke
Young Martin Geldhart
William Cain
Mr. Cox
Alec Mapa
New Receptionist
Edgar Martinez
Miquel
John Christopher Jones
Book Binder
Dick Latessa
Mr. McCormack Sr
Patrick Page
Mr. McCormack Jr
Kate Forbes
Rizzoli Book Buyer
Gloria Irizarry
Esme
Barbara Eda-Young
Reena Geldhart
Matt McGrath
Young Book Clerk
José Ramón Rosario
Dennis the Tailor
William Meisle
Customer with Shoes
Gina Torres
Maitre d'
Marc Schneier
Rabbi
Lynn Clayton
Beautiful Woman
Mary Fortune
Art Student (uncredited)
David Boston
Sign Painter (uncredited)
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