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Isaac Geldhart (Benjamin Ungar) is a caustic intellectual and venomously witty New York literary publisher who would rather risk bankruptcy by printing a four volume history of Nazi medical experiments than publish anything remotely commercial. When his son Aaron (Tony Goldwyn), a partner in the firm, tries to convince him to publish a potentially best selling novel, Isaac refuses to even consider the possibility.

Frustrated by his father's abstinance, Aaron enlists the help of siblings: Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker), a quirky actress in children's television and Martin (Timothy Hutton), a senstitive Rhodes scholar who teaches landscape architecture at Vassar. Together they own half of Geldhart Publishing, an inheritence from their mother who died several years before.

Daniel Sullivan's THE SUSTANCE OF FIRE, adapted from the play by Jon Robin Baitz, is a powerful family drama about a generation clash between the headstrong leader of an independant publishing house and his three grown children.

Director:

Daniel Sullivan [1],

Starring:

Tony Goldwyn [21], Ron Rifkin [55], Timothy Hutton [27], Sarah Jessica Parker [44],

Screen Formats:

Full Frame 1.33:1

Language and Sound:

English Dolby Digital Stereo

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