Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

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Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
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Directed by Matthew Heineman
Susan Froemke
Produced byMatthew Heineman
Susan Froemke
CinematographyWolfgang Held
Edited byBradley Ross
Music byChad Kelly
Moby
Production
companies
Aisle C
Our Time Projects
Distributed by Roadside Attractions
Release dates
  • January 19, 2012 (2012-01-19)(Sundance Film Festival)
  • October 5, 2012 (2012-10-05)(United States)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare is a 2012 feature-length documentary directed by Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke and released by Roadside Attractions. Escape Fire premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, [1] opened in select theaters on October 5, 2012, and was simultaneously released on iTunes and Video-on-Demand. The film was released on DVD in February 2013 and premiered on CNN on March 10, 2013.

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Reception

Since Escape Fire premiered at Sundance, the film has been mentioned or reviewed in The Wall Street Journal , Forbes , [2] New York magazine, [3] Los Angeles Times , [4] Variety , The Hollywood Reporter and other media outlets. The film received generally positive reviews, with an aggregate score of 67 on Metacritic [5] and 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, As of June 2020. [6] It was a New York Times , [7] New York magazine, and The Washington Post Critics' Pick.

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References

  1. ↑ Kilday, Gregg (2012-05-30). "Roadside Attractions Acquires Health Care Documentary 'Escape Fire'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
  2. ↑ Chase, Dave (5 October 2012). "Escape Fire Documentary: Solutions to Healthcare's Conflagration". Forbes. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare". NYMag.com.
  4. ↑ Turan, Kenneth (4 October 2012). "Review: 'Escape Fire' calls for drastic changes to U.S. healthcare". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare" – via www.metacritic.com.
  6. ↑ "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012)". June 2, 2020 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
  7. ↑ CATSOULIS, JEANNETTE (4 October 2012). "Pitting Drug Regimens Against Prevention". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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