Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the wrong turn in The Bronx...then sit back and watch the sparks fly.
Plot Summary
Financial "Master of the Universe" Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a black boy with his car...
Run Time
125 min
Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Rating Details
Rated R for language.
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Language
English
Keyword
Accident, Journalist, Tabloid, Mistress, Perjury
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
70 mm 6-Track, Dolby
Colour
Color
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Satire, Black Comedy
Themes
Office Politics, Class Differences, Members of the Press
Tones
Cynical, Satirical, Humorous, Wry, Slick
Has Detailed Data (New)
1, 2, 3
Wikipedia Text
The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1990 American film adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe. The film was directed by Brian De Palma and stars Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy, Bruce Willis as Peter Fallow, Melanie Griffith as Maria Ruskin, and Kim Cattrall as Judy McCoy, Sherman's wife. The screenplay was written by Michael Cristofer, and the original music score was composed by Dave Grusin. The film was marketed with the tagline "An outrageous story of greed, lust and vanity in America."
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