The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) - film review

Comedy / Drama

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The Bonfire of the Vanities is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1990, directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall and Saul Rubinek. Our overall rating for this film is: mediocre.

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Director: Brian De Palma
Script: Tom Wolfe, Michael Cristofer
Photo: Vilmos Zsigmond
Music: Dave Grusin
Cast: Tom Hanks (Sherman McCoy), Bruce Willis (Peter Fallow), Melanie Griffith (Maria Ruskin), Kim Cattrall (Judy McCoy), Saul Rubinek (Jed Kramer), Morgan Freeman (Judge Leonard White), John Hancock (Reverend Bacon), Kevin Dunn (Tom Killian), Clifton James (Albert Fox), Louis Giambalvo (Ray Andruitti), Barton Heyman (Detective Martin), Norman Parker (Detective Goldberg), Donald Moffat (Mr. McCoy), Alan King (Arthur Ruskin), Beth Broderick (Caroline Heftshank), Kurt Fuller (Pollard Browning), Adam LeFevre (Rawlie Thorpe), Richard Libertini (Ed Rifkin), Andre Gregory (Aubrey Buffing), Mary Alice (Annie Lamb), Robert Stephens (Sir Gerald Moore), Marjorie Monaghan (Evelyn Moore), Rita Wilson (P.R. Woman), Kirsten Dunst (Campbell McCoy), Troy Winbush (Roland Auburn), Patrick Malone (Henry Lamb), Emmanuel Xuereb (Filippo Chirazzi), Scotty Bloch (Sally Rawthrote), Hansford Rowe (Leon Bavardage), Elizabeth Owens (Inez Bavardage), Malachy McCourt (Tony – Doorman), John Bentley (Bill – Doorman), William Clark (Eddie – Doorman), Jeff Brooks (Bondsman), Brennan McKay (Bondsman), Don McManus (Bondsman), James Lally (Bondsman), Marcia Mitzman Gaven (Bondsman), William Woodson (Gene Lopwitz), Nelson Vasquez (Pimp), Fanni Green (Prostitute), Roy Milton Davis (Latino), Shiek Mahmud-Bey (Lockwood), Stewart J. Zully (Court Clerk), Helen Stenborg (Mrs. McCoy), Timothy Jenkins (Billy Cortez), Sam Jenkins (Fox’s Assistant), Vito D’Ambrosio (Intercom Man), Paul Bates (Buck), Camryn Manheim (Poe Picketer), J.D. Wyatt (Poe Picketer), Eyde Byrde (Poe Picketer), David Lipman (Poe Picketer), George Merritt (Poe Picketer), Kirk Taylor (Aide), O. LaRon Clark (Cecil Hayden), Louis P. Lebherz (The Commandatori), Walker Joyce (Bobby Shalfet), Anatoli Davydov (Boris Karlevskov), Nancy McDonald (Media Jackal), Ray Iannicelli (Media Jackal), Daniel Hagen (Media Jackal), Kimberleigh Aarn (Media Jackal), Walter Flanagan (Media Jackal), Mike Hodge (Media Jackal), Ernestine Jackson (Media Jackal), Nicholas Levitin (Media Jackal), Novella Nelson (Media Jackal), Noble Lee Lester (Media Jackal), Adina Winston (Female Guest)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 125 min

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