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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Brian De Palma
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Actors:
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Melanie Griffith,
Donald Moffat,
Barton Heyman,
Alan King,
Louis Giambalvo,
John Hancock,
Norman Parker,
Tom Hanks,
Bruce Willis,
Kim Cattrall,
Saul Rubinek,
Morgan Freeman,
Kevin Dunn,
Clifton James,
Beth Broderick
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Duration:
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125 min.
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Rating:
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(5.2/10)84.5
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Plot Summary:
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Monetary "Master of the Sphere" Sherman McCoy sees his passion unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a black boy with his car. When yellow journalist Peter Fallow enflames public appraisal with a series of distorted tabloid articles on the accident, the trunk is seized upon by opportunists Reverend Bacon and mayoral candidate D.A. Abe Weiss.
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shockingly bad
What a rubbish adapation of a brilliant book. Nothing hung together and casting was awfull. Bruce willis as the alcoholic journalist was soooo unconvincing and tom hanks wasn't swanky enough. Best avoided.
Bonfire of the Vanities, The
Largely humourless adaptation of Tom Wolfe's novel from Brian De Palma. With Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith and Morgan Freeman
Hanks is Sherman McCoy, the financial whizz kid whose life unravels when his mistress Maria Ruskin (Griffith, at her most grating) hits a black boy with his car. The wolves gather, including careerist journalist Peter Fallow (Willis), as well as opportunistic community leaders and mayoral candidates.
In this heavy-handed and uneven treatment, De Palma drains Tom Wolfe's original story of its humour, and must shoulder the blame for its failure. Those critics keen to throw accusations of racism at him, however, might do well to remember that his overpraised source material is not exactly To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Bonfire of the Vanities, The
Hanks is Sherman McCoy, the economic whizz kid whose viability unravels when his mistress Maria Ruskin (Griffith, at her most irksome) hits a funereal boy with his heap. The wolves gather, including careerist journalist Peter Fallow (Willis), as immeasurably as exploitative community leaders and mayoral candidates. In this excessive-handed and uneven treatment, De Palma drains Tom Wolfe's innovative thriller of its temper, and have to as one the blame for its deterioration. Those critics keen to throw accusations of racism at him, anyhow, might do immeasurably to remember that his overpraised source fabric is not exactly To Silence a Mockingbird.
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