The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
Director:
Brian De Palma
Writer:
Michael Cristofer
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Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy |
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Bruce Willis as Peter Fallow |
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Melanie Griffith as Maria Ruskin |
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Kim Cattrall as Judy McCoy |
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Saul Rubinek as Jed Kramer |
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Morgan Freeman as Judge Leonard White |
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John Hancock as Reverend Bacon |
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Kevin Dunn as Tom Killian |
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Clifton James as Albert Fox |
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Louis Giambalvo as Ray Andruitti |
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Barton Heyman as Det. Martin |
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Norman Parker as Det. Goldberg |
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Donald Moffat as Mr. McCoy |
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Alan King as Arthur Ruskin |
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Beth Broderick as Caroline Heftshank |
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Kurt Fuller as Pollard Browning |
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Adam LeFevre as Rawlie Thorpe |
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Richard Libertini as Ed Rifkin |
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Andre Gregory as Aubrey Buffing |
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Mary Alice as Annie Lamb |
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Robert Stephens as Sir Gerald Moore |
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Marjorie Monaghan as Evelyn Moore |
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Rita Wilson as P.R. Woman |
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Kirsten Dunst as Campbell McCoy |
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Troy Winbush as Roland Auburn |
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Patrick Malone as Henry Lamb |
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Emmanuel Xuereb as Filippo Chirazzi |
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Scotty Bloch as Sally Rawthrote |
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Hansford Rowe as Leon Bavardage |
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Elizabeth Owens as Inez Bavardage |
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Malachy McCourt as Tony - Doorman |
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John Eric Bentley as Bill - Doorman |
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William Clark as Eddie - Doorman |
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Jeff Brooks as Bondsman |
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Brennan McKay as Bondsman |
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Don McManus as Bondsman |
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James Lally as Bondsman |
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Marcia Mitzman Gaven as Bondsman |
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William Woodson as Gene Lopwitz (voice) |
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Nelson Vasquez as Pimp |
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Fanni Green as Prostitute |
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Roy Milton Davis as Latino |
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Shiek Mahmud-Bey as Lockwood |
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Stewart J. Zully as Court Clerk |
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Helen Stenborg as Mrs. McCoy |
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Timothy Jenkins as Billy Cortez |
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Sam Sorbo as Fox's Assistant |
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Vito D'Ambrosio as Intercom Man |
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Paul Bates as Buck |
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Camryn Manheim as Poe Picketer |
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J.D. Wyatt as Poe Picketer |
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Eyde Byrde as Poe Picketer |
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David Lipman as Poe Picketer |
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George Merritt as Poe Picketer |
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Kirk Taylor as Aide |
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Richard Belzer as Television Producer |
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Oliver Dixon as Lawyer |
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George Plimpton as Well Wisher |
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Connie Sawyer as Ruskin Family Member |
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F. Murray Abraham as D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited) |
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Sharmagne Leland-St. John as Woman in Restaurant (uncredited) |
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Terry Farrell as Party Guest Listening to Aubrey Buffing (uncredited) |
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Geraldo Rivera as Robert Corso (uncredited) |
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John Blyth Barrymore as Restaurant Manager (uncredited) |
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Ted Otis as Photographer (uncredited) |
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Renna Bartlett as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Debbie Lee Carrington as Crying Midget (uncredited) |
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Dave Droge as Bond Floor Trader (uncredited) |
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Cynthia Elane as Court Officer (uncredited) |
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Sarah Essex as (uncredited) |
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Gary Jones as Waiter in Elevator (uncredited) |
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Doris McCarthy as Park Avenue Lady (uncredited) |
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Michael Merton as DMV Informant (uncredited) |
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Jack Mulcahy as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) |
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Denise Nelan as Attorney (uncredited) |
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Kariim Ratcliff as Photographer (uncredited) |
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John Reidy as Broker (uncredited) |
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Joey Sontz as Courtroom Extra (uncredited) |
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Daisy Alexandra Sylbert-Torres as Ruskin Family Member (uncredited) |
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Curt Truman as Head Waiter (uncredited) |
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Ron Turek as Trial Attendant (uncredited) |
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Clinton H. Wallace as Latino Kid (uncredited) |
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Judith Burke as French Restaurant Patron |
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Adina Winston as Female Guest |
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Barry Michlin as Funeral Director |
| Writing | Tom Wolfe | Novel |
| Editing | Bill Pankow | Editor |
| Editing | Beth Jochem Besterveld | Editor |
| Writing | Michael Cristofer | Screenplay |
| Editing | David Ray | Editor |
| Directing | Brian De Palma | Director |
| Production | Peter Guber | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jon Peters | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| Production | Brian De Palma | Producer |
| Sound | Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Eric Schwab | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Scott H. Eddo | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Production | Christine Forsyth-Peters | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert J. Anderson | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Roth | Costume Designer |
| Art | Richard Sylbert | Production Design |
| Camera | David James | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Jeff Okabayashi | Second Second Assistant Director |