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The Bonfire of the Vanities, 1990

Starring: Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith

Directed by: Brian De Palma

Written by: Tom Wolfe

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 125 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:5.2

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The Bonfire of the Vanities can be described as cynical, witty, and humorous. The plot revolves around legal action, interracial relations, and legal issues. Its comic aspect comes from dark humor and satire. The Bonfire of the Vanities's main genres are drama and comedy. In approach, it is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a courtroom. The Bonfire of the Vanities is located in New York. It takes place in the 1980s. It is based on a book.

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Brian De Palma (SCARFACE) directed this lavish adaptation of Tom Wolfe's best-selling satirical novel, featuring Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, and Bruce Willis. Hanks stars as Sherman McCoy, a distinctly 1980s brand of wealthy Wall Street wizard who takes a mighty fall from his glitzy lifestyle after he and his mistress (Griffith) put a Bronx youth into a coma via a hit-and-run accident. Alcoholic reporter Peter Fallow (Willis) sees the crime as an opportunity for big headlines, and soon Sherman is the target of every political and media group in the city, including an Al Sharpton-style black leader named Rev. Bacon (John Hancock) and a sleazy D.A. (F. Murray Abraham). SEX IN THE CITY babe Kim Catrall costars as Sherman's long-suffering wife, and Morgan Freeman is the judge who tries to reign in this three-ring media circus of a case. Like the decade it parodies, this film is proudly over the top in its lavishness. It's also filled to overflowing with inspired casting, wildly inventive comedy, and the sort of artistically ambitious tracking shots for which its director is renowned.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	21 December 1990
Runtime:	125 min

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Tom Hanks

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Melanie Griffith

as Maria Ruskin

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This isn't as bad as you've heard, but unfortunately, it's not nearly as good as it should be. Sure, it works just fine as a run-of-the-mill interpersonal drama; the problem is, that's not what it's trying to be. If it was trying to be that, these... Read and rate it

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