The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

12/21/1990 (US) • 2h 5m

Comedy, Drama

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.

Overview

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$47,000,000.00

Revenue

$15,691,192.00

Keywords

journalist

success

lovers

bad luck

broker

social satire

yellow-journalism

stock broker

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