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1990
  • Comedy
  • Drama

The Bonfire of the Vanities

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.
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2h 5m
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  • US
  • United States
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Languages
  • en
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.

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Brian De Palma
Director
Michael Cristofer
Screenplay
Tom Wolfe
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Cast
Tom Hanks
Sherman McCoy
Bruce Willis
Peter Fallow
Melanie Griffith
Maria Ruskin
Kim Cattrall
Judy McCoy
Saul Rubinek
Jed Kramer
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Dec. 21, 1990
  • Original Language
    English
  • Budget
    $ 47,000,000
  • Revenue
    $ 15,691,192
  • Production Companies
    • Warner Bros. Pictures

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