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The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1990 American satirical black comedy film directed and produced by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, and Morgan Freeman. The screenplay, written by Michael Cristofer, was adapted from the bestselling 1987 novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe.
The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 novel by Tom Wolfe.The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow.
The Bonfire of the Vanities: Yes No Sherman McCoy [34] 1992 Radio Flyer: Yes No Older Mike / Narrator [35] A League of Their Own: Yes No Jimmy Dugan [36] 1993 Sleepless in Seattle: Yes No Sam Baldwin [37] Philadelphia: Yes No Andrew Beckett: Academy Award for Best Actor [6] 1994 Forrest Gump: Yes No Forrest Gump: Academy Award for Best Actor ...
Broderick had a year-long romance with director Brian De Palma during production of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990). [6] She married Scott Paetty on April 29, 2005. [7] Broderick is a founding member of Momentum, one of the first organizations in New York established to assist people with AIDS. She is also a founding member of the Celebrity ...
Jon Fauer, A.S.C., is an American cinematographer and author known for his work on documentary films and commercials. His film credits include All the Right Moves (1983), Splash (1984), Cocktail (1988), and The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990). [1]
Tom Wolfe's character Tommy Killian in The Bonfire of the Vanities is based on Hayes. Hayes is often regularly featured on different radio stations, in both Ireland and the USA. Most recently, Hayes was portrayed as a character in the Broadway hit, Lucky Guy, starring Tom Hanks.
A bonfire of the vanities (Italian: falò delle vanità) is a burning of objects condemned by religious authorities as occasions of sin.The phrase itself usually refers to the bonfire of 7 February 1497, when supporters of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola collected and burned thousands of objects such as cosmetics, art, and books in the public square of Florence, Italy, on the occasion ...
De Palma's Vietnam War film Casualties of War (1989) won critical praise but performed poorly in theatres and The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) was a notorious failure with both critics and audiences. [40] De Palma then had subsequent successes with Raising Cain (1992) and Carlito's Way (1993).