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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.
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).
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 ...
A budding child star at the time, Dunst followed Interview with the Vampire with small roles in Woody Allen's New York Stories (1989) and Brian De Palma's The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990). "I ...
The Bonfire of the Vanities is not the only essential novel Wolfe wrote. Each is a must-read if you want to under-stand American society and its preoccupations and perversions at the time when it ...
The Bonfire of the Vanities: Brian De Palma: Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis: United States [11] Cadillac Man: Roger Donaldson: Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed: United States [12] Coupe de Ville: Joe Roth: Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross, Daniel Stern: United States: Comedy-Drama [13] Crazy People: Tony Bill: Dudley Moore, Daryl ...
Tom Hanks: The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) “One of the crappiest movies ever made,” he said of the film based on Tom Wolfe‘s classic novel. “And yet if I hadn’t gone through that ...