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Bazzjazz
★ 3/10 • May 19, 2018
This movie is utter tripe and ruins a great book. It’s such a mess. Avoid at all costs. Edward E.Grant does his overacting routine which is really cringeworthy and bombastic! Avoid!!
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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."
1990 • 2h 5m • ★ 5.6 (525 votes) Released
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.
Director
Brian De Palma
Screenplay
Michael Cristofer
Rating
5.6
Runtime
125 min
Budget
$47.0M
Revenue
$15.7M
Profit/Loss
-31.3M
Production
Warner Bros. PicturesTop Billed Cast
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Keywords
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