Bright Lights, Big City

E196172

drama film film

Bright Lights, Big City is a 1988 drama film, based on Jay McInerney’s novel, that portrays a young man’s disintegration amid New York City’s 1980s nightlife and cocaine-fueled publishing scene.

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Label	Occurrences
Bright Lights, Big City canonical	5
Bright Lights Bigger City	2
Bright Lights, Big City (novel)	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
adaptationOf	Bright Lights, Big City self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bright Lights, Big City (novel)
authorOfSourceWork	Jay McInerney ⓘ
basedOn	Bright Lights, Big City self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bright Lights, Big City (novel)
cinematographer	Gordon Willis ⓘ
colorProcess	color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	James Bridges ⓘ
distributor	20th Century Fox ⓘ 20th Century Fox ⓘ surface form: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
editor	Jeff Gourson ⓘ
filmingLocation	New York City ⓘ
filmRating	R ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ
hasOriginalTitle	Bright Lights, Big City self-link ⓘ
mainCharacter	Jamie Conway ⓘ
medium	feature film ⓘ
musicBy	Walter Becker ⓘ surface form: Donald Fagen Rob Mounsey ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person elements ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	1980s Manhattan club scene ⓘ New York City nightlife ⓘ cocaine use ⓘ magazine publishing world ⓘ
producer	Mark Rosenberg ⓘ
productionCompany	United Artists ⓘ
protagonistPortrayedBy	Michael J. Fox ⓘ
releaseDate	1988-04-01 ⓘ
releaseYear	1988 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	107 ⓘ
screenwriter	James Bridges ⓘ Jay McInerney ⓘ
setting	New York City ⓘ
settingPeriod	1980s ⓘ
starring	Dianne Wiest ⓘ Jason Robards ⓘ Kiefer Sutherland ⓘ Michael J. Fox ⓘ Phoebe Cates ⓘ Swoosie Kurtz ⓘ Tracy Pollan ⓘ
theme	disillusionment ⓘ drug addiction ⓘ nightlife ⓘ publishing industry ⓘ urban alienation ⓘ

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Dianne Wiest → notableWork → Bright Lights, Big City ⓘ

Jimmy Reed → notableWork → Bright Lights, Big City ⓘ

Bright Lights, Big City → basedOn → Bright Lights, Big City self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bright Lights, Big City (novel)

Bright Lights, Big City → adaptationOf → Bright Lights, Big City self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bright Lights, Big City (novel)

Bright Lights, Big City → hasOriginalTitle → Bright Lights, Big City self-link ⓘ

Thomas DeCarlo Callaway → notableWork → Bright Lights, Big City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bright Lights Bigger City

The Lady Killer → single → Bright Lights, Big City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bright Lights Bigger City

Tracy Pollan → notableWork → Bright Lights, Big City ⓘ

Sam Robards → notableWork → Bright Lights, Big City ⓘ