The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)

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film

The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1990 satirical drama film adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s novel, depicting the moral and social unraveling of a wealthy Wall Street bond trader after a hit-and-run incident in New York City.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Tom Wolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn The Bonfire of the Vanities (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Dave Grusin NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Brian De Palma NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editor David Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Sherman McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being considered a major box-office disappointment ⓘ
negative critical reception ⓘ
plotElement hit-and-run incident ⓘ
portrays media sensationalism ⓘ
themes of class conflict ⓘ
themes of greed ⓘ
themes of racism ⓘ
producer Arnon Milchan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brian De Palma NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistOccupation Wall Street bond trader ⓘ
releaseDate 1990-12-21 ⓘ
releaseYear 1990 ⓘ
runtime 125 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Michael Cristofer NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Bronx NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
starred Alan King NERFINISHED ⓘ
Barton Heyman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beth Broderick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bruce Willis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clifton James NERFINISHED ⓘ
Donald Moffat NERFINISHED ⓘ
F. Murray Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kevin Dunn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kim Cattrall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melanie Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morgan Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saul Rubinek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Hanks NERFINISHED ⓘ
title The Bonfire of the Vanities NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Peter Guber → notableWork → The Bonfire of the Vanities (film) ⓘ
Viking → publisherOf → The Bonfire of the Vanities (film) ⓘ
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Tom Wolfe → notableWork → The Bonfire of the Vanities (film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bonfire of the Vanities
Girolamo Savonarola → notableFor → The Bonfire of the Vanities (film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bonfire of the Vanities
Bill Pankow → notableWork → The Bonfire of the Vanities (film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bonfire of the Vanities
Richard Libertini → notableWork → The Bonfire of the Vanities (film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990 film)
Melanie Griffith → notableWork → The Bonfire of the Vanities (film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bonfire of the Vanities