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The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

Drama Comedy

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.

Release Date: 1990, December 21
Directors: Brian De Palma
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Doris McCarthy, Morgan Freeman, John Eric Bentley, Don McManus, Kirsten Dunst, Bruce Willis, Tom Hanks, Kurt Fuller, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Belzer, George Plimpton, Melanie Griffith

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

journalist social satire success lovers bad luck broker stock broker yellow-journalism