Film

The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990 · 2h 5m · Comedy · Drama

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.

IMDb

5.6

Rotten Tomatoes

15%

Metacritic

27

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.

Tom Hanks

Sherman McCoy

Bruce Willis

Peter Fallow

Melanie Griffith

Maria Ruskin

Kim Cattrall

Judy McCoy

Saul Rubinek

Jed Kramer

Morgan Freeman

Judge Leonard White

John Hancock

Reverend Bacon

Kevin Dunn

Tom Killian

Clifton James

Albert Fox

Louis Giambalvo

Ray Andruitti

Barton Heyman

Det. Martin

Norman Parker

Det. Goldberg

Donald Moffat

Mr. McCoy

Alan King

Arthur Ruskin

Beth Broderick

Caroline Heftshank

Kurt Fuller

Pollard Browning

• Brian De PalmaProducer · Director
• Michael CristoferScreenplay
• Tom WolfeNovel
• Jon PetersExecutive Producer
• Peter GuberExecutive Producer
• Christine Forsyth-PetersExecutive Producer
• Vilmos ZsigmondDirector of Photography
• Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
• Bill PankowEditor
• Beth Jochem BesterveldEditor

Original Theatrical TrailerThe Bonfire Of The Vanities 1990 TV trailer

Release date

December 21, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 5m

Rated

R

Budget

$47,000,000

Revenue

$15,691,192

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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