The Bonfire of the Vanities
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The Bonfire of the Vanities

Year:
Duration:
125 min
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
IMDB rate:
5.4
Director:
Brian De Palma
Awards:
5 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1990-12-21
Filming Locations: 346 E 59th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Earnings
Budget: $47,000,000
Opening Weekend: $4,216,063 (USA) (21 December 1990)
Gross: $15,691,192 (USA)SEK 2,410,680 (Sweden)
Cast
Actor
Character
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Hanks
Sherman McCoy
Bruce Willis
Peter Fallow
Melanie Griffith
Maria Ruskin
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
Adam LeFevre
Rawlie Thorpe
Richard Libertini
Ed Rifkin
Andre Gregory
Aubrey Buffing
Mary Alice
Annie Lamb
Robert Stephens
Sir Gerald Moore
Marjorie Monaghan
Evelyn Moore
Rita Wilson
P.R. Woman
Kirsten Dunst
Campbell McCoy
Troy Winbush
Roland Auburn (as Troy Windbush)
Patrick Malone
Henry Lamb
Emmanuel Xuereb
Filippo Chirazzi
Scotty Bloch
Sally Rawthrote
Hansford Rowe
Leon Bavardage
Elizabeth Owens
Inez Bavardage
Malachy McCourt
Tony - Doorman
John Bentley
Bill - Doorman
William Clark
Eddie - Doorman
Jeff Brooks
Bondsman
Brennan McKay
Bondsman (as T.J. Coan)
Don McManus
Bondsman
James Lally
Bondsman
Marcia Mitzman Gaven
Bondsman (as Marcia Mitzman)
William Woodson
Gene Lopwitz (voice)
Nelson Vasquez
Pimp
Fanni Green
Prostitute
Roy Milton Davis
Latino
Shiek Mahmud-Bey
Lockwood
Stewart J. Zully
Court Clerk
Helen Stenborg
Mrs. McCoy
Timothy Jenkins
Billy Cortez
Sam Sorbo
Fox's Assistant (as Sam Jenkins)
Vito D'Ambrosio
Intercom Man
Paul Bates
Buck
Camryn Manheim
Poe Picketer
J.D. Wyatt
Poe Picketer
Eyde Byrde
Poe Picketer
David Lipman
Poe Picketer
George Merritt
Poe Picketer
Kirk Taylor
Aide
O. LaRon Clark
Cecil Hayden (as O. Laron Clark)
Louis P. Lebherz
The Commandatori
Walker Joyce
Bobby Shalfet / 'Don Giovanni'
Anatoli Davydov
Boris Karlevskov (as Anatoly Davydov)
Nancy McDonald
Media Jackal
Ray Iannicelli
Media Jackal
Daniel Hagen
Media Jackal
Kimberleigh Aarn
Media Jackal
Walter Flanagan
Media Jackal
Mike Hodge
Media Jackal
Ernestine Jackson
Media Jackal
Nicholas Levitin
Media Jackal
Novella Nelson
Media Jackal
Noble Lee Lester
Media Jackal
Adina Winston
Female Guest
Richard Belzer
Television Producer
Cynthia Mason
Maid
Ermal Williamson
Butler
W.M. Hunt
Nunnally Voyd
Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi
Maitre D'
Jon Rashad Kamal
French Waiter
Channing Chase
Shocked Woman
Hal England
French Restaurant Patron
Joy Claussen
French Restaurant Patron
John Fink
French Restaurant Patron
Judith Burke
French Restaurant Patron
Barry Michlin
Funeral Director
Connie Sawyer
Ruskin Family Member
Johnny Crear
Manny Leerman
Sherri Paysinger
Anchorwoman
Stacy Francis
Gospel Singer
Barbara Gooding
Gospel Singer
Kathleen Murphy Palmer
Gospel Singer
Lorraine Moore
Gospel Singer
Doris Leggett
Gospel Singer
Kathryn Danielle
P.R. Assistant
Oliver Dixon
Diplomat
Jennifer Bassey
Diplomat's Wife
Katrina Braque
Diplomat's Daughter
Richard Gilbert-Hill
Weiss' Aide
Marie Chambers
Weiss' Aide
Virginia Morris
Weiss' Aide
Barry Neikrug
Weiss' Aide
George Plimpton
Well Wisher
Susan Forristal
Well Wisher
F. Murray Abraham
D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
John Blyth Barrymore
Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
Debbie Lee Carrington
Crying midget (uncredited)
Sarah Essex
(uncredited)
Terry Farrell
Party Guest Listening to Aubrey Buffing (uncredited)
Gary Jones
Waiter in Elevator (uncredited)
Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Woman in Restaurant (uncredited)
Doris McCarthy
Park Avenue Lady (uncredited)
Michael Merton
DMV Informant (uncredited)
Jack Mulcahy
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Denise Nelan
Attorney (uncredited)
Ted Otis
Photographer (uncredited)
Kariim Ratcliff
Court Demonstrator (uncredited)
John Reidy
Broker (uncredited)
Geraldo Rivera
Robert Corso (uncredited)
Joey Sontz
Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
Daisy Alexandra Sylbert-Torres
Ruskin Family Member (uncredited)
Curt Truman
Head Waiter (uncredited)
Clinton H. Wallace
Latino Kid (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Jack Nicholson turned down the role of Peter Fallow.
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Walter Matthau originally was offered the role of the judge but demanded a fee of $1 million, according to Julie Salamon in "The Devil's Candy". The producers balked at meeting his price and signed Alan Arkin instead for a modest $150,000.
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Adrian Lyne turned down the opportunity to direct in favor of Jacob's Ladder (1990).
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Goofs
Before cuckold Arthur Ruskin dies in the restaurant, his cocktail glass alternates from between his hands to outside his hands.
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When McCoy gets off the subway, we see he is riding the number 1 train and he gets off at 77th Street station. First of all, the number 1 train runs on the west side of Manhattan, no where near his Park Avenue residence on the east side, and second, there are no 77th Street stops on the number 1 line.
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While Reverend Bacon is accusing District Attorney Abe Weiss, the TV remote control that Weiss is using switches hands between shots.
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Quotes
Sir Gerald Moore: I was at dinner last evening, and halfway through the pudding, this four-year-old child came alone, dragging a little toy cart. And on the cart was a fresh turd. Her own, I suppose. The parents just shook their heads and smiled. I've made a big investment in you, Peter. Time and money, and it's not working. Now, I could just shake my head and smile. But in my house, when a turd appears, we throw it out. We dispose of it. We flush it away. We don't put it on the table and call it caviar.
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Maria Ruskin: [while on Bronx] Sherman, I'm coming from the South and I'm starting to not like this very much!
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Peter Fallow: [narrating] Our hero, Sherman McCoy, was about to make a simple phone call. But despite the existence of 11 telephones, and 7 different lines, in 14 rooms of his 16-million-plus dollar apartment, this was a phone call he could not make at home.
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Faq
Q
What does the title mean?
A
It refers to a practice at the end of medieval pre-Lenten carnivals (aka Mardi Gras) of burning the partygoers' masks. On other occasions, the bonfires were fed with a variety of objects considered sinful, including books, paintings, and mirrors. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire_of_the_Vanities.
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Photos from cast
Kim Cattrall
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