The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $47,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $15,691,192.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 11.73 |
Directed By
Brian De Palma
Crew
Tom Wolfe
Bill Pankow
Beth Jochem Besterveld
Michael Cristofer
David Ray
Brian De Palma
Peter Guber
Jon Peters
Vilmos Zsigmond
Brian De Palma
Dave Grusin
Eric Schwab
Scott H. Eddo
Lynn Stalmaster
Christine Forsyth-Peters
Robert J. Anderson
Ann Roth
Richard Sylbert
TOP CAST
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
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
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 Eric Bentley
Bill - Doorman
William Clark
Eddie - Doorman
Jeff Brooks
Bondsman
Brennan McKay
Bondsman
Don McManus
Bondsman
James Lally
Bondsman
Marcia Mitzman Gaven
Bondsman
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
Vito D'Ambrosio
Intercom Man
Paul Bates
Buck
Camryn Manheim
Poe Picketer
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