Plot
A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
Release Year: 1988
Rating: 5.4/10 (3,822 voted)
Director:
James Bridges
Stars: Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates
Storyline A young kid from Kansas moves to New York to work on a magazine. He gets caught up in the world of drink and drugs, and starts a steady decline. The only hope is the cousin of one of his drinking partners, can she pull him through it ?
Writers: Jay McInerney, Jay McInerney
Cast: Michael J. Fox
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Jamie Conway
Kiefer Sutherland
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Tad Allagash
Phoebe Cates
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Amanda
Swoosie Kurtz
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Megan
Frances Sternhagen
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Clara
Tracy Pollan
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Vicky
John Houseman
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Mr. Vogel
Charlie Schlatter
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Michael
David Warrilow
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Rittenhouse
Dianne Wiest
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Mother
Alec Mapa
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Yasu Wade
William Hickey
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Ferret Man
Gina Belafonte
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Kathy
Sam Robards
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Rich Vanier
Bernard Zette
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Stevie
(as Zette)
Taglines:
All that glitters is not gold.
Release Date: 1 April 1988
Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $25,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $5,126,791
(USA)
(1 April 1988)
(1196 Screens)
Gross: $16,118,077
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
This film is based on the novel by Jay McInerney of the same name. The book was also an inspiration for a rock musical of the same name, which premiered in 1999 and later went on to be a studio album.
Goofs:
Continuity:
During Jamie's story of his relationship with Amanda to Megan his wineglass goes from half-full to empty in less than two seconds, while he's speaking.
Quotes: Drunken Writer:
[rambling on aimlessly to himself]
... Siamese fighting fish in the water cooler... the old crew in the golden days of this magazine would have thought of it.
User Review
Not a bad movie at all
Rating:
Michael J. Fox does an admirable job in the lead role of this movie
adaptation of Jay McInerey's book. The plot concerns one man's downfall
over the period of a week, and how it all stems from his mother dying and
his wife leaving him. The movie follows the basic plot of the book with
few
changes. Overall a very decent movie, with a solid cast.
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