The Bonfire of the Vanities
“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.”
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.
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Cast
86 people
Tom Hanks
Sherman McCoy
Known for
Forrest Gump
Toy Story
Bruce Willis
Peter Fallow
Known for
The Sixth Sense
Die Hard
Melanie Griffith
Maria Ruskin
Known for
Working Girl
Automata
Kim Cattrall
Judy McCoy
Known for
Sex and the City
Big Trouble in Little China
Saul Rubinek
Jed Kramer
Known for
Warehouse 13
Hunters
Morgan Freeman
Judge Leonard White
Known for
Se7en
The Shawshank Redemption
John Hancock
Reverend Bacon
Known for
Crossroads
City Heat
Kevin Dunn
Tom Killian
Known for
Veep
Unstoppable
Clifton James
Albert Fox
Known for
Live and Let Die
Eight Men Out
Louis Giambalvo
Ray Andruitti
Known for
Gia
Weekend at Bernie's
Barton Heyman
Det. Martin
Known for
The Exorcist
The Basketball Diaries
Norman Parker
Det. Goldberg
Known for
Prince of the City
Turk 182!
Brian De Palma Director · Michael Cristofer Screenplay Tom Wolfe Author
Worldwide gross $16M · Budget $47M · United States release December 21, 1990
Box office
Budget
$47,000,000
Worldwide gross
$15,691,192
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 21, 1990
Theatrical
France
March 13, 1991 · Theatrical
Germany
May 2, 1991 · Theatrical
December 10, 1999 · Physical · DvD
Hungary
August 23, 1991 · Theatrical
Türkiye
June 7, 1991 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 12, 1991 · Theatrical
XC
October 1, 1992 · Physical
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