Metropolitan
“Finally... A film about the downwardly mobile.”
A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society - until they are joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.
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Cast
22 people
Edward Clements
Tom Townsend
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Chris Eigeman
Nick Smith
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Taylor Nichols
Charlie Black
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PEN15
Perry Mason
Carolyn Farina
Audrey Rouget
Known for
The Age of Innocence
Isabel Gillies
Cynthia McLean
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nadja
Dylan Hundley
Sally Fowler
Known for
Dangerous Game
Allison Parisi
Jane Clarke
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Swingin' in the Painter's Room
Bryan Leder
Fred Neff
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The Last Days of Disco
Will Kempe
Rick Von Sloneker
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Pledge Night
Charmed
Ellia Thompson
Serena Slocum
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Woman of Desire
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Stephen Uys
Victor Lemley
Roger W. Kirby
Man at Bar
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Whit Stillman Director · Mark Suozzo Composer Tom Judson Composer
Worldwide gross $2.9M · Budget $225K · United States release August 3, 1990
Box office
Budget
$225,000
Worldwide gross
$2,900,000
Gross vs. budget
12.9×
Production
Westerly Films
Production
Allagash Films
Production
New Line Cinema
Studio
Allagash Industries
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 20, 1990
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · August 3, 1990
Theatrical
United States
March 23, 1990 · Premiere · New York New Directors and New Films Festival
Australia
December 6, 1990 · Theatrical
France
October 10, 1990 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 22, 1991 · Theatrical
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