# The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

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**Runtime**: 125 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Brian De Palma
**Written by**: Michael Cristofer
**Starring**: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek, Morgan Freeman

> *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.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A golden-boy’s fling turns deadly when his Mercedes meets a kid on the wrong curb. Tabloid instincts kick in as a hack sniffing scandal sharpens his pencil. Of course the city’s wolves start baying before the first headline cools.

**Mood tags**: pitch-black, raw

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