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Bright Lights, Big City is a 1988 American tragic drama film directed by James Bridges, starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Dianne Wiest and Jason Robards, and based on the novel by Jay McInerney, who also wrote the screenplay. It was the last film directed by Bridges, who died in 1993.
Apr 1, 1988 · Bright Lights, Big City: Directed by James Bridges. With Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz. 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.
Bright Lights, Big City is a novel by American author Jay McInerney, published by Vintage Books on August 12, 1984. It is written about a character's time spent caught up in, and notably escaping from, the early 1980s New York City fast lane.
Bright Lights, Big City Jamie Conway, a young, world-weary writer, moves to New York City from a small Kansas town to work at a magazine. Soon after, he gives into his surroundings and turns to drugs and alcohol to cope with the loss of his mother and his estranged wife.
Jamie Conway (Michael J. Fox) is an aspiring writer and yuppie living in New York City who seeks oblivion in cocaine and the glittery nightclub scene as his life falls apart (his wife leaves him, his mother dies, etc.).
"Bright Lights, Big City" is a "Lost Weekend" for the 1980s, a chronicle of wasted days and misplaced nights. It was directed by James Bridges, whose "Urban Cowboy" was in many ways an earlier version of the same story.
Currently you are able to watch "Bright Lights, Big City" streaming on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV, Pluto TV for free with ads. Synopsis 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.
Bright Lights, Big City. In this adaptation of Jay McInerney's novel, Jamie Conway (Michael J. Fox) moves from small-town Kansas to New York City to work at a magazine.
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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. Jay McInerney. Novel, Screenplay. James Bridges. Director. Full Cast & Crew.
Michael J. Fox plays a would-be writer who works as a fact checker for a Gotham magazine. He spends his nights as an active barfly in New York City's club scene. But after he is fired from the magazine, can the young fan find redemption?
