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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.
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- 1988-04-01
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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- James Bridges
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- Michael J. Fox
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"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.
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.
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.
Apr 1, 1988 · Despite the story of debauchery and the potential for luridness, the fundamental decency of ''Bright Lights, Big City'' emerges as the film's signal quality.
