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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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- Drama
- James Bridges
- 1988-04-01
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.).
Language. English. Budget. $25 million. Box office. $16 million. 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.
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Tightly edited and it's well written by Jay McKiernan (adapting his own novel) making good sense of the witty dilogues and character complexities, despite not entirely being clear with the motivations. Edgy location details were superbly brought across. "Bright Lights, Big City" is a contemplative character drama with excellent performances ...
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.
- Jay McInerney
- 1984
Apr 1, 1988 · Michael J. Fox, looking not the least bit dissipated but wearing a convincingly dazed, furtive expression, is the story's night-crawling hero. Mr. Fox is much better delivering funny lines than he ...
Advertisement. "Bright Lights, Big City" is the record of Jamie's search for the bottom. It takes place over the course of a week or so, a chaotic week in which people, events and even whole days drift in and out of focus. He is completely out of control. The irony is that he still looks halfway okay, if you don't look too hard.
