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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.
- $25 million
- April 1, 1988 (United States)
Apr 1, 1988 · A 1988 drama film based on Jay McInerney's novel about a young writer's struggles with drugs, love and career in New York City. Starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates and Dianne Wiest.
- Snoopystyle
- 2 min
- James Bridges
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
- United States
- 1984
- August 12, 1984
A drama about a New York fact-checker who is addicted to cocaine and alcohol, starring Michael J. Fox and Jason Robards. Roger Ebert praises Fox's performance and the film's depiction of the 1980s club scene, but criticizes its ending as too contrived.
Summaries. 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. 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 ...
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Aug 12, 1984 · 34,038 ratings2,056 reviews. With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. The novel follows a young man, living in Manhattan as if he owned it, through nightclubs, fashion shows, editorial offices, and loft parties as he attempts to outstrip mortality ...
