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Brian Flanagan
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Cocktail is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Roger Donaldson from a screenplay by Heywood Gould, and based on Gould's book of the same name. It stars Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown and Elisabeth Shue. It tells the story of a young New York City business student, who takes up bartending in order to make ends meet.
- $20 million
- J. Peter Robinson
- July 29, 1988 (United States)
Jul 29, 1988 · Cocktail: Directed by Roger Donaldson. With Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes. A talented New York City bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.
- (90K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Roger Donaldson
- 1988-07-29
Cocktail (1988) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Roger Ebert pans the movie as a glossy and phony fantasy about two bartenders and their love interests. He criticizes the film's lack of realism, logic and originality, and questions its message of materialism and romance.
Working as a bartender to pay for college, Flanagan is mentored by his veteran boss, Doug Coughlin (Bryan Brown). Together, their showy tricks and charisma command large crowds and tip payments ...
- (2.4K)
- Roger Donaldson
- R
- Tom Cruise
A comedy film about a young bartender who dreams of becoming a millionaire and falls in love with a woman in Jamaica. Read the plot summary, cast and crew, user reviews, trivia, and a sarcastic review of the movie by a critic.
