The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)

The Bonfire of the Vanities
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBrian De Palma
Screenplay byMichael Cristofer
Based onThe Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
Produced byBrian De Palma
Starring
CinematographyVilmos Zsigmond
Edited byBill Pankow
David Ray
Music byDave Grusin
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • December 21, 1990 (1990-12-21)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$47 million[1]
Box office$15.6 million[1]

The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1990 American satirical black comedy film directed and produced by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, and Morgan Freeman. The screenplay, written by Michael Cristofer, was adapted from the bestselling 1987 novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe.

The film was panned by critics and underperformed at the box office, grossing just $15.6 million against its $47 million budget.[2] The controversies surrounding the film were detailed in the 1991 book The Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood, by Julie Salamon.

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  2. ^ Shaw, Gabbi (February 27, 2017). "The biggest box office flop from the year you were born". Insider. Retrieved June 21, 2018.