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Bright Lights, Big City
- Director: James Bridges
- Writer: Jay McInerney
- Producer: Jack Larson; Gerald R. Molen
CGiii Comment
Michael J Fox as a Coke snorting, drunken, downward-spiraling, misunderstood writer: MISCAST.
The comedic sketches are misplaced and unnecessary - all they do is detract from the actual story.
A story that loses its way...is this about addiction or a petulant little prick craving attention?
Whatever...it will leave you cold.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.). With his hard-partying friend Tad Allagash (Kiefer Sutherland) tagging along with him during their nights out, Jamie finds it increasingly difficult to show up every day at his unfulfilling job as a fact checker for a literary Manhattan magazine.
Cast & Characters
Michael J. Fox as Jamie Conway;
Kiefer Sutherland as Tad Allagash;
Phoebe Cates as Amanda;
Swoosie Kurtz as Megan;
Frances Sternhagen as Clara;
Tracy Pollan as Vicky;
John Houseman as Mr. Vogel;
Charlie Schlatter as Michael;
David Warrilow as Rittenhouse;
Dianne Wiest as Mother;
Alec Mapa as Yasu Wade;
William Hickey as Ferret Man;
Gina Belafonte as Kathy;
Sam Robards as Rich Vanier;
Bernard Zette as Stevie