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Cocktail is a 1988 American romance, drama, and buddy film directed by Roger Donaldson. The screenplay was written by Heywood Gould, with music composed by J. Peter Robinson and Maurice Jarre. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, and Gina Gershon. Production was handled by Touchstone Pictures and Interscope Films, with Ted Field and Robert W. Cort serving as producers. Dean Semler was the director of photography, and Neil Travis edited the film.
The narrative is set in New York City and Jamaica, while principal photography took place in New York City and New Jersey. The film was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and is available on Netflix and Disney+ via video on demand. It has a runtime of 104 minutes and was released on July 29, 1988. The production had a budget of $20,000,000 and generated revenue of $171,504,781.
Cocktail received a rating of 6.0 on IMDb based on 98,476 votes, and a vote average of 6.116 from 1,620 users on TMDb. The film was nominated for four Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay. It won the Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay.
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6.1After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Brian Flanagan
- Bryan Brown as Douglas "Doug" Coughlin
- Elisabeth Shue as Jordan Mooney
- Lisa Banes as Bonnie
- Kelly Lynch as Kerry Coughlin
- Gina Gershon as Coral
Themes
- new york city
- jamaica
- night life
- bartender
- ambition
- rags to riches
- cocktail
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Roger Donaldson
- Screenplay by
- Heywood Gould
- Based on
- Cocktail , by Heywood Gould
- Produced by
- Ted Field Robert W. Cort
- Starring
- Tom Cruise Bryan Brown Elisabeth Shue
- Cinematography
- Dean Semler
- Edited by
- Neil Travis
- Music by
- J. Peter Robinson
- Production companies
- Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners III Interscope Communications
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Release date
- July 29, 1988 ( 1988-07-29 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 103 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $171.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Roger Donaldson
- Screenwriter
- Heywood Gould
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Producer
- Ted Field
- Production company
- Interscope Films
- Cinematographer
- Dean Semler
- Narrative location
- Jamaica
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 275782
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Significant event
- principal photography
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- publication date
- 1989-01-12
- film editor
- Neil Travis
- title
- Cocktail
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
- distributed by
- Disney+
- review score
- 5.9/10
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Encyclopedic overview
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 business student Brian Flanagan, who takes up bartending in order to make ends meet.
Released on July 29, 1988, by Buena Vista Pictures (under its adult film label Touchstone Pictures), Cocktail features an original music score composed by J. Peter Robinson. Despite being overwhelmingly panned by critics, and winning the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, the film was a huge box office success, grossing $171.5 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million, becoming the eighth highest-grossing film of 1988.
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