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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
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 275782
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- publication date
- 1989-01-12
- title
- Cocktail
- review score
- 5.9/10
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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 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.