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The Bonfire of the Vanities poster

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the wrong turn in The Bronx...then sit back and watch the sparks fly.

1990 2h 05m 5.6Movie

ComedyDrama

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.

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Michael Cristofer

Screenplay

Tom Wolfe

Novel

Brian De Palma

Director