The Bonfire of the Vanities
Brief Synopsis
Story of New York City bond salesman, Sherman McCoy, who accidentally hits a young black man with his car during an unexpected foray into the Bronx.
Cast & Crew
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Eric Schwab
Director
Alan King
Adam Lefevre
Katrina Braque
Barbara Gooding
Johnny Crear
Film Details
Also Known As
Bonfire of the Vanities, Boucher des vanites, Le, Fåfängans fyrverkeri, Le Boucher des vanites, hoguera de las vanidades, La
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1990
Distribution Company
WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTION (WBPD)
Location
New York City, New York, USA; Bronx, New York, USA; New Jersey, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 5m
Synopsis
Story of New York City bond salesman, Sherman McCoy, who accidentally hits a young black man with his car during an unexpected foray into the Bronx.
Cast
Alan King
Adam Lefevre
Katrina Braque
Barbara Gooding
Johnny Crear
Adina Winston
Doris Leggett
Marjorie Monaghan
F. Murray Abraham
Joy Claussen
Stacy Francis
Jon Rashad Kamal
Marcia Mitzman
James Lally
Novella Nelson
Stewart J. Zully
Louis P Lebherz
Helen Stenborg
Fanni Green
Roy Milton Davis
Hal England
Patrick Y Malone
Nicholas Levitin
Donald Moffat
Vito D'ambrosio
George Merritt
Ermal Williamson
Emmanuel Xuereb
Virginia Morris
William Woodson
Mike Hodge
O Laron Clark
J D Wyatt
Daniel Hagen
Jennifer Bassey
Barry Michlin
Jeff Brooks
Walker Joyce
Norman Parker
John Hancock
Richard Libertini
Walter Flanagan
Nancy Mcdonald
Susan Forristal
Ernestine Jackson
Marie Chambers
Nelson Vasquez
Gian-carlo Scandiuzzi
Robert Stephens
Clifton James
Cynthia Mason
Kirsten Dunst
Noble Lee Lester
Lorraine Moore
Kurt Fuller
Timothy Jenkins
T J Coan
Kimberleigh Aarn
Anatoly Davydov
Melanie Griffith
Sherri Paysinger
Louis Giambalvo
Channing Chase
Ray Iannicelli
Camryn Manheim
Saul Rubinek
George Plimpton
Oliver Dixon
Kevin Dunn
Richard Gilbert-hall
W M Hunt
Shiek Mahmud-bey
Don Mcmanus
Beth Broderick
Kim Cattrall
John Fink
Tom Hanks
Edye Byrde
Kathryn Danielle
Elizabeth Owens
Geraldo Rivera
Kathleen Murphy Palmer
Richard Belzer
Sam Jenkins
Barry Niekrug
Malachy Mccourt
Andre Gregory
John Eric Bentley
Brian De Palma
Connie Sawyer
Rita Wilson
Hansford Rowe
Morgan Freeman
Barton Heyman
Paul Bates
David Lipman
Scotty Bloch
Judith A Burke
Bruce Willis
Mary Alice
Troy Windbush
Kirk Taylor
Crew
Alexis Alexanian
Assistant Production Coordinator
Robert Anderson
Unit Production Manager
Bunny Andrews
Music Editor
Jodie Arenberg
Other
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutting
Ken Beauchene
Camera Operator
Susan M Becton
Other
Julie Bellovich
Assistant
Richard Berger
Set Designer
Milton Biggham
Song
Else Blangsted
Editing
Lyda Blank
Location Assistant
Kathryn Blondell
Hair Stylist
Stan Bochner
Sound Editor
Harry Peck Bolles
Sound Editor
Gregory Bolton
Art Director
Brett Botula
Location Manager
Johnny Burke
Song
Thomas R Burman
Makeup
Colin Campbell
Lighting Technician
Fred Caruso
Coproducer
Lou Cerborino
Sound Editor
Algric Leo Chaplin
Dga Trainee
Richard P. Cirincione
Sound Editor
Laura Civiello
Sound Editor
E Twinky Clark
Song
Rudy Clark
Location Assistant
Michael Cristofer
Screenplay
Steven Danow
Technical Advisor
Vernon Dautenhahn
Transportation Captain
Thomas A Davila
Assistant Production Accountant
Brian De Palma
Producer
John Deblau
Lighting
Marjorie Deutsch
Adr Editor
Don Digirolamo
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
William B Doane
Special Effects
Bari Dreiband-burman
Makeup
Eddie Drohan
Special Effects
Scott Eddo
Makeup
Edwin A Effrein
Assistant Camera Operator
Leonard Engelman
Makeup
Bruce Ericksen
Wardrobe
Neil Fallon
Video Assist/Playback
Judie Fixler
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Susan Sklar Friedman
Assistant Sound Editor
Bruce Frye
Location Assistant
Sue Gandy
Assistant Costume Designer
Antonio Garrido
Dolly Grip
Gary Gero
Animal Trainer
Louis Goldman
Photography
David Goldstein
Other
Monica Goldstein
Associate Producer
Kelly Gordon
Song
Pat Grosswendt
Rigging Gaffer
Dave Grusin
Music
Peter Guber
Executive Producer
Emil Clayton Hampton
Assistant Camera Operator
Jack Hayes
Music Arranger
Nancy Hopton
Script Supervisor
Paul Howes
Transportation Coordinator
Ray Hubley
Assistant Editor
Gary Hymes
Stunt Coordinator
Edward Iacobelli
Transportation Coordinator
Roger Irvin
Construction Coordinator
Andi Isaacs
Craft Service
Eric Jacobsen
Assistant
Kenton Jakub
Adr Editor
David James
Photography
Arthur Johnston
Song
Gary Jones
Assistant Costume Designer
Jimmy Jue
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Dean Kay
Song
Gary F Kieldrup
Assistant Property Master
Bruce Kitzmeyer
Foley Editor
Scott Kordish
Assistant
Gary Kudroff
Lead Set Dresser
Les Lazarowitz
Sound Mixer
Coree Lear
Makeup
Clare Leavenworth
Assistant
Maurice Lospinoso
Assistant
David Lowry
Dolly Grip
William Lucek
Scenic Artist
Robert Maddy
Set Designer
Donna Maloney
Wardrobe
Jeff Mart
Steadicam Operator
Kevin Mccarthy
Lead Set Dresser
Larry Mcconkey
Steadicam Operator
Jane Mcculley
Adr Editor
Gary Mcleond
Assistant Camera Operator
Charles Mecuri
Wardrobe
Joe Mitchell
Set Decorator
Susan Montgomery
Production Accountant
Daniel P Moore
Video Assist/Playback
Aimee Morris
Assistant
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music Composer
Gary Muller
Assistant Camera Operator
Linda Murphy
Boom Operator
James H Nau
Assistant Sound Editor
Nick Navarro
Set Designer
Phil Neilson
Stunt Coordinator
Andy Nelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Hal Nelson
Grip
Elizabeth Nevin
Production Coordinator
Liz Newman
Assistant Producer
Randy Nolen
Steadicam Operator
Josee Normand
Hair Stylist
Terry Odem
Assistant
Jeff Okabayashi
Assistant Director
Michael Orloff
Casting Associate
Douglas Ornstein
Assistant Director
Bill Pankow
Editor
John Panuccio
Grip
Jeffery Passero
Location Casting
Beth Patrick
Location Assistant
Richard Patrick
Assistant Director
F Stanley Pearse Jr.
Location Manager
Steve Pederson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jon Peters
Executive Producer
Jeffrey W Peterson
Lighting
Thomas J. Prate
Key Grip
Mark Rathaus
Sound Editor
David Ray
Editor
Herbert Robinson
Song
Ann Roth
Costume Designer
Peter A Runfolo
Unit Production Manager
Doug Ryan
Camera Operator
Thomas Saccio
Property Master
Stanley Saffold
Craft Service
Charlie Saldana
Key Grip
Maurice Schell
Sound Editor
Justin Scoppa
Set Decorator
Patricia Seyler
Assistant
Ahmad Shirazi
Foley Editor
Cara Silverman
Assistant Editor
Peter Lansdown Smith
Art Director
Chris Soldo
Assistant Director
Ben Sperber
Foreman
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Edwin Stalter
Craft Service
Jeff Stern
Adr Editor
Johann Strauss
Music Composer
Daniel C Striepeke
Makeup
Richard Sylbert
Production Designer
James Tanenbaum
Sound Mixer
Todd Thaler
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Kelvin R. Trahan
Hair Stylist
Tim Tyler
Location Assistant
Magdaline Volaitis
Sound Editor
Eric Von Arx
Location Assistant
Ken Weinberg
Assistant Property Master
Roger West
Grip
James Whalen
Transportation Captain
Harriet Fidlow Winn
Adr Editor
Darren Wiseman
Location Assistant
Steven Lee Wolfe
Lighting
Tom Wolfe
Source Material (From Novel)
John Zemasnky
Property Master
William Zsigmond
Director Of Photography
William Zsigmond
Dp/Cinematographer
Film Details
Also Known As
Bonfire of the Vanities, Boucher des vanites, Le, Fåfängans fyrverkeri, Le Boucher des vanites, hoguera de las vanidades, La
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1990
Distribution Company
WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTION (WBPD)
Location
New York City, New York, USA; Bronx, New York, USA; New Jersey, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 5m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video April 24, 1991
Released in United States Winter December 21, 1990
Began shooting April 16, 1990.
Completed shooting July 27, 1990.
Brian DePalma makes a cameo appearance as a prison guard in order to direct a lengthy Steadicam shot.
Julie Salamon's "Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood" was published by Houghton Mifflin in October 1991.
Released in United States on Video April 24, 1991
Released in United States Winter December 21, 1990
