Fegefeuer der Eitelkeiten

Originaltitel: The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990
12
2 Std. 5 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,6/10

27.495

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, and Melanie Griffith in Fegefeuer der Eitelkeiten (1990)

Home Video Trailer from Warner Home Video

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Dark Comedy Satire Comedy Drama Romance

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Regie
- Brian De Palma
Drehbuch
- Michael Cristofer
- Tom Wolfe
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,6/10

27.495

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Brian De Palma
Drehbuch
- Michael Cristofer
- Tom Wolfe
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 5 Nominierungen insgesamt

Videos2

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Bonfire of the Vanities

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The 330-second Steadicam shot of Peter Fallow arriving at the Palm Court of the Winter Garden was a tour de force for operator Larry McConkey. He had to track backwards, get on a golf cart, ride it for 380 feet, get off of it, track backwards 234 feet, get into the elevator, get out, and track for another 250 feet.

Patzer
When McCoy gets off the subway, he is riding the number 1 train and he gets off at 77th Street station. The number 1 train runs on the West Side of Manhattan, nowhere near his Park Avenue residence on the East Side, and there are no 77th Street stops on the number 1 line.

Zitate
Judge Leonard White: [to court room] Racist? You dare call me racist? Well I say unto you, what does it matter the color of a man's skin if witnesses perjure themselves. If a prosecutor enlists the perjurers. When a district attorney throws a man to the mob for political gain, and men of the cloth, men of God, take the prime cuts? Is that justice?
Judge Leonard White: I don't hear you...
Judge Leonard White: Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law, and the law is man's feeble attempt to set down the principles of decency. Decency! And decency is not a deal. It isn't an angle, or a contract, or a hustle! Decency... decency is what your grandmother taught you. It's in your bones! Now you go home. Go home and be decent people. Be decent.

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Havana/Mermaids/The Sheltering Sky/Awakenings/The Long Walk Home (1990)

Soundtracks
Pennies From Heaven
Written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston

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Well, I liked it...

I think this is a well-crafted movie. It is an intriguing story, nicely filmed with interesting NYC locations (you will even see the former WTC towers in a few shots, which now seem poignant yet oddly sobering).

I LOVE the performances: everyone comes across as quite compelling and convincing in their respective roles. (The only part that didn't work for me was when Tom Hank's character goes a little wacko with that shotgun in his apartment, but I guess I can forgive that minor deviation.)

The story seems very much like a fable... and it brings to mind the old saying that every fable has its grain of truth.

Go see it. It's better than critics would have you believe. (I haven't read the book, but I intend to shortly).