Cocktail
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 a business student, who takes up bartending in order to make ends meet.
Plot
Cocky Brian Flanagan, recently discharged from the army, heads home to New York City, hoping to land a high-powered business job. He fails and instead works as a bartender while attending business school.
Awards
Cast
- Allan Wasserman
- Andrew Shue
- Bryan Brown
- Chris Owens
- Dianne Heatherington
- Elisabeth Shue
- Ellen Foley
- Garry Pastore
- Gerry Bamman
- Gina Gershon
- James Eckhouse
- Kelly Connell
- Kelly Lynch
- Larry Block
- Laurence Luckinbill
- Liisa Repo-Martell
- Lisa Banes
- Louis Ferreira
- Paul Benedict
- Ron Dean
- Sandra Will
- Tom Cruise
More details
| author | Heywood Gould |
|---|---|
| award | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay |
| contentLocation | Jamaica New York City |
| director | Roger Donaldson |
| editor | Neil Travis |
| genre | comedy-drama social |
| keywords | bartender business school commodity commodity market date expecting twins flair bartending hotel room married morning open park avenue security guard suicide walk want |
| musicBy | J. Peter Robinson Maurice Jarre |
| nomination | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay |
| producer | Robert W. Cort Ted Field |
| productionCompany | Interscope Communications Silver Screen Partners III Touchstone Pictures |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | New Jersey New York City |
| theme | romantic comedy romantic drama |