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Overview

User Rating:
5.3/10   23,304 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Heywood Gould (screenplay)
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Release Date:
29 July 1988 (USA) more
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Tagline:
When he pours, he reigns. more
Plot:
A talented New York bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations more
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(25 articles)
Cocktail the musical in the mix
 (From PasteMagazine. 29 October 2009, 4:31 AM, PDT)

Hungry Rabbit Jumps Casting
 (From HeyUGuys. 28 October 2009, 2:01 PM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Cruise ... Brian Flanagan

Bryan Brown ... Doug Coughlin

Elisabeth Shue ... Jordan Mooney
Lisa Banes ... Bonnie
Laurence Luckinbill ... Mr. Mooney

Kelly Lynch ... Kerry Coughlin

Gina Gershon ... Coral
Ron Dean ... Uncle Pat
Robert Donley ... Eddie
Ellen Foley ... Eleanor
Andrea Morse ... Dulcy

Chris Owens ... Soldier

Justin Louis ... Soldier
John Graham ... Soldier
Richard Thorn ... Soldier
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Runtime:
104 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This film is listed among The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIEŽ MOVIE GUIDE. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The first time Brian goes to visit Jordan at her parents' condo, her father's shirt switches from a solid pinkish red dress shirt to a striped pink and white shirt, then back again. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Brian: Come on, put it to the floor! Come on! Let's go!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005) more
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70 out of 111 people found the following comment useful.
Theoretically, Flawless in its Design, 13 September 2005
10/10
Author: JFHunt from Manhattan

Cocktail is a lot of things. It's a classic love story about finding the right "rich chick". It's a sorted tale about an aging down on his luck bartender who finds a reason to live. And it's also a feel good film. It teaches you how to respect the desire. Be careful around Elisabeth Shue. "And pretty soon, days get shorter and shorter, nights longer and longer, before you know it, life is just one long night with a few comatose daylight hours." And in the end, no matter how shitty you are to people, they will always forgive you. Bryan Browns masterpiece and Cruise is electric. It's another one of those movies you could watch over and over. And in a little while, your want to watch it again. If anyone hasn't seen this movie and doesn't plan on it, than they are just retarded. Do yourself a favor, run down to the store and buy it. You'll thank me.

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