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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Heywood Gould (screenplay)
Release Date:
29 July 1988 (USA) more
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
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(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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Top Gun in a Bar more (81 total)
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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104 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16
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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
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Continuity: When Doug falls down the stairs of the subway station he lands next to a puddle of water. In the next scene the puddle is not there anymore. more
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Tim McGraw/Ludacris/T-Pain (#34.9)" (2008) more
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Since When more
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Bad bad bad.
Bog-standard flick, nothing less expected from the Cruiser in this period.
Take the same formula perfected in Top Gun, and apply it here, but with drinks. See also my Days of Thunder review.
Tom is really not good here, taking liberties with the plot is fine, but making it ridiculous is not. The setting is wonderful, and some scenery is great, but the actors still don't look like they're having a good time. No wonder, the "script" contains atrocious line after atrocious line, there are plenty of better buddy/romantic movies out there, don't bother with this trash.