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Overview

User Rating:
5.3/10   23,409 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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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
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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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104 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Brian and Doug's bartending skills are referred to as "flair bartending." John Bandy, a flair bartender, trained Tom Cruise for the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Brian Flanagan takes a picture of Doug Coughlin on his yacht, he is sitting with his legs crossed, later he puts one foot up on the couch. When Brian looks at the picture later, Doug's foot is up on the couch in the picture. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Brian: Come on, put it to the floor! Come on! Let's go!
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Referenced in JCVD (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Wild Again more

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Average...., 1 December 2009
5/10
Author: namashi_1 from India

Roger Donaldson directed 1988 flick 'Cocktail' is at best an average watch. A stereotypical affair.

Cruise plays a talented and ambitious bartender who aspires to working in business and finds love while working at a bar in Jamaica. Though the film was a box office Super-Hit back in the day, I really didn't love the film. 21 years ago people loved it, but someone like me, who watches 'Cocktail' now that to for the first time... won't be gung-ho about the film.

Cruise is fantastic throughout. He carries the film on his shoulders, and is the prime reason why this film doesn't bore. Bryan Brown's character & performance are top-notch. Elisabeth Shue is a everlasting beauty, and 'Cocktail' proves that fact once again. As far as her performance goes, she's natural to the core.

'Cocktail' is average work... watch it for Cruise, Shue & Brown's note-worthy performances.

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