Product Information
A dramatic portrayal of a novel by Jay McInerney which tells of a would-be young writer who, haunted by his mother's death, his wife's desertion and his boring research job on a magazine, succumbs to booze, cocaine, and the late-night New York club scene.Product Identifiers
EAN5050070010053
eBay Product ID (ePID)30484563
Product Key Features
ActorJohn Houseman, Phoebe Cates, Kiefer Sutherland, Dianne Wiest, Swoosie Kurtz, Michael J. Fox, Jason Robards
Film/TV TitleBright Lights, Big City
DirectorJames Bridges
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageDanish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\Greek\Hungarian\Italian\Norwegian\Spanish\Swedish
Run Time102 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2003
FormatDVD
FeaturesOriginal Theatrical Trailer\Interactive Menu Screens\Chapter Selections, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Hearing ImpairedEnglish\German
Additional InformationThe film adaptation of Jay McInerney's best-selling novel stars Michael J. Fox as yuppie New Yorker Jamie Conway, an aspiring writer whose life has fallen apart: His mother (Dianne Wiest) has died, and his model wife (Phoebe Cates) has just left him. At night, Jamie seeks solace in cocaine, alcohol, and the glittery nightclub scene, becoming completely immersed in the decadence and debauchery of 1980s upwardly mobile Manhattan. With the help of his hard-partying debutante friend, Tad (Kiefer Sutherland), Jamie can barely see straight, making it increasingly difficult to make his way to his unfulfilling job as a fact-checker at a downtown lifestyle magazine. As Jamie becomes more and more consumed with his nightly routine and his own severe depression, he is fired from his job and forced to make a choice: either continue his downward spiral or examine his life--and change it for the better. BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY is a moving drama that colourfully explores the vivid era that writer Jay McInerney helped to immortalise. Fox shines, especially in a long monologue that is fascinating to watch.
ScreenwriterJay McInerney
Dubbing LanguagesGerman\French\Spanish\Italian
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Sound sourceDolby Digital Surround
Movie/TV TitleBright Lights, Big City