Bright Lights, Big City (1988) [R]

Release Date:
April 1, 1988

Original Title:
Bright Lights, Big City

Alternate Titles:
Nova York - Uma Cidade em DelĂ­rio

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
CST Telecommunications
Mirage Enterprises
Star Partners
United Artists

Production Countries:
Japan | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 107

It's 6.00 am. Do you know where you are?

A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

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Art Direction:
Santo Loquasto

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Craig Lyman

Assistant Production Manager:
Ted Kurdyla
Michael Badalucco

Associate Producer:
Jack Larson

Casting:
Mary Colquhoun

Costume Design:
Bernie Pollack

Director:
James Bridges

Director of Photography:
Gordon Willis

Editor:
George Berndt
John Bloom

Executive Producer:
Gerald R. Molen

Hairstylist:
Romaine Greene

Makeup Artist:
Bernadette Mazur

Music:
Donald Fagen

Novel:
Jay McInerney

Post Production Supervisor:
Robin Forman

Producer:
Mark Rosenberg
Sydney Pollack

Production Design:
Santo Loquasto

Screenplay:
Jay McInerney

Set Decoration:
George DeTitta Jr.

Unit Production Manager:
Gerald R. Molen

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