He felt that the book spoke to his generation and described it as " Graduate, with a little bit of Lost Weekend". In 1984, Robert Lawrence, a vice president at Columbia Pictures, championed Jay McInerney's novel against resistance from older executives. David Hyde Pierce as Bartender at Fashion Show.Frances Sternhagen as Clara Tillinghast.
As the film ends, a news clipping of the newborn "Coma Baby" is shown. Jamie wanders the streets until dawn when he decides that today will be a better day to get his life back on track. Jamie then declines Tad's offer to spend more time together and leaves the party. Jamie phones Vicky from the party and tells her that he and his brother Michael helped their dying mother kill herself to end her suffering. He finally decides to open up and come clean with himself before he ends up either dead or in jail. Jamie confronts Amanda but retreats to the bathroom when his nose starts to bleed. Tad calls him to tell him Amanda is at a party he is attending.Īt the party, Tad is so intoxicated that he doesn't seem to realize that a woman he is flirting with is actually a man in drag. Michael arrives at his apartment and lets himself in, surprising Jamie. His maternal co-worker Megan attempts to help Jamie out with finding a new job as well as try to open up about his troubled life and the reason why Amanda left him. Jamie also avoids phone calls from his younger brother Michael who has come to the city to look for him. He attempts to go on a date with Tad's cousin Vicky as a favor so Tad could, in turn, have a fling with a woman he claims is a Penthouse Pet. Jamie's story captures some of the glossy chaos and decadence of NYC nightlife during the 1980s and Jamie also finds himself desperately trying to escape the pain in his life.Īfter Jamie gets fired from his job, he goes on a further downward spiral with more substance and alcohol abuse. He is also still reeling from the death of his mother from cancer a year earlier and he follows a tabloid story about a pregnant woman in a coma. His wife Amanda, a fast-rising model, has just left him. As result, he is on the verge of getting fired by his stern boss, Clara Tillinghast. His nights partying with his glib best friend Tad and his addiction to cocaine has led Jamie being frequently late to work and not finishing assignments on time. Originally from Pennsylvania, Jamie works as a fact-checker for a major New York City magazine. The film follows one week in the life of 24-year-old Jamie Conway. It was the last film directed by Bridges, who died in 1993. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Dianne Wiest and Jason Robards, and based on the novel by Jay McInerney, who also wrote the screenplay. Bright Lights, Big City is a 1988 American tragic drama film directed by James Bridges, starring Michael J.
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