The bright lights of the big city

Movie
German title	The bright lights of the big city
Original title	Bright Lights, Big City
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1988
length	110 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	James Bridges
script	Jay McInerney
production	Sydney Pollack Mark Rosenberg
music	Donald Fagen
camera	Gordon Willis
cut	George Berndt , John Bloom
occupation
Michael J. Fox : Jamie Conway Kiefer Sutherland : Tad Aligash Phoebe Cates : Amanda Swoosie Kurtz : Megan Frances Sternhagen : Clara Tracy Pollan : Vicky John Houseman : Mr. Vogel Charlie Schlatter : Michael David Warrilow : Rittenhouse Dianne Wiest : Jamie's mother Alec Mapa : Yasu Wade William Hickey : Ferret Man Gina Belafonte : Kathy Sam Robards : Rich Vanier Jessica Lundy : Theresa Kelly Lynch : Elaine

The bright lights of the big city is an American melodrama by James Bridges from 1988. The film is based on the 1984 bestseller Ein starker Abgang (English original title: Bright Lights, Big City ) by Jay McInerney .

action

Up-and-coming writer Jamie Conway moves from rural Kansas to metropolitan New York. There he slowly loses control of his life, loses his job and is abandoned by his wife. So he seeks diversion in the nightlife. Together with his friend Tad, he celebrates all night in clubs, drinks alcohol and takes other drugs .

In flashbacks, the viewer learns how his mother's death has disturbed young Jamie. It becomes clear that he has still not overcome this stroke of fate and therefore fled his hometown. Since he failed professionally and privately in New York, he tries to numb his pain with alcohol and other drugs.

background

• The plot was adapted as a musical by Paul Scott Goodman in 1999 .
• In 2009 it became known that the director Josh Schwartz was planning a remake .
• It was the last film directed by James Bridges.
• The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.

literature

• Jay McInerney: Bright Lights, Big City . Random House Inc., 1984, ISBN 978-0-394-72641-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bright Lights, Big City Remake. In: pajiba.com. Retrieved November 11, 2009 . 

Web links

• Bright Lights, Big City in the Internet Movie Database (English)