The Bonfire of the Vanities
Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the wrong turn in The Bronx...then sit back and watch the sparks fly.
Collections:
Novels on the Big Screen
Studio:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Year:
1990
Critics Rating: 15%
Audience Rating: 25%
Duration: 2 h 5 m
Updated: 2026 Jul 23
Movie ID: 149898
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Synopsis
Financial "Master of the Universe" Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a Black boy with his car. When journalist Peter Fallow enflames public opinion with a series of distorted tabloid articles on the accident, the case is seized upon by opportunists like Reverend Bacon and mayoral candidate D.A. Abe Weiss.
