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Overview

User Rating:
5.3/10   23,266 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Heywood Gould (screenplay)
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Release Date:
29 July 1988 (USA) more
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Tagline:
When he pours, he reigns. more
Plot:
A talented New York bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations more
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(25 articles)
Cocktail the musical in the mix
 (From PasteMagazine. 29 October 2009, 4:31 AM, PDT)

Hungry Rabbit Jumps Casting
 (From HeyUGuys. 28 October 2009, 2:01 PM, PDT)

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Pointless celebration of trivia and mediocrity more (82 total)

Cast

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Tom Cruise ... Brian Flanagan

Bryan Brown ... Doug Coughlin

Elisabeth Shue ... Jordan Mooney
Lisa Banes ... Bonnie
Laurence Luckinbill ... Mr. Mooney

Kelly Lynch ... Kerry Coughlin

Gina Gershon ... Coral
Ron Dean ... Uncle Pat
Robert Donley ... Eddie
Ellen Foley ... Eleanor
Andrea Morse ... Dulcy

Chris Owens ... Soldier

Justin Louis ... Soldier
John Graham ... Soldier
Richard Thorn ... Soldier
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Runtime:
104 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The boxing fight shown on the TV, upon which Doug has a $50 bet, is a heavyweight bout between George Foreman and Ken Norton. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The amount of beer in Brian's glass. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Brian: Come on, put it to the floor! Come on! Let's go!
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Soundtrack:
Original Sin (Jumpin' In) more

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6 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Pointless celebration of trivia and mediocrity, 26 July 2000
1/10
Author: jminer from Newcastle, Australia

One point for the soundtrack, especially Ry Cooder's All Shook Up. Apart from that, what was the point of this film?

To tell us that being a barman is a great career path in a world full of talentless yuppies waiting to be entertained by trivial talents? That even a barman can make up doggerel? That Elizabeth Shue does more acting with her boobs than her face? That the Caribbean is a better place than New York because girls with big boobs wear fewer clothes there? All of these may be valid, but are they of value? My countryman Roger Donaldson has made some good films - Smash Palace, for instance - but this...this is an inexplicable waste of celluloid. Good album, though.

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