Cocktail (1988)
- Directed by
- Roger Donaldson
- Genre
- drama film, buddy film, romance film, romantic comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 1,637 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A business student becomes a bartender to support himself. He learns the tricks of the trade from a charismatic mentor and eventually opens his own bar.
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What happens
Cocktail is a 1988 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Roger Donaldson from a screenplay by Heywood Gould, and based on Gould's book of the same name. It stars Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown and Elisabeth Shue. It tells the story of business student Brian Flanagan, who takes up bartending in order to make ends meet. Released on July 29, 1988, by Buena Vista Pictures (under its adult film label Touchstone Pictures), Cocktail features an original music score composed by J. Peter Robinson. Despite being overwhelmingly panned by critics, and winning the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, the film was a huge box office success, grossing $171.5 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million, becoming the eighth highest-grossing film of 1988. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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