The Bonfire of the Vanities Page #12

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 yellow 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.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Brian De Palma
Production: Warner Home Video
  1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
16%
R
Year:
1990
125 min
300 Views


01:
10:43,932 -- 01:10:45,490

Order!

1068

01:
10:48,172 -- 01:10:52,131

I am truly sorry for everything.

Please forgive me.

1069

01:
10:52,372 -- 01:10:54,681

For my life. For everything.

1070

01:
10:55,172 -- 01:10:56,446

I'm truly sorry.

1071

01:
10:57,292 -- 01:10:58,407

Shut up!

1072

01:
10:58,612 -- 01:11:00,648

The defendant pleads not guilty.

1073

01:
11:04,652 -- 01:11:07,246

Bail has been set at $10,000.

1074

01:
11:12,172 -- 01:11:13,571

Order! Order!

1075

01:
11:14,572 -- 01:11:16,722

You people sit down!

1076

01:
11:24,532 -- 01:11:28,366

We do not believe it will serve

the interests of justice...

1077

01:
11:28,612 -- 01:11:30,842

to allow this man to walk free...

1078

01:
11:31,732 -- 01:11:33,768

on a token bail.

1079

01:
11:35,572 -- 01:11:40,646

Mr. Kramer knows perfectly well

that my client won't jump bail!

1080

01:
11:40,852 -- 01:11:43,241

Think of the emotions of this community!

1081

01:
11:49,492 -- 01:11:53,326

That is patent nonsense.

Bail has already been agreed to.

1082

01:
11:53,612 -- 01:11:59,687

Mr. Weiss has instructed me to ask

for bail in the amount of $250,000.

1083

01:
12:00,172 -- 01:12:01,491

Cash!

1084

01:
12:03,852 -- 01:12:05,444

Order!

1085

01:
12:09,412 -- 01:12:13,963

If your office has any information

bearing on bail status of this case...

1086

01:
12:14,212 -- 01:12:16,168

make a formal application.

1087

01:
12:16,852 -- 01:12:18,490

Meanwhile, I release Mr. McCoy...

1088

01:
12:18,572 -- 01:12:20,961

under a bond in the amount of $10,000.

1089

01:
12:21,172 -- 01:12:23,447

Now get this sideshow out of my court!

1090

01:
12:26,572 -- 01:12:30,690

Your Honor, your action will irreparably

damage not only the people's case...

1091

01:
12:30,892 -- 01:12:32,325

I have spoken!

1092

01:
12:33,252 -- 01:12:35,288

...but the people's cause as well.

1093

01:
12:35,372 -- 01:12:36,566

Mr. Kramer!

1094

01:
12:36,652 -- 01:12:39,120

It ill-behooves the criminal justice system!

1095

01:
12:39,212 -- 01:12:41,362

Kindly behoove me no "ill-behooves."

1096

01:
12:43,012 -- 01:12:45,242

The court directs you to shut up!

1097

01:
12:49,412 -- 01:12:53,451

He's coming out the back!

Fall out! He's coming out the back!

1098

01:
12:53,732 -- 01:12:55,051

Go get him!

1099

01:
12:56,332 -- 01:12:57,651

Get him.

1100

01:
12:58,892 -- 01:13:01,008

He's getting away!

1101

01:
13:05,572 -- 01:13:07,005

He's getting away.

1102

01:
13:17,252 -- 01:13:20,164

So much for my introduction

to Sherman McCoy.

1103

01:
13:20,692 -- 01:13:23,570

Before we could even speak,

he had been swept away.

1104

01:
13:25,012 -- 01:13:28,129

I began to appreciate the power,

the magnitude...

1105

01:
13:28,292 -- 01:13:31,523

the sheer force unleashed

by my little story.

1106

01:
13:34,412 -- 01:13:35,686

Jackals.

1107

01:
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These dogs...

1108

01:
13:38,052 -- 01:13:40,361

yapping at the heels of their prey.

1109

01:
13:40,612 -- 01:13:42,887

And my God, I was one of them.

1110

01:
13:43,372 -- 01:13:45,932

Let them have it. Enough is enough.

1111

01:
13:46,412 -- 01:13:49,609

With what little dignity I had left,

I decided to go home.

1112

01:
13:56,292 -- 01:13:59,807

Excuse me. Do you know

where I can find a taxi?

1113

01:
14:06,852 -- 01:14:07,921

Sherman McCoy.

1114

01:
14:08,012 -- 01:14:09,730

Yeah, I know who you are.

1115

01:
14:13,492 -- 01:14:16,848

-What are you doing out here?

-I need a taxi.

1116

01:
14:17,092 -- 01:14:19,162

There he is! There's McCoy!

1117

01:
14:22,892 -- 01:14:25,486

You need to get out of here. Come on.

1118

01:
14:26,692 -- 01:14:29,001

We'll get out of here

on the subway.

1119

01:
14:29,092 -- 01:14:32,004

I don't usually travel in the subway.

1120

01:
14:48,052 -- 01:14:50,043

I owe you an apology.

1121

01:
14:50,252 -- 01:14:52,129

No, you were very helpful.

1122

01:
14:52,292 -- 01:14:55,170

-You don't know who I am.

-It's all right. Thanks.

1123

01:
14:57,652 -- 01:14:59,085

I should go.

1124

01:
14:59,332 -- 01:15:01,288

Go where? You're on a train.

1125

01:
15:03,532 -- 01:15:05,648

Come over here and sit down.

1126

01:
15:09,452 -- 01:15:11,363

I'll make sure you get home.

1127

01:
15:23,372 -- 01:15:25,602

-Want some?

-No thanks.

1128

01:
15:25,892 -- 01:15:27,211

F*** it.

1129

01:
15:27,972 -- 01:15:29,530

What'll they do?

1130

01:
15:29,612 -- 01:15:31,045

Arrest you?

1131

01:
15:42,852 -- 01:15:46,242

Does this train go

anywhere near Park Avenue?

1132

01:
15:47,572 -- 01:15:49,767

Not for the last million years.

1133

01:
15:51,812 -- 01:15:55,043

My father rode the subway

every day of his life.

1134

01:
15:57,572 -- 01:16:00,291

He didn't live in the South Bronx, though.

1135

01:
16:01,372 -- 01:16:02,566

No...

1136

01:
16:05,092 -- 01:16:06,525

I look terrible.

1137

01:
16:08,092 -- 01:16:09,525

You look like sh*t.

1138

01:
16:10,532 -- 01:16:13,046

You don't smell good, either.

1139

01:
16:17,932 -- 01:16:21,447

I think when I was in jail

I pissed in my pants.

1140

01:
16:34,612 -- 01:16:36,170

Take it easy.

1141

01:
16:36,332 -- 01:16:38,209

I'm all right.

1142

01:
16:39,412 -- 01:16:40,731

I can't think.

1143

01:
16:41,532 -- 01:16:43,011

Cheer yourself up.

1144

01:
16:52,092 -- 01:16:53,445

Thank you.

1145

01:
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Your welcome.

1146

01:
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Then this newspaper thing started.

This Peter Fallow.

1147

01:
17:05,412 -- 01:17:09,087

Everything was wrong.

Total disregard for the truth.

1148

01:
17:09,292 -- 01:17:10,645

This is your stop.

1149

01:
17:10,732 -- 01:17:15,169

Everyone calls me by my first name,

like they know me. Like they own me.

1150

01:
17:15,412 -- 01:17:20,008

Lawyers, police, newspapers.

How did I get to be so important?

1151

01:
17:20,332 -- 01:17:24,166

You're not important. You're dinner.

Don't you get it?

1152

01:
17:24,372 -- 01:17:27,444

A week from now,

they won't even remember what they ate.

1153

01:
17:28,772 -- 01:17:30,683

Thank you for everything.

1154

01:
17:30,892 -- 01:17:35,568

I should have just called the police

right away. Right when it happened.

1155

01:
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But it really wasn't my decision to make.

1156

01:
17:39,172 -- 01:17:40,844

I wasn't driving the car.

1157

01:
17:42,932 -- 01:17:45,321

Stand clear of the doors, please.

1158

01:
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Sherman, wait a minute!

1159

01:
17:52,012 -- 01:17:54,082

It's going to be fine.

1160

01:
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-What do we want?

-Justice!

1161

01:
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-What do we get?

-Racism!

1162

01:
18:55,852 -- 01:18:58,889

It's Sherman! A bravo, everybody!

1163

01:
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You sly fox. Don't let the newspapers

keep you down.

1164

01:
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The press are bloody fruit flies.

1165

01:
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They hover over the feces.

Just swipe them away.

1166

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Michael Cristofer

Michael Ivan Cristofer (born January 22, 1945) is an American playwright, filmmaker and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for The Shadow Box in 1977. more…

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