The Bonfire of the Vanities Page #3

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
311 Views


Sherman, don't you want

a little poontang first?

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I know it has its funny side,

but it isn't funny.

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It's your own fault

for getting caught like a red herring.

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You mean red-handed.

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Can't we stop talking

about your wife now...

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and head over to our little hideaway

on 59th Street and just hide away a little?

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I think she knows.

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Of course she knows. That's not the point.

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It isn't?

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God, Sherman, you are so sweet.

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I could eat you alive if I could get

this goddamn zipper down.

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Isn't that the turnoff?

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The turnoff to Manhattan?

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I can't get over right now.

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We'll just exit and get back on.

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Exit and get back on.

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Maria!

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Where are we?

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The Bronx.

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What does that mean?

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It means we're

north of Manhattan.

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All I need to do is make a right

and find a street back.

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And there it was.

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A simple wrong turn.

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Anyone could have done it.

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A simple phone call...

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a simple wrong turn,

and you're off the track...

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moving towards a destiny

you never imagined.

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-Sherman?

-Yes, Maria.

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Where are all the white people?

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Are they going to scratch the car?

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I'm from the South

and I don't like this very much.

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Excuse me.

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Please don't touch the car.

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Get us out of here.

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I have a red light.

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Hey, baby!

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We're having a party!

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Get us out of here!

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I want my money.

I want my money now!

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There was no need to panic.

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That's what you think.

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I have all my luggage with me.

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I just don't want to do anything stupid.

If we keep our heads, we'll be fine.

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We're in the middle

of a war zone...

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and you're worried about

doing the right thing?

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An arrow!

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Right there. It's an arrow!

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I see it.

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Then turn!

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I'm going to.

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There's the ramp

back to Manhattan. See?

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What's that?

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It's a body!

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It's an animal!

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Is it dead?

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It's a tire, that's all!

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-It's a dead tire?

-Calm down! It's just a tire!

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What are you doing?

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I can't drive around it.

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You're going to move it?

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Yes, that's exactly what I'm going to do.

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Sherman, be careful of your shoes.

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Sherman, come on.

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Touching that dirty old tire.

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I just want to get out of here.

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I want to get to Manhattan.

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Come on, Sherman.

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Oh, my God.

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Oh, my God.

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Natives!

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Sherman! Sherman!

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Yo. Need some help?

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No.

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No, thank you. Hi!

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What's the problem? Need help or what?

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I don't think so. No. Thank you.

Very much.

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Sh*t.

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Sh*t!

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Sherman, come on!

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Sherman.

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I have to go.

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Where are you going with the tire?

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This is yours? Oh, then here, you take it.

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Oh, my God!

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Get in the car, quick!

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Here they come!

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Lock the door!

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Drive.

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Open the door!

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Get away! Get away!

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Careful. Look out!

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Back up!

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Get away from the car! I can't see a thing!

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Watch out!

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Go, car!

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B*tch, open this door!

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Where's the ramp?

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What are we doing here?

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Just make a left.

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A left? Okay, a left.

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Sherman, f*** the luggage.

Let's go have a drink.

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Maybe we should tell

the police about this.

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The police?

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Yes, the police.

We were almost robbed.

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There's a possibility that you...

that we hit one of them.

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There was this sound,

like we hit one of them.

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Did you see him get hit?

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No.

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Neither did I.

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So, if a question ever arises,

two boys blocked the road.

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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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