Cocktail
"When he pours, he reigns."
RomanceDramaComedy
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
🎬 DirectorRoger Donaldson
📅 Release1988-07-29
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish, Spanish, Portuguese
🏢 StudioInterscope Communications, Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III
🗳 Votes1,620
🔥 Popularity3
💰 Budget$20,000,000
💵 Revenue$171,504,781
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🎭 Cast
Tom Cruise
Brian Flanagan
Bryan Brown
Douglas "Doug" Coughlin
Elisabeth Shue
Jordan Mooney
Lisa Banes
Bonnie
Kelly Lynch
Kerry Coughlin
Gina Gershon
Coral
Ron Dean
Uncle Pat
Ellen Foley
Eleanor
Chris Owens
Soldier
Louis Ferreira
Soldier
James Eckhouse
Tourist
Laurence Luckinbill
Richard Mooney
Paul Benedict
Finance Teacher
Robert Donley
Eddie
Andrea Doven
Dulcey
🎥 Crew
Director
Roger Donaldson
Screenplay
Heywood Gould
Producer
Robert W. Cort
Producer
Ted Field
Original Music Composer
J. Peter Robinson
Director of Photography
Dean Semler
Editor
Neil Travis
Production Design
Mel Bourne
Art Direction
Dan Davis
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David J. Hudson
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
new york cityjamaicanight lifebartenderambitionrags to richescocktail
💬 Reviews
There was something about Tom Cruise in this film that shows him at his most engaging and fun. His character "Brian" wants to get on in life - but at every turn his limited of education gets in the way. Despondent, he heads to a bar where he encounters "Doug" (Bryan Brown) and next thing we know, he is a cocktail barman. A bit slow to start off with, but soon he has the clientele eating out of his…
**_Fun 80’s flick starts shallow, gets deeper_** Bent on financial success, a young ex-soldier (Tom Cruise) becomes an expert bartender in Manhattan while attending college in order to make it on Wall Street. Then a dream surfaces to establish a nightclub in Jamaica. Bryan Brown plays his cynical mentor while Elisabeth Shue and Lisa Banes are on hand as romantic interests. “Cocktail” (…
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