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* TwoDecadesBehind: In the four years between 1984, when the book was published, to 1988 when the film came out, AIDS and the realization of just how addictive cocaine truly is had made the club-hopping lifestyle portrayed so casually in the book seem reckless.
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* TwoDecadesBehind: In the four years between 1984, when the book was published, to 1988 when the film came out, AIDS and the realization of just how addictive cocaine truly is had made the club-hopping lifestyle portrayed so casually in the book seem reckless.reckless.
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* TitledAfterTheSongTitledAfterTheSong: The classic blues tune by Jimmy Reed.
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[[caption-width-right:277:Note the poster's rather gratuitous reference to [[NotInKansasAnymore that Kansas trope]].]]
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[[caption-width-right:277:Note the poster's DVD cover's rather gratuitous reference to [[NotInKansasAnymore that Kansas trope]].]]
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''Bright Lights, Big City'' is a film directed by James Bridges and starring Michael J. Fox, released in 1988. It was adapted from the eponymous novel by Jay [=McInerney=], who also wrote the film's screenplay.
''Bright Lights, Big City'' is a film directed by James Bridges and starring Michael J. Fox, released in 1988. It was adapted from the eponymous novel by Jay [=McInerney=], who also wrote the film's screenplay.
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''Bright Lights, Big City'' is a 1988 drama film directed by James Bridges and starring
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->''"There's a certain shabby nobility in failing all by myself."
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->''"There's a certain shabby nobility in failing all by myself.""''
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->''"There's a certain shabby nobility in failing all by myself."
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-->Jamie Conway
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* TwoDecadesBehind: In the four years between 1984, when the book was published, to 1988 when the film came out, AIDS and the realization of just how addictive cocaine truly is had made the club-hopping lifestyle portrayed so casually in the book seem reckless.
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* TwoDecadesBehind: In the four years between 1984, when the book was published, to 1988 when the film came out, AIDS and the realization of just how addictive cocaine truly is had made the club-hopping lifestyle portrayed so casually in the book seem reckless. \n\n
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: You are never named in the original novel, so in the movie you are called Jamie Conway. (The book is written in second person present tense.)
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: You are never named in the original novel, so in the movie you are called Jamie Conway. (The book is written in second person present tense.)
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Two Decades Behind
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* TrainEscape: Jamie hops on a departing subway train to escape from his estranged brother.
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* TrainEscape: Jamie hops on a departing subway train to escape from his estranged brother.brother.
* TwoDecadesBehind: In the four years between 1984, when the book was published, to 1988 when the film came out, AIDS and the realization of just how addictive cocaine truly is had made the club-hopping lifestyle portrayed so casually in the book seem reckless.
* TwoDecadesBehind: In the four years between 1984, when the book was published, to 1988 when the film came out, AIDS and the realization of just how addictive cocaine truly is had made the club-hopping lifestyle portrayed so casually in the book seem reckless.
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* TheOtherMarty: When the original director Joyce Chopra was fired and replaced with James Bridges, he recast most of the principal cast except for Dianne Wiest and (ironically considering he was partially responsible for the trope namer) Michael J. Fox.
* PlayingAgainstType: Until then, Michael J. Fox was mostly known for his comedy roles and for playing Marty [=McFly=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Playing a self-destructive cokehead was quite a change for him.
* PlayingAgainstType: Until then, Michael J. Fox was mostly known for his comedy roles and for playing Marty [=McFly=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Playing a self-destructive cokehead was quite a change for him.
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* TheOtherMarty: When the original director Joyce Chopra was fired and replaced with James Bridges, he recast most of the principal cast except for Dianne Wiest and (ironically considering he was partially responsible for the trope namer) Michael J. Fox.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/{{Frasier}} Niles Crane]] made his debut as a bartender at a fashion show
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Yep, this was the film debut of David Hyde Pierce of Frasier fame
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/{{Frasier}} Niles Crane]] made his debut as a bartender at a fashion show
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* EffectiveImmediately:
-->'''Jamie''': So, I'm fired?\\
'''Clara (his boss)''': That's correct. Effective immediately.
-->'''Jamie''': So, I'm fired?\\
'''Clara (his boss)''': That's correct. Effective immediately.
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[[caption-width-right:277:Note the poster's rather gratuitous reference to [[NotInKansasAnymore that Kansas trope]].]]
[[caption-width-right:277:Note the poster's rather gratuitous reference to [[NotInKansasAnymore that Kansas trope]].]]
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* DeadlyNosebleed: When Jamie has a cocaine-induced meltdown, he starts bleeding from the nose. Justified in that his drug habit had probably been wreaking havoc on his sinuses. The incident finally convinces him that he needs help.
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* AThreesomeIsHot: Referenced as Jamie follows two girls he was chatting up into the club's restrooms, expecting to find them doing coke. In fact they're making out with each other, and playfully ask him "Wanna join in?"
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Jamie Conway is a man in free fall. Once upon a time he arrived in New York with dreams of literary success, but has found himself stuck in an unrewarding job as a fact-checker for a literary magazine, his wife has left him to embrace a career as an international model, his mother has died, and his twin cocaine and alcohol habits are wrecking his life. The narrative follows him in the course of a week or so, as he careens towards rock bottom.
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Jamie Conway is a man in free fall. Once upon a time he arrived in New York with dreams of literary success, but he has found himself stuck in an unrewarding job as a fact-checker for a literary magazine, his wife has left him to embrace a career as an international model, his mother has died, and his twin cocaine and alcohol habits are wrecking his life. The narrative follows him in the course of a week or so, as he careens towards rock bottom.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Until then, Michael J. Fox was mostly known for his comedy roles and for playing Marty [=McFly=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Playing a self-destructive cokehead was quite a change for him.
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* ContemplativeBoss: Jamie's boss at the magazine he works for strikes the pose before lecturing him about a sloppy job he did.
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* ContemplativeBoss: Jamie's boss at the magazine he works for strikes the pose before lecturing him about a sloppy job he did. did.
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'''Clara (his boss)''': That's correct. Effective immediately.
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-->'''Jamie''': So, I'm fired?\\
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* TheAlcoholic: Alex Hardy, an older co-worker of Jamie's, goes through life in a permanent drunken stupor.
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''Bright Lights, Big City'' is a film directed by James Bridges and starring Michael J. Fox, released in 1988. It was adapted from the eponymous novel by Jay McInerney, who also wrote the film's screenplay.
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''Bright Lights, Big City'' is a film directed by James Bridges and starring Michael J. Fox, released in 1988. It was adapted from the eponymous novel by Jay McInerney, [=McInerney=], who also wrote the film's screenplay.
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* ContemplativeBossContemplativeBoss: Jamie's boss at the magazine he works for strikes the pose before lecturing him about a sloppy job he did.
* FunctionalAddict: Jamie's friend Tad seems to sustain himself exclusively on booze and coke, yet unlike Jamie, doesn't seem adversely affected by chronic substance abuse.
* FunctionalAddict: Jamie's friend Tad seems to sustain himself exclusively on booze and coke, yet unlike Jamie, doesn't seem adversely affected by chronic substance abuse.
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TrainEscape: Jamie hops on a departing subway train to escape from his estranged brother.
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Jamie Conway is a man in free fall. Once upon a time he arrived in New York with dreams of literary success, but has found himself stuck in an unrewarding job as a fact-checker for a literary magazine, his wife has left him to embrace a career as an international model, his mother has died, and his twin cocaine and alcohol habits are wrecking his life. The narrative follows him in the course of a week or so, as he careens towards rock bottom.
The film, like the novel, is a nonjudgemental but candid depiction of the drug-fueled lifestyle of 1980s New York yuppies.
The film, like the novel, is a nonjudgemental but candid depiction of the drug-fueled lifestyle of 1980s New York yuppies.
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''Bright Lights, Big City'' is a film directed by James Bridges and starring Michael J. Fox, released in 1988. It was adapted from the eponymous novel by Jay McInerney, who also wrote the film's screenplay.
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* ContemplativeBoss
* TitledAfterTheSong
* TrainEscape
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!!This film contains examples of:
* ContemplativeBoss
* TitledAfterTheSong
* TrainEscape
