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About
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.
Theatrical
Jul 29, 1988
Box Office
$171.5M
Budget
$20.0M
Return
8.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 13, 2002
Director
Roger Donaldson
Writer
Heywood Gould
Producers
Robert W. Cort, Ted Field
Music
J. Peter Robinson
Studio
Interscope Communications, Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III
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Quotes
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Taglines
They thought he was good, they were wrong... he was the best.
The Power of Pouring
Taglines
When he pours, he reigns.
Future Aspirations of Parenthood and Business
Brian Flanagan
If Jordan gives birth to a fine Irish son,There be Cocktails and Dreams for him one day to run.A business that shall yield a financial windfall...
Uncle Pat
It better!
Brian Flanagan
To be franchised in every suburban shopping mall.Now, if a daughter arrives to bless our clan,I guess the shit will certainly hit the fan.But this I shall promise to thee:I'll never let her marry a guy like me.Still if our child is the naughtiest of girls or the wildest of young men,I swear I'll be the best dad I can.And never ever get spooked again.
[laughs]
Training for Stardom and Alcohol Consumption
Doug
You are in training my son.
Brian
In training for what?
Doug
For stardom. No matter how liberal this world may become, a man will always be judged on the amount of alcohol he can consume, and women will be impressed with it, whether they like it or not!
Cast
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Tom Cruise
Brian Flanagan
B
Bryan Brown
Douglas "Doug" Coughlin
E
Elisabeth Shue
Jordan Mooney
L
Lisa Banes
Bonnie
K
Kelly Lynch
Kerry Coughlin
G
Gina Gershon
Coral
R
Ron Dean
Uncle Pat
E
Ellen Foley
Eleanor
C
Chris Owens
Soldier
L
Louis Ferreira
Soldier
J
James Eckhouse
Tourist
L
Laurence Luckinbill
Richard Mooney
P
Paul Benedict
Finance Teacher
R
Robert Donley
Eddie
R
Robert Greenberg
Job Interviewer
H
Harvey J. Alperin
Job Interviewer
S
Sandra Will
Job Interviewer
A
Allan Wasserman
Job Interviewer
E
E. Hampton Beagle
Job Interviewer
P
Parker Whitman
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