Cocktail (1988 film)

Cocktail
Cocktail
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roger Donaldson
Screenplay by	Heywood Gould
Based on	Cocktail; by Heywood Gould
Produced by	Ted Field; Robert W. Cort;
Starring	Tom Cruise; Bryan Brown; Elisabeth Shue;
Cinematography	Dean Semler
Edited by	Neil Travis
Music by	J. Peter Robinson
Production; companies	Touchstone Pictures; Silver Screen Partners III; Interscope Communications;
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	July 29, 1988 (United States);
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million
Box office	$171.5 million

Cocktail is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Roger Donaldson from a screenplay by Heywood Gould, and based on Gould's book of the same name. It stars Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown and Elisabeth Shue. It tells the story of a business student, who takes up bartending in order to make ends meet.

Released on July 29, 1988, by Buena Vista Pictures (under its adult film label Touchstone Pictures), Cocktail features an original music score composed by J. Peter Robinson. Despite earning overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics, and winning the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, the film was a huge box office success, grossing more than $170 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million, becoming the eighth highest-grossing film of 1988.

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