Cocktail (1988)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Writer (WGA):

Heywood Gould (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 July 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

When he pours, he reigns.

Plot:

A talented New York bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.

Plot Keywords:

Bartender | New York | Cocktail | Cocktail Bar | Jamaica

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Tom Cruise	...	Brian Flanagan
Bryan Brown	...	Doug Coughlin
Elisabeth Shue	...	Jordan Mooney
Lisa Banes	...	Bonnie
Laurence Luckinbill	...	Mr. Mooney
Kelly Lynch	...	Kerry Coughlin
Gina Gershon	...	Coral
Ron Dean	...	Uncle Pat
Robert Donley	...	Eddie
Ellen Foley	...	Eleanor
Andrea Morse	...	Dulcy
Chris Owens	...	Soldier
Justin Louis	...	Soldier
John Graham	...	Soldier
Richard Thorn	...	Soldier

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica

Company:

Interscope Communications

Trivia:

The boxing fight shown on the TV, upon which Doug has a $50 bet, is a heavyweight bout between George Foreman and Ken Norton.

Goofs:

Continuity: The first time Brian goes to visit Jordan at her parents' condo, her father's shirt switches from a solid pinkish red dress shirt to a striped pink and white shirt, then back again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Brian: Come on, put it to the floor! Come on! Let's go!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "How I Met Your Mother: Three Days of Snow (#4.13)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Since When

My Favorite Movie

I saw this movie when I was 9 yrs.old. I am not sure why my mother let me watch "Cocktail" that young. But, being a young girl I was absolutely in loved with Tom Cruise. Now that I am 20 and in college, I still watch "Cocktail" over and over and over again. It is my favorite movie in the whole wide world. Maybe the acting wasn't the greatest since Tom was waiting on the Rainman script, but being a 9 yr old the movie captured my heart. I watch it now and I still put it back in the box with a smile on my face. "Cocktail" is a movie that has unique parts in it with the bar scenes and the poems. The waterfall was cool, and especially the where Tom said that he would never be spooked again. I was a twin and it just touchs me when Shue said that she was having twins. It has many events that every person would want in a relationship but reality is so much different than fantasy. It is a great movie if someone is into a night of fun, fantasy and romance.