The Complete Works Ep. 114: Tom Cruise – Cocktail
The Complete Works is a filmography podcast, brought to you by FilmBook. In each episode, FilmBook reviews and analyzes a movie from film actor, actress, director, or composer’s filmography. We are currently examining the filmography of Tom Cruise. This week, we will dive into Roger Donaldson‘s 1988 film Cocktail.
Cast
Cocktail stars the aforementioned Tom Cruise along with Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, and Laurence Luckinbill.
Plot Synopsis
Cocktail (1988)’s plot synopsis: based on Heywood Gould‘s semi-autobiographical novel published in 1984, “Cocky Brian Flanagan, recently discharged from the U.S. Army, heads home to New York City, hoping to land a high-powered business job. He fails and instead works as a bartender while attending business school. Doug Coughlin, an older and experienced bartender, takes Brian under his wing and teaches him flair bartending. Doug shares his idea for a nationwide chain of bars called Cocktails & Dreams.”
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