---
title: 'Cocktail (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roger Donaldson'
released: '1988-07-29'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cocktail-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094889/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cocktail (1988)

1988 · 99 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

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 business student Brian Flanagan, who takes up bartending in order to make ends meet.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roger Donaldson](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-donaldson)
- **Screenplay:** [Heywood Gould](https://cinepixo.com/people/heywood-gould)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre), [J. Peter Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-peter-robinson)
- **Producer:** [Robert W. Cort](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-w-cort), [Ted Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-field)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dean Semler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-semler)
- **Editor:** [Neil Travis](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-travis)

## Cast

- [Lisa Banes](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-banes)
- [Allan Wasserman](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-wasserman)
- [Ellen Foley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-foley)
- [Liisa Repo-Martell](https://cinepixo.com/people/liisa-repo-martell)
- [Kelly Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelly-lynch)
- [Gina Gershon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gina-gershon)
- [James Eckhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-eckhouse)
- [Dianne Heatherington](https://cinepixo.com/people/dianne-heatherington)
- [Tom Cruise](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-cruise)
- [Louis Ferreira](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-ferreira)
- [Elisabeth Shue](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-shue)
- [Sandra Will](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-will)
- [Garry Pastore](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-pastore)
- [Laurence Luckinbill](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-luckinbill)
- [Gerry Bamman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-bamman)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cocktail-1988
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