Cocktail Page #2

Synopsis: After leaving the Army, Brian Flanagan tries to get a marketing job in New York City. But without a college degree, this is not possible. He then decides to start studying for a business degree at the local City College and gets a part time job as a bartender. He realizes that it's not easy but his new boss Douglas Coughlin teaches him the secrets of the bar trade and they become the most famous bartenders in town. Both Brian and Doug want their own top class cocktail bars someday and Brian's Cocktail Bar is to be called 'Cocktails and Dreams'. In order to get the necessary money to open it, Brian travels to Jamaica to work as a bartender at a resort Tiki Bar, and the pay is good. There he meets Jordan Mooney, a young and pretty, up and coming American artist on vacation with her girlfriend from New York City, staying at the Island resort. Jordan and Brian spend some quality time together and fall in love. But Brian takes a dare from his old buddy, Doug Coughlin to sleep with an older,
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Roger Donaldson
Production: Touchstone Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
12
Rotten Tomatoes:
5%
R
Year:
1988
104 min
4,206 Views


the world generally ignored...

to its detriment.

Me.

- Ever work behind the bar?

- My uncle's in the business.

You know how to make a "Red Eye,"

mister... What's your name?

Brian Flanagan.

No, I'm...

sorry I haven't had

the pleasure as yet.

What about a vodka martini

with a Pernod float?

I'm a fast learner.

Ever throw a 400-pound

psychopath out of a bar?

I guess I could if I had to.

What about a 100-pound ballerina

that's been speeding for three days?

Just open the door and let her

pirouette out in the street?

Well, these are just some of the tasks

you'll be asked to perform,

young Flanagan.

This is the Upper East Side,

the saloon capital of the world.

The big time.

Are you ready for the big time,

young Mr Flanagan?

I think I can handle it.

- Get your act together!

- Vodka and Rose's, please!

Hey, come on, man!

I got four people waiting for me!

I'm not going back there

with three drinks!

I know! It's coming!

Absolut on the rocks,

Gilbey's and tonic, and a Velvet Hammer.

- This isn't what I ordered!

- A Molson and a Cuba Libre!

- What was that?

- A Molson and a Cuba Libre!

What is this,

"hire the handicapped" week?

If you're gonna sit in the water,

go to Coney Island!

You want me

to bite the top off this?

Here. This has got recipes.

- Ordering a Cuba Libre!

- Could I please have a glass of water?

- He doesn't know how to make it!

- Where's my Jim Beam on the rocks?

It's coming!

I'm not leaving

until I get my Cuba Libre!

Excuse me.

Could I have an Orgasm?

- This isn't what I ordered!

- A white wine.

You b*tch!

Why didn't you just tell me

it was a rum and Coke?

- Could I have what I ordered?

- A Bloody Mary.

- A white wine.

- Pink Squirrel!

- A Friar Tuck!

- A Ding-a-ling!

- A white wine!

- Pink Squirrel!

- Angel Tit!

- A Dirty Mother!

- Can I have what I ordered?

- All right!

All right! Now, what was it

that you ordered?

A martini!

What's in that?

You're supposed to get

ten percent from the waitresses.

I don't deserve it.

Hey, schmuck, do you get

money from girls every day?

Listen, I'm sorry

I called you a b*tch.

Why? I am a b*tch.

Got yourself a new disciple?

Good night, my beautiful.

Hey, frogman.

Anyone that can get money

out of her is a major talent.

Come back next Thursday.

I've got five shifts open.

- You're offering me a job?

- Uh-huh.

The waitresses hate me.

Well, you wait till

you've given them crabs.

Then you'll really know hatred.

Today I'd like to continue

our discussion of the demand

for money by focusing on...

the money multiplier.

You've got to add increases in currency,

deposits, reserves and bank credit

along the whole system.

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Heywood Gould

Heywood Gould is an American screenwriter, journalist, novelist and film director. He has penned screenplays for such films as Rolling Thunder, The Boys from Brazil, Fort Apache the Bronx, Streets of Gold, Cocktail and directed such films as One Good Cop, Trial by Jury, Mistrial and Double Bang. more…

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