Bright Lights In The Big City

Fox kiefer sutherland phoebe cates dianne wiest and jason robards and based on the novel by jay mcinerney who also wrote the screenplay it was the last film directed by bridges who died in 1993.

Bright lights in the big city. Bright lights big city is an american novel by jay mcinerney published by vintage books on august 12 1984. Bright lights big city is a 1988 american drama film directed by james bridges starring michael j. Bright light n big city bright light big city gone to my baby s head whoa bright light an big city gone to my baby s head i tried to tell the woman. The novel got its title from the jimmy reed blues song of the same name.

This saturday and every saturday for the rest of my life and everyone s standin in line. Now friday s cool but there s somethin about saturday night you can t say what you want to cuz you know that you just might. The novel follows a young man living in manhattan as if he owned it through nightclubs fashion shows editorial offices and loft parties as he attempts to outstrip mortality and the recurring approach of dawn. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

Official music video for bright lights bigger city by cee lo green. Download the new album the lady killer out now from itunes http bit ly aiz8yu watch. Bright lights big city is a classic blues song which was written and first recorded by american bluesman jimmy reed in 1961. Bright lights big city is a rock musical with music lyrics and book written by scottish composer paul scott goodman based on the 1984 novel by jay mcinerney it follows a week in the life of jamie a successful young writer who loses himself in the chaos of 1980s new york city the piece premiered off broadway in new york city in 1999 and was revived in a small london production in 2010.

With the publication of bright lights big city in 1984 jay mcinerney became a literary sensation heralded as the voice of a generation. Bright lights big city lyrics. I m alive this evening it was love at first sight. It is written about a character s time spent caught up in and notably escaping from the mid 1980s new york city fast lane.

Bright lights and the big city it belongs to us tonight. Directed by james bridges.