Word: cokes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...movie version of Jay McInerney's bestseller is getting a bad rap which seems to confirm the bad reputation it earned before it was even released. Oh no, the detractors said, another up-in-coke account of yuppie New York. Oh no, they added, Michael J. Fox plays an arrogant asshole once again. But BLBC is worth your viewing time. It is quite well done and true to the spirit and plot of the novel...
...those of you who have not read the book, there is nothing particularly yuppie about the story, aside from its audience and the vast quantities of coke that the narrator, better known as "you," consumes through the fast-turning pages. No one in the story works on Wall Street. No one has a VCR, drives a BMW or listens to CDs. In fact, the protagonist, who in the film has a name, Jamie Conway, works as a fact-checker at a magazine modeled on the stodgy old New Yorker. Even his best buddy, the flashy Tad Allagash (Kiefer Sutherland...
...decent sort from upstate New York who can't come to terms with the fact that his mother (Dianne Wiest) died of leukemia or that his model wife Amanda (Phoebe Cates) has left him for good. Instead of dealing with reality, he is continually in pursuit of a good coke deal...
...occasional or moderate drug users to kick the habit by increasing the likelihood of some kind of penalty. The goal is to cut down on the flow of drugs into the country by curtailing domestic consumption. "If people know they will be arrested for bringing a gram of coke into this country, they will think twice," says U.S. Customs Commissioner William von Raab...
...shocked the nation's capital. In the past two years, narcotics dealers, led by the Jamaicans, have begun to realize Washington's potential as a drug bazaar. Dealers from New York City and Miami have invaded the D.C. area, discovering a voracious demand for their supply. "An ounce of coke goes for $800 to $900 in New York," says John Bartlett, a vice detective in Prince Georges County, Md. "In D.C., it goes...