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, wealthy woman, who is also staying at the resort. Jordan, herself the daughter of wealthy parents back in New York City, leaves the Island overnight, after seeing Brian and the older woman together after closing - Will Jordan ever forgive Brian and will they get back together?
Synopsis by IMDb
Cocktail (1988)
Dutch
Wanneer Brian uit het leger komt wil hij werk zoeken in New York, maar zonder
diploma's komt hij niet ver. Dan komt hij te werken in een bar en van zijn
baas Douglas leert hij alle kneepjes van het vak en samen worden ze de
populairste barmannen van de stad. Brian wil echter graag zelf een cocktailbar
beginnen en vertrekt naar Jamaica waar hij de knappe kunstenares Jordan leert
kennen. Maar als Brian het aanlegt met een oudere rijke vrouw, verlaat Jordan
hem.
English
After leaving the Army, Brian Flanagan tries to get a marketing job in New York.
But without a college degree, this was 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 its not that easy, but when 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 Coughlin want their own top class cocktail
bars someday and Brian's Cocktail Bar is to be called 'Cocktails & Dreams', and 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, staying at the Island resort. Jordan and Brian spend some
quality time together and fall in love. But when Brian takes a dare from his old
buddy, Doug Coughlin to ...
Post Information
Source............: RETAIL
Formaat...........: DVD5
Video.............: PAL / 16:9
Genre.............: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Subs..............: Dutch
Menu..............: No
Publication.Year..: 1988
Cover.&.label.....: Yes
Audio.............: Englisch
RunningTime.......: 104 minutes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094889/
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