Plot
A police officer promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress in lieu of a tip.
Release Year: 1994
Rating: 6.2/10 (15,579 voted)
Director:
Andrew Bergman
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez
Storyline Charlie and Muriel Lang have led simple lives - for most of their existance. That's until they win $4 million on the lottery! There is a problem, however. Prior to winning the lottery, Charlie had eaten at a cafe and hadn't been able to tip the waitress. He had promised her, jokingly, that if he won the lottery he'd give her half of it. This is why his wife, Muriel decides to leave him. She doesn't want the waitress to get a cent of their money. Infact she wants all $4 million for herself!
Cast: Nicolas Cage
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Charlie Lang
Bridget Fonda
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Yvonne Biasi
Rosie Perez
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Muriel Lang
Wendell Pierce
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Bo Williams
Isaac Hayes
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Angel Dupree
Víctor Rojas
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Jesu
Seymour Cassel
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Jack Gross
Stanley Tucci
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Eddie Biasi
J.E. Freeman
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Sal Bontempo
Red Buttons
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Walter Zakuto
Richard Jenkins
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C. Vernon Hale
Robert Dorfman
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Walter
Charles Busch
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Timothy
Beatrice Winde
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Judge
Ginny Yang
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Mrs. Sun
Taglines:
It's not about money. It's about life.
Release Date: 29 July 1994
Filming Locations: Bethsheba Terrace, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gross: $37,800,323
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
In the movie's initial phase, it was originally titled "The $2 Million Tip". Arnold Schwarzenegger was slated to star in the movie, but ultimately chose to star in
Last Action Hero instead.
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs:
When the movie begins, the coffee shop is called "Ideal". After she buys it, Yvonne changes the name to "Yvonne's". When Charlie comes to the shop to find Yvonne (the first time that they are together after the court verdict), the name of the shop is "Ideal" again. But if you look closely, the Yvonne's sign is still up, just darkened. Obviously with the money awarded to Muriel, Yvonne would had sold the coffee shop back to her original boss, hence it is in the middle of re-doing the sign.
Quotes: Muriel Lang:
You should be locked up in that looney bin on Staten Island that Geraldo Rivera is always exposing!
User Review
The nearest any film's ever come to breaking me...
Rating: 9/10
...as a cynic.
I, through whatever reason, am absurdly cynical. A cynic, lest we forget, is
somebody who puts very little faith in the good nature of humanity. Somebody
who considers all good deeds to be selfishly motivated.
Somebody who should absolutely hate this film.
But I can't. I love this to pieces. No film has ever done as much to give me
some faith in people. If Charlie can do the decent thing and split his
ticket with Yvonne to fulfil a promise, despite the demands of a furious
Muriel; if despite reaching a financial and emotional low they can still
invite Angel in to put some food in his belly; and if the New York public
can show their appreciation by doing whatever little they can to help out;
then maybe, just maybe, there might be hope for the rest of
us.
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