A cop. A waitress. A lottery ticket.
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.
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Classical in form, contemporary, effortless and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Nicolas CageCharlie Lang
- Bridget FondaYvonne Biasi
- Rosie PerezMuriel Lang
- Wendell PierceBo Williams
- Isaac HayesAngel Dupree
- Víctor RojasJesu
- Seymour CasselJack Gross
- Stanley TucciEddie Biasi
- J.E. FreemanSal Bontempo
- Red ButtonsWalter Zakuto
Crew
- Andrew BergmanDirector
- Jane AndersonScreenplay
- Caleb DeschanelDirector of Photography
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Joe MulherinOriginal Music Composer
- Barry MalkinEditor
- Mike LobellProducer
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