The Money Pit (1986)

A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house.

Director:

Richard Benjamin

Writer:

David Giler

Stars:

Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Hanks	...	Walter Fielding, Jr.
Shelley Long	...	Anna Crowley Beissart Fielding
Alexander Godunov	...	Max Beissart, the Maestro
Maureen Stapleton	...	Estelle
Joe Mantegna	...	Art Shirk
Philip Bosco	...	Curly
Josh Mostel	...	Jack Schnittman
Yakov Smirnoff	...	Shatov
Carmine Caridi	...	Brad Shirk
Brian Backer	...	Ethan
Billy Lombardo	...	Benny
Mia Dillon	...	Marika
John Van Dreelen	...	Carlos
Douglass Watson	...	Walter Fielding, Sr.
Lucille Dobrin	...	Macumba Lady

Storyline

Walter Fielding and Anna Crowley have to start looking for a new house- but there's not much they can afford! This soon changes when they meet a lonely old con artist who sells them a beautiful mansion at a ridiculously low price. Only there's a catch. The second they move into the house it falls apart, starting with the stairway collapsing to the bathtub falling through the floor to eventually the chimney falling into the house! Finally, they have to renovate the house before the frame collapses but the renovations also prove to be a disaster.

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Plot Keywords:

house | couple | problem | renovation | diy | 

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Taglines:

For everyone who's ever been deeply in Love or deeply in debt.

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 March 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

¿Hogar, dulce hogar?

Filming Locations:

Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$37,499,651 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amblin Entertainment, U-Drive Productions, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was intended to be one of Universal's tent pole movies for Christmas 1985, but the film was pushed back to March of 1986.

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Goofs

There is ceiling plaster visible in Anna's hair before the plaster is shown to fall on her head.

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Quotes

Walter: [on the phone trying to locate a plumber] Hi! We're having a little trouble with our pipes, and I was - uh, Fielding, Walter Fielding... Well, there's no reason why should have heard of me... no, that's not a Jewish name... how much do I make a year? Well, how much do you make a year? Really!... Yale, I went to Yale...
[gets angry]
Walter: Look, get out of my life, would ya!
[slams the phone down]

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Connections

Referenced in Jeopardy!: Episode #16.37 (1999)

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Soundtracks

"MI ORQUESTRA"
Written by Julian Bargas
Performed by Los Tupamaros
Courtesy of Taurus Sound Distributors

User Reviews

You'll almost die laughing!

I remember seeing this film when it first came out on video to buy and I have never laughed so much in my life!

There are many outstanding physical comedy scenes but the staircase, kitchen and bathtub ones with Tom Hanks are truly hilarious and show him to be a great comic actor and had me crying with laughter and almost unable to breathe!

All these years later I now have the film on DVD (due to wearing out my video version) and have seen it so many times but still find it absolutely hysterical.

A terrific one and a half hours entertainment.... A MUST SEE!!