It Could Happen to You (1994)

Director:

Andrew Bergman

Writer (WGA):

Jane Anderson (written by)

Release Date:

29 July 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A cop. A waitress. A lottery ticket.

Plot:

A police officer promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress in lieu of a tip.

Plot Keywords:

Lottery | Waitress | Money | Ticket | Police Officer

Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	Charlie Lang
Bridget Fonda	...	Yvonne Biasi
Rosie Perez	...	Muriel Lang
Wendell Pierce	...	Bo Williams
Isaac Hayes	...	Angel Dupree
Víctor Rojas	...	Jesu
Seymour Cassel	...	Jack Gross
Stanley Tucci	...	Eddie Biasi
J.E. Freeman	...	Sal Bontempo
Red Buttons	...	Walter Zakuto
Richard Jenkins	...	C. Vernon Hale
Robert Dorfman	...	Walter
Charles Busch	...	Timothy
Beatrice Winde	...	Judge
Ginny Yang	...	Mrs. Sun

Also Known As:

Cop Gives Waitress $2 Million Tip! (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Germany:6 | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #32943) | Norway:7 | Canada:PG

Filming Locations:

Bethsheba Terrace, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

At Charlie and Muriel's divorce proceedings, Muriel has had a breast augmentation. They are Rosie Perez's real breasts. She had to have them bound down for the first half of the movie, to appear smaller.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Charlie and Yvonne are at Yankee Stadium with the kids, they take their picture 'catching' a fly ball at the outfield wall. The stadium clock stays at 1:20 the entire time, and after. Taking all of those pictures would take more than one minute.

Quotes:

Yvonne Biasi: Who wants ice cream on their pie? Who wants pie?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Critic: Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice (#2.2)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Always

The nearest any film's ever come to breaking me...

...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.

This. Is. Beautiful.