Free Money (1998)

Walrus-like warden, Sven "Swede" Sorenson, a cross between Bluto and Wimpy, runs the prison, murders convicts who escape, and has the FBI on his trail in the form of agent Karen Polarski, ... See full summary »

Director:

Yves Simoneau

Writers:

Tony Peck, Joseph Brutsman

Stars:

Marlon Brando, Donald Sutherland, Charlie Sheen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Marlon Brando	...	Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson
Donald Sutherland	...	Judge Rolf Rausenberger
Charlie Sheen	...	Bud Dyerson (as Charles Sheen)
Thomas Haden Church	...	Larry
Mira Sorvino	...	Agent Karen Polarski
Martin Sheen	...	New Warden
David Arquette	...	Ned Jebee
Jean Pierre Bergeron	...	Lauter (as JP Bergeron)
Rémy Girard	...	Louis
Roc LaFortune	...	Dwayne
Roy Dupuis	...	The Turk
Christin Watson	...	Inga Sorenson
Holly Watson	...	Liv Sorenson
James Hyndman	...	Mack
Frank Fontaine	...	Sheriff Earl Knudsen

Storyline

Walrus-like warden, Sven "Swede" Sorenson, a cross between Bluto and Wimpy, runs the prison, murders convicts who escape, and has the FBI on his trail in the form of agent Karen Polarski, the daughter of the town's corrupt judge. Swede's twins tell their father they're pregnant (they aren't), so he pushes their dim boyfriends, Bud and Larry, into shotgun marriages. He also turns his sons-in-law into slave labor, so Bud hatches an escape plan: to rob a train carrying old bills to the mint for burning. Larry's his reluctant accomplice. When Bud is captured and railroaded into Swede's jail, his death looks certain, until he hatches yet another plan that requires Larry's help.

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Plot Keywords:

prison | train | fbi | garbage truck | federal bureau of investigation | 

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Taglines:

Right scheme, wrong guys!

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence, language and sexuality

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 December 1998 (Singapore)

Also Known As:

Asalta como puedas

Filming Locations:

Chemin du Lac, Knowlton's Landing, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmline International, Sheen/Michaels Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of three films in which Charlie Sheen was billed under the name Charles. This was in keeping to his turning a new leaf in his personal life after his battles with alcohol and drug addiction along with the infamous Heidi Fleiss scandal. He would later return to more familiar name after replacing 'Michael J. Fox' on the hit series, Spin City in 2000.

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Connections

Referenced in Showbiz Today: Episode dated 23 August 1997 (1997)

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Soundtracks

"The Great Epic"
by John Kimberly

User Reviews

Entertaining off-beat comedy.

Free Money was not at all what I had expected. It is an entertaining comedy with Brando having great fun. Charlie Sheen also plays against type as a nerd duped into marriage with one of Brando's daughters.

This premiered on Sky TV in the UK without even so much as a video release but is much more entertaining than a lot of other Charlie Sheen movies of late. I enjoyed it!