Free Money (1998)

Director:

Yves Simoneau

Writers (WGA):

Tony Peck (written by) &
Joseph Brutsman (written by)

Release Date:

3 December 1998 (Singapore)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Right scheme, wrong guys!

Plot:

Walrus-like warden, Sven "Swede" Sorenson, a cross between Bluto and Wimpy, runs the prison, murders convicts who escape...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Train | FBI | Garbage Truck | Federal Bureau Of Investigation

Cast

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
Tom Rack	...	Reverend Schmidt
Pierrette Robitaille	...	Mrs. Reverend Schmidt
Robert Burns	...	One Man Band
Gordon Masten	...	Principal Mike Hock
Alain Goulem	...	Brake-man Doug
Robin Leach	...	Robin Leach
Sylvie Potvin	...	Doris
Tamar Kozlov	...	Kim Schmidt
Dorothée Berryman	...	Miss Jensen
Marie Tifo	...	Miss Hammer
Kent McQuaid	...	Billy
Jeff Roop	...	Brad (as Jeffrey Roop)
Art Kitching	...	Kyle
Matthew Boylan	...	Deputy Bud Knudsen
Sylvain Beauchamps	...	Handsome (as Sylvain Beauchamp)
Robert Norman	...	Kitchen Boss
Emidio Michetti	...	Chief Kitchen Guard
Joseph Brutsman	...	Slim Paul
Pierre Powers	...	Jacques
Cynthia Frazier	...	Vita
Candice Frazier	...	Juanita
Pierre Couillard	...	Mexican Father
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chantal Lonergan
Maggie Shuter	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Yves Simoneau

Writing credits (WGA)
Tony Peck		(written by) (as Anthony Peck) &
Joseph Brutsman		(written by)

Produced by
Joseph Brutsman	....	executive producer
Nicolas Clermont	....	producer
Stewart Harding	....	co-producer
Richard Lalonde	....	line producer
Bret Michaels	....	associate producer
Tony Peck	....	executive producer
Elie Samaha	....	executive producer
Shane Stanley	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Mark Isham

Cinematography by
David Franco

Film Editing by
Yves Langlois

Casting by
Vera Miller
Nadia Rona

Production Design by
Michel Proulx

Art Direction by
Jean Kazemirchuk

Costume Design by
François Barbeau

Makeup Department
Linda Bourgon	....	assistant hair stylist
Serge Morache	....	assistant hair stylist
Marcelo Padovani	....	hair stylist
Pierre Saindon	....	makeup artist
Nathalie Trépanier	....	makeup artist

Production Management
George Jardon	....	post-production supervisor
Mario Nadeau	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carl Roméo Desjardins	....	second assistant director
Simon-Édouard Pilon	....	third assistant director
Louis-Philippe Rochon	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Francis Back	....	storyboard artist
Alain Brochu	....	construction supervisor
Jean-François Campeau	....	assistant art director
Simon Chamberland	....	property master
Eric Lafrance	....	carpenter
Martin Chalifoux	....	head carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Marc H. Beaulieu	....	boom operator
Michel B. Bordeleau	....	supervising sound editor
Ismael Cordeiro	....	production sound mixer
Michel Descombes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gavin Fernandes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Natalie Fleurant	....	dialogue editor
Marc Gagnon	....	sound editor
Richard Lavoie	....	boom operator
France Leduc	....	assistant sound editor
Raymond Legault	....	sound designer
Sid Lieberman	....	foley artist
Sylvie Masse	....	sound effects editor
Mireille Morin	....	adr editor
Sylvain Richard	....	assistant sound editor
Bruno Ruffolo	....	adr recordist
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	adr supervisor: Los Angeles
Mark Shnuriwsky	....	sound editor
Steve Whelan	....	adr voices
Eric Zimmer	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor
Pierre Côté	....	special effects technician
Mario Dumont	....	special effects senior technician
André Laforest	....	special effects technician
Francis Marleau	....	effects runner
Eric-André Paquin	....	special effects technician
Sebastien Roussel	....	special effects technician
Martin Williams	....	special effects rigger

Visual Effects by
Patrice-Alain Barrette	....	visual effects: Hybride
Sébastien Bergeron	....	visual effects: Hybride
Louise Bertrand	....	digital effects production manager: Hybride
Benoit Brière	....	visual effects: Hybride
Nicolas Cotta	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Thierry Delattre	....	visual effects: Hybride
Mélanie Goyette	....	administration: Hybride
François Lambert	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Daniel Leduc	....	digital effects supervisor: Hybride
Patrick Legault	....	computer system support: Hybride
Charles Marchand	....	Flame artist
Charles Marchand	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Sébastien Moreau	....	inferno compositor: Hybride
Michel Murdock	....	visual effects financial controller: Hybride
Dominique Normand	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Pierre Raymond	....	digital effects producer: Hybride
Sylvie Talbot	....	digital compositor: Hybride

Stunts
Mike Chute	....	stunt double
Marc Désourdy	....	lead stunt double
Jean Frenette	....	stunts
Stéphane Lefebvre	....	stunt coordinator
Louis Pharand	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Benoît Alarie	....	grip
Jean-Yves Denis	....	grip
Nathalie Lasselin	....	focus puller: second unit
Raynald Lavoie	....	electrician
Christian Lemay	....	second assistant camera
Nicolas Marion	....	first assistant camera
Clyde Miller	....	assistant camera: aerials and Wescam camera
Denis Ménard	....	best boy
Pierre Provost	....	gaffer
Michel Périard	....	key grip
Geoffroy St-Hilaire	....	camera trainee
Michel Steinmetzer	....	electrician
Jan Thijs	....	still photographer
Paul Tremblay	....	best boy grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lisa Arnsby	....	costumer
Anne Duceppe	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Isabelle Malenfant	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Stanley Behrens	....	musician: harmonica
Lisa Brown	....	music supervisor
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Stephen Krause	....	scoring mixer
Roger Neill	....	composer: additional music
Roger Neill	....	conductor
Roger Neill	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Aleck Duncan	....	principal cast driver: Mira Sorvino
Joe Sanchez	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Suzo Barzman	....	assistant: Ms. Sorvino
Francis Choquette	....	production assistant
Esther Côté	....	script trainee
Céline Daignault	....	train coordinator
Bram Eisenthal	....	unit publicist
Josée Francis	....	assistant location manager
Paule Girardin	....	production secretary
Renée Hébert	....	assistant to producer
Mario Morin	....	production assistant
Nathalie Picard	....	script supervisor
Ellie Presner	....	script revisor

Production Companies

• Filmline International
• Sheen/Michaels Entertainment

Distributors

• H.O.M. Vision (1999) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• MDP Worldwide
• Malofilm Distribution
• New City Releasing
• RCV Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS) (retail)
• Sterling Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• TriPictures (Spain)

Special Effects

• Hybride Technologies (visual effects)
• Intrigue (special effects)

Other Companies

• Film Finances  completion guarantor

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, language and sexuality

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | USA:R | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-14 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Filmline International

Trivia:

Prior to this film, Charlie Sheen and 'Donald Sutherland' co-starred in Shadow Conspiracy (1997), which came out a year prior and was on the shelf for a year. Free Money also suffered the same fate before it finally released on video in 1999.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Conan: Return to A-Hole Acres (#2.17)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

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!