Where the Money Is (2000)

Carol Ann MacKay is a fine, popular nurse at a retirement home, and spends her free time with her hunky athletic husband Wayne MacKay, who was the star of her school's football team when ... See full summary »

Director:

Marek Kanievska

Writers:

E. Max Frye (story), E. Max Frye (screenplay),

Stars:

Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Newman	...	Henry
Linda Fiorentino	...	Carol
Dermot Mulroney	...	Wayne
Susan Barnes	...	Mrs. Foster
Anne Pitoniak	...	Mrs. Tetlow
Bruce MacVittie	...	Karl
Irma St. Paule	...	Mrs. Galer (as Irma St. Paul)
Michel Perron	...	Guard
Dorothy Gordon	...	Mrs. Norton
Rita Tuckett	...	Mrs. Weiler (as Rita Tucket)
Diane Amos	...	Kitty
Dawn Ford	...	Cheryl - Wife #2
T.J. Kenneally	...	Farwell Welk
Rod McLachlan	...	Lloyd the Cop (as Roderick McLachlan)
Bill Corday	...	Grounds Worker

Storyline

Carol Ann MacKay is a fine, popular nurse at a retirement home, and spends her free time with her hunky athletic husband Wayne MacKay, who was the star of her school's football team when she was high school prom queen; he still would do anything for her, including cleaning up the messes her ideas get them in. When legendary bank robber Henry Manning, who had a major stroke in prison, is placed in the home, supposedly having lost all control over his body, she notices he must be in far better condition then he lets appear, and tries everything to find out- when she pushes his wheelchair in a canal at a picnic, Henry gives up. The McKays keep his secret and Henry doesn't actually run in Waynes car as his first impulse was; soon Carol gets his confidence and the two start planning how they three can commit another robbery on an armored money transport, which brings them together. It doesn't go quite according to plan, but they get the loot; however, before the money can be split some big...

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Plot Keywords:

stroke | nursing home | wheelchair | robbery | nurse | 

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Taglines:

Another con. Another sting. Another day.

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Genres:

Drama | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

DNA Studio Showbizz.net [ca][fr]

Country:

Germany USA UK Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 July 2000 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Ein heißer Coup

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,513,530 (USA) (14 April 2000)

Gross:

$5,658,940 (USA) (19 May 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gramercy Pictures (I), IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG, Intermedia Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Police forces surrounding the house: Put your hands above your heads!
Henry Manning: You haven't lived until you heard someone say that to you.

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Connections

Referenced in Eisai to tairi mou: Episode #1.1 (2001)

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Soundtracks

"You Might Think"
Performed by The Cars
Written by Ric Ocasek
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

Newman's Own

Age has pared Paul Newman's fine features to a sketch - it's also honed his huge movie appeal to such basics that he can pretty much maintain our attention while in a coma. But as if to test his powers, in the shagging and intriguing caper "Where the money is", Newman plays Henry, a former famous bank robber and current guest of the prison system who actually is in a coma, or at least a stroke like state of suspended animation. Slumped and glazed, Henry sits for hours in his wheelchair at the nursing home to which he has been transferred tended to by Carol (Linda Fiorentino) a less than angelic nurse and onetime prom queen. Carol lives with her husband, in the same drab town where she grew up. She's bored as a former prom queen always is. And she's convinced that Henry - who had led the only interesting life around - is faking his stupor. So she bamboozles him into dropping his act, then promises to keep the secret, if he'll include her on just one more Bonnie and Clyde size heist. British director Marek Kanievska counts on the audience knowing that Newman's fame is tied to playing heist pros and hustlers, and that we're not just seeing some gravel voiced coot in a wheelchair - we're seeing what Butch Cassidy might have become had he not messed up in Bolivia. The minimalist acting the star has done in recent films like "Message in a bottle" and "Nobody's fool" serves him well, because he's confident - rightfully so- that the audience will fill in the blanks. Incorrigible Henry is fundamentally opaque, but canny Newman lets his eyes do the talking. As for Fiorentino, the star of "The last seduction" reprises her dangerous, restless woman persona as if to remind us (and casting agents) that if she got every role currently going to Catherine Zeta Jones, movies would be a lot more interesting. The payoff is the clash between a taciturn bandit faking feebleness and an angry Florence Nightingale, faking compassion, played by two actors who are the real thing.