It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. With $3.2 million at stake, the Marshals Service closing in, and single mom Cybil Waingrow and her son Jesse constantly confounding things, Michael must track down Murphy.
Written by Jeff Cross <blackjac_1998@yahoo.com>
When the film finished shooting, Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell disagreed about the way the film should feel. The studio let both stars edit their own versions which were then shown to test audiences. Russell's cut was more comedy oriented and focused on his character's relationship with Cybil (Courteney Cox) while Costner's was more action oriented.
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Goofs
Continuity:
The length of Murphy's cigarette alters while he opens the bag with money that Cybil has brought him. When he starts speaking to her there's no cigarette in his mouth at all.
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Kurt Russel lip-synchs to Elvis Presley's "Such a Night" in front of
scenes of Las Vegas while the movie's other characters dance around and
point their guns.
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