The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)

Director:

Mick Jackson

Writers (WGA):

Po Bronson (novel)
Jon Favreau (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 October 2002 (Russia)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

When things get odd... The odd get even

Plot:

Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, because he feels disconnected with the values about work he learned from his father...

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Hologram | Friendship | Money In Title | Dollar Sign In Title

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 24

9:30 AM

MAX

Cast

Adam Garcia	...	Andy Kasper
Rosario Dawson	...	Alisa
Jake Busey	...	Darrell Claxton
Enrico Colantoni	...	Francis Benoit
Ethan Suplee	...	Curtis 'Tiny' Reese
Anjul Nigam	...	Salman Fard
Gregory Jbara	...	Hank
Dan Butler	...	Lloyd Acheson
Linda Hart	...	Mrs. 'B'
Shiva Rose	...	Torso
Chandra West	...	Robin
Rob Benedict	...	Willy (as Robert Patrick Benedict)
Heather Paige Kent	...	Claudia Goss
Stoney Westmoreland	...	Link
John Rothman	...	Ben (as John M. Rothman)

Also Known As:

The First $20 Million (USA) (working title)
The Ironmen (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and sexual content.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Denmark:A | Finland:K-11 | Italy:T | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Ocean Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: When Andy moves into Mrs. B house she puts him in room number 2. (You see the number on the door.) He then goes to the bathroom and meets Alisa and introduces himself and says he lives in number 3. Alisa says she lives in 2. After Alisa makes the prototype case she enters her room, but it's room 3.

Quotes:

[the guys are meeting at a restaurant after their design was "stolen"]
Andy: Guess what guys? I had a VISION!
Tiny: [skeptically] That involved third-world school kids?

Movie Connections:

References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Soundtrack:

Go Get It Now

Nice try but no cigar.

"The First $20 Million..." is an easy-going comedy with a romantic bent which sticks Garcia out in front as a computer geek who aspires to be another Steve Jobs by working with some other geeks who are trying to build a $99 computer....er, something like that. A happy-go-nowhere little flick which is too uncool for the young demographic and too young for adults, I'm guessing it's a movie in search of a market. Hard to swallow and hard to follow with laughs which are too few and too far between, "The First $20 Million..." is an uninspired albeit earnest novel knock-off which is best saved for broadcast. (C)