Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.
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David Mamet
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Don Ameche | ... | Gino | |
| Joe Mantegna | ... | Jerry | |
| Robert Prosky | ... | Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincent | |
| J.J. Johnston | ... | Frankie | |
| Ricky Jay | ... | Mr. Silver | |
| Mike Nussbaum | ... | Mr. Green | |
| Jack Wallace | ... | Repair Shop Owner | |
| Dan Conway | ... | Butler | |
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Willo Hausman | ... | Miss Bates (as Willo Varsi Hausman) |
| Gail Silver | ... | Housemaid | |
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Len Hodera | ... | Ramone |
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Josh Conescu | ... | Bellenza |
| Adam Bitterman | ... | Marcotti | |
| Jack Merrill | ... | No Pair (as Merrill Holtzman) | |
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William Novelli | ... | Willie |
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Gino, an Italian-American shoe-shiner with a remarkable similarity to a certain mafia don, is paid to take the rap for a murder. Jerry, a two-bit gangster on probation, is given a chance for redemption by guarding Gino for the weekend. But instead of sitting around a dingy hotel room, Jerry decides to give Gino a weekend to remember, taking him to Lake Tahoe. Jerry's bragging to his friends of his important charge, as well as Gino's dignified, quiet demeanor, soon result in much complication for them both. Written by Mike Myers <mmyers@ucsd.edu>
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21 October 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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[My friend, I give my heart]
Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincent: I haven't heard that in 35 years!
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One of six cinema movie collaborations [to date, October 2015] of actor Joe Mantegna and writer-director David Mamet. The films include Edmond (2005), Redbelt (2008), Lakeboat (2000), Homicide (1991), Things Change (1988) and House of Games (1987). See more »Goofs
The characters are staying at the former Horizon Hotel/Casino in Stateline, Nevada. However, the various scenes of when they are being driven in the limousine are not "linear" (to or from their final destination) and really just show highway scenes from all around Lake Tahoe, including parts of California. See more »Quotes
Gino: Amico mio, do mi cuore[My friend, I give my heart]
Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincent: I haven't heard that in 35 years!
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"Things Changes" is a light-hearted look at what happens to an old Italian shoe shiner (Ameche) who's a naive patsy for the mob when a mafia flunky (Mantegna) takes them two of them to Tahoe for a last blast. This Mamet film has a lot of pluses not the least of which is Mantegna and Ameche together in one of Ameche's last films. The story is a cute comedy with a kind of sentimental "feel" to it. The kind of movie that's hard not to like.