Money for Nothing (1993)

An unemployed man finds a money bag of $1.2 million after it dropped off an armored car.

Director:

Ramón Menéndez

Writers:

Mark Bowden (article), Ramón Menéndez (screenplay)

Stars:

John Cusack, Debi Mazar, Michael Madsen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Cusack	...	Joey Coyle
Debi Mazar	...	Monica Russo
Michael Madsen	...	Detective Laurenzi
Benicio Del Toro	...	Dino Palladino
Michael Rapaport	...	Kenny Kozlowski
Maury Chaykin	...	Vincente Goldoni
James Gandolfini	...	Billy Coyle
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Mrs. Coyle
Elizabeth Bracco	...	Eleanor Coyle
Ashleigh Dejon	...	Katie Coyle
Lenny Venito	...	Hrbek
Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Cochran (as Philip S. Hoffman)
Currie Graham	...	Dunleavy
Frankie Faison	...	Madigan
Ed Pansullo	...	Carini

Storyline

When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.

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Plot Keywords:

money | detective | finders keepers | dockworker | suitcase of money | 

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Taglines:

There were a million reasons to give the money back. But Joey Coyle couldn't think of one.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and a scene of sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

James Gandolfini appears with Elizabeth Bracco in this film. He would go on to appear with her older sister, Lorraine Bracco, in The Sopranos.

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Goofs

When Joey is at the bar and the news reporter is describing Joey's physical appearance, she says that Joey has a tattoo on his right bicep, however Joey turns and looks at his left bicep.

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Quotes

Joey Coyle: Come on, William. My shirt has so many holes in it when I walk down the street, I hum.

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Connections

Referenced in Ocean's Eleven (2001)

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Soundtracks

That's Life
Written by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon
Performed by Phil Perry

User Reviews

When a Great Amount of Money Becomes a Trouble

Joey Coyle (John Cusak) is a young man of twenty-six years old and without any perspective in life: unemployed, with basic level of instruction only. Living with his brother's family and his mother. One day, when he is coming back home with his friend Kenny Kozlowski (Michael Rapaport) after not being hired to work in the dock, he finds 1.2 million dollars that felt from an armored car. He decides to keep the money, and this is the beginning of a series of stupidities, in a true story. Being a simple man, Joey has no malicious and does not know how to handle with such amount of illegal money. This movie alternates action, comedy and drama and entertains. The cast is great. My vote is seven.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 September 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Joey Coyle Story

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$491,206, 12 September 1993

Gross USA:

$1,039,824

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,039,824

Company Credits

Production Co:

Permut Presentations, Hollywood Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (DuArt)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1