Milk Money (1994)

A group of young boys befriend a prostitute named, V.

Director:

Richard Benjamin

Writer:

John Mattson

Stars:

Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris, Michael Patrick Carter

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Melanie Griffith	...	V
Ed Harris	...	Tom
Michael Patrick Carter	...	Frank
Malcolm McDowell	...	Waltzer
Anne Heche	...	Betty
Casey Siemaszko	...	Cash
Philip Bosco	...	Jerry the Pope
Brian Christopher	...	Kevin
Adam LaVorgna	...	Brad
Kevin Scannell	...	Mr. Clean
Jessica Wesson	...	Stacey
Amanda Sharkey	...	Holly
Margaret Nagle	...	Mrs. Fetch
Katie Powell	...	Mrs. Clean (as Kati Powell)
Tom Coop	...	Holly's Brother

Storyline

Young Frank and his pals get an idea for the ultimate in excitement. They decide to pool their savings, bicycle to the nearby Big City, and hire some woman of the streets to strip for them. Things do not work out that simply, but they do meet V, a Hooker With A Heart Of Gold, who ends up giving them a ride home. Soon she is living in Frank's treehouse, unbeknownst to Frank's widowed father Tom, who thinks she is one of Frank's teachers. Soon, however, the evil Waltzer comes looking for V.

---

Plot Keywords:

blonde | boy | school | classroom | female reproductive system | 

---

Taglines:

You can't get enough of a good thing... But first you have to find it.

---

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual themes and situations involving adolescents

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ed Harris and Anne Heche later filmed The Third Miracle together.

---

Goofs

When Tom has a fight at the school dance, he punches the guy in the back, but the sound of the punch is delayed.

---

Quotes

Frank Wheeler: My mother died before I was born.
V: I don't think that's possible.
Frank Wheeler: Okay she had me first and then she died right after.

---

Connections

Referenced in Nostalgia Critic: Mr. Magoo (2012)

---

Soundtracks

V's Apt. Blues
by Phil Marshall
Performed by The Mersh. Bros.

User Reviews

MILK MONEY (DIDIER BECU)

Please forgive me but I fell in love with this movie even if it's not exactly the kind of movie that is hip.... Three young boys have no clue how a naked woman looks like so they save money to go to town and ask a hooker (Melanie Griffith) to show them her delicious body. One thing leads to another and V the hooker ends up staying by one of the kids (Michael Patrick Carter) who tells his dad (Ed Harris) that she's a mathteacher. And then in pure Pretty Woman-style the kid wants the hooker as his mum and tries to unite dad and the whore...and does it work? You know the answer but just a pimp (Malcolm McDowell) wants his moneygoat back... Well well, you laugh and I guess you are right as this history could have end up in something terrible but there is a freshness à la "Stand By Me" that makes "Milk Money" great and of course the performances from both Ed Harris and Melanie Griffith...just as usual Malcolm McDowell suffers from terrible overacting.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 August 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Milk Money

Filming Locations:

1330 Hayward Court, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,846,533, 5 September 1994

Gross USA:

$18,137,661

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$18,137,661

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SDDS Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1