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.

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Plot Keywords:

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

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual themes and situations involving adolescents

Did You Know?

Trivia

In "Working Girl" (1988), filmed six years earlier, Harrison Ford packs Melanie Griffith's lunch as she heads off to her new job, hands her money and says "Milk money".

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Goofs

At apprx. 1:36:01, when the fire department is responding to the car explosion, the Engine comes to a stop partially on the tracks where a train had just passed. Firefighters would never stop apparatus on an active set of tracks.

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Quotes

V: Nobody's treated me the way you do before.
Tom: How do I treat you?
V: Like a person.
Tom: How does everybody else treat you?
V: Like a hooker.
Tom: Why do they treat you like that?
V: Because I am hooker!

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Connections

Referenced in Best of the Worst: Hawk Jones, Winterbeast, and ROAR (2019)

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Soundtracks

Shout (It Out)
by O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Louise Gold & Michelle Charles
Performed by Louchie Lou & Michie One
Courtesy of London Records
Contains portions of 'Peter Gunn Theme' by Henry Mancini
Performed by The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy
Courtesy of China Records

User Reviews

In some cases better then...

In some cases I'd say this is better then Pretty Woman. I say "some" with weight because Pretty Woman is a classic. But Milk Money fills that "hole" you had watching pretty woman. Ed Harris's character is sincere and attentive which matches Melanie's softness (which at the best of times can spoil her on screen performances) perfectly. It's a classic boy meets girl movie with that dash of "damsel in distress but is now hardened and tough due to life being so rough and who now finally meets a man who breaks through it all and understands and loves her for who she is" - as far as romantic comedies go- it was better then I thought it would be and even gets the heart strings welling when Ed Harris tells her "this could hurt"...The story itself can be at times almost childish, but in the end that's part of it's charm.

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