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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| John Travolta | ... | Russ Richards | |
| Lisa Kudrow | ... | Crystal | |
| Tim Roth | ... | Gig | |
| Ed O'Neill | ... | Dick Simmons | |
| Michael Rapaport | ... | Dale | |
| Daryl Mitchell | ... | Det. Chambers | |
| Bill Pullman | ... | Det. Pat Lakewood | |
| Richard Schiff | ... | Jerry Green | |
| Michael Moore | ... | Walter | |
| Sam McMurray | ... | Chief Troutman | |
| Michael Weston | ... | Larry | |
| Maria Bamford | ... | Wendy the Waitress | |
| Caroline Aaron | ... | Nurse Sharpling | |
| John F. O'Donohue | ... | Bobby (as John F. O'Donahue) | |
| Colin Mochrie | ... | Jack | |
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Winter 1988. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is Russ Richard's oyster, there where he is the popular weatherman for WTPA Channel 6 News. That popularity allows him many perks in the city, especially at his local Denny's. Things start to go off the rails for him as this winter is unseasonably warm and not white, meaning that no one is buying from his snowmobile dealership, and none of his usual sources are willing to advance him any money to tide him over this rough business patch. In turning to Gig, a slightly shady acquaintance who operates a strip club and bar, Russ decides to turn to illegal activities to get the money he needs. After one failed attempt at that criminal life which has its own negative consequences, Russ instead decides on a lottery scam, his partners in crime being Gig, and Crystal Latroy, Russ' colleague at WTPA as the Pennsylvania Lucky Six Lottery girl - the lottery numbers which are drawn live on air during WTPA's supper hour news - and his sometime lover. Crystal is ... Written by Huggo
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When they put their heads together... it's a no brainer.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language, sexuality, some drug use and brief violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
27 October 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$63,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$4,536,625, 29 October 2000, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$10,014,234, 17 December 2000Company Credits
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Russ: What? Wh-what do you mean?
[Dick goes for the phone]
Russ: It slipped out! Dick, we're listening. Go ahead.
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Written by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Performed by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
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This film was based on a true-life scandal involving the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission in 1980. Employees of a local television station in Pittsburgh actually were convicted and served jail time in the "666" drawing. Some of the balls were weighted down by injecting them with paint, ensuring that only 4s and 6s would remain airborne and captured in the lottery machine. See more »Goofs
While Russ and Gig are arguing about Dale the Thug outside Denny's, several cars from the 1990s can be seen in the parking lot. See more »Quotes
Dick Simmons: Don't say anything. Not a word. Because if I hear one bullshit comment like, "What's that?" or "What are you talking about?" I'm gonna pick that phone up and call the cops.Russ: What? Wh-what do you mean?
[Dick goes for the phone]
Russ: It slipped out! Dick, we're listening. Go ahead.
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WaveWritten by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Performed by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
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Lucky Numbers is not a great film but a good one. I thought John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow and Tim Roth and Ed O'Neill gave fine performances. Lisa Kudrow is the only one of the "Friends" cast who doesn't make totally sucky movies. With the exception of Jennifer Aniston in Office Space and maybe David Schwimmer in Apt Pupil.
I really dug the Midwest American setting, the two bumbling cops, how Travolta's character Russ Richards wallows and loves his local celebrity status and his reserved parking spot at the local Denny's, and the great 80's soundtrack. And this has to be the first flick directed by Nora Ephron that I enjoyed.
Adam Resnick wrote the screenplay for Lucky Numbers and the more recent Death To Smoochy. Both these films are good but flawed dark comedies and deserve to be seen and enjoyed. So don't listen to what others may say and go see these two (flawed) Resnick gems. Ciao!