Money Monster (2016)

Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.

Director:

Jodie Foster

Writers:

Jamie Linden (screenplay), Alan DiFiore (screenplay)

Stars:

George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
George Clooney	...	Lee Gates
Julia Roberts	...	Patty Fenn
Jack O'Connell	...	Kyle Budwell
Dominic West	...	Walt Camby
Caitriona Balfe	...	Diane Lester
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Captain Powell
Christopher Denham	...	Ron Sprecher
Lenny Venito	...	Lenny (The Cameraman)
Chris Bauer	...	Lt. Nelson
Dennis Boutsikaris	...	Avery Goodloe CFO
Emily Meade	...	Molly
Condola Rashad	...	Bree (The Assistant)
Aaron Yoo	...	Won Joon
Carsey Walker Jr.	...	Tech Sam
Grant Rosenmeyer	...	Tech Dave

Storyline

In the real-time, high stakes thriller Money Monster, George Clooney and Julia Roberts star as financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty, who are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything (Jack O'Connell) forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense standoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee and Patty must work furiously against the clock to unravel the mystery behind a conspiracy at the heart of today's fast-paced, high-tech global markets.

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Plot Keywords:

fictional tv network | money | hostage | death | shot in the heart | 

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Taglines:

#FollowTheMoney

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language throughout, some sexuality and brief violence.

Did You Know?

Trivia

The video game that the Icelanders are playing throughout the film is Just Cause 3 (2015).

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Goofs

On the crawling ticker at the bottom of the screen. the Dow-Jones Industrial Average never moves away from 18,132.7x all day. In some scenes, it's down 0.01 points, but daily trading ranges are never that narrow, especially on a day with dramatic news.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Lee Gates: Okay, here we go. Are you listening? Are you paying attention out there? Good. Because it's about to get complicated, so I'm gonna start out slow and make it nice and simple for you. You don't have a *clue* where your money is. See, once upon a time, you could walk into your bank, and they'd open a vault and point to a gold brick. Not anymore. Your money - that thing that you bust your ass for - it's nothing more than a few photons of energy traveling through a massive network of ...
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Connections

Features The Young Turks (2005)

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Soundtracks

Da Da Da
Written by Dan The Automator (as Daniel Nakamura) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Performed by Got a Girl
Courtesy of Bulk Recordings
Under license from Atlas Music Publishing

User Reviews

Fairly tense thriller with unexpected laughs

Considering this is a pretty intense movie about a desperate guy threatening to shoot and blow up people, this movie had moments of unexpected humour. The whole cinema was laughing at various points. Which was very cleverly done by director, Jodie Foster. The movie is well scripted and well acted. Clooney and Roberts clearly enjoy working together (just don't remind me of Ocean's 12). I agree with the other reviewer who said the movie should have just stopped with the return to the foosball table, and not gone for the schmaltzy hospital scene. Not the greatest movie of the year and not Oscar-worthy, but well worth the price of the movie ticket. Can't understand why it's only got a rating of 6.8 on IMDb.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English Korean Icelandic Russian

Release Date:

13 May 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Money Monster

Filming Locations:

Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$27,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,788,157, 15 May 2016

Gross USA:

$41,012,075

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$93,282,604

Company Credits

Production Co:

TriStar Pictures, LStar Capital, Smokehouse Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1