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Brewster's Millions
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Brewster's Millions is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Walter Hill. The screenplay was written by Herschel Weingrod and George Barr McCutcheon, based on the work by McCutcheon. The cast includes Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, and Stephen Collins. Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver produced the film through Silver Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions, and Universal Pictures.
The movie was distributed by Universal Pictures and filmed in New York City, Los Angeles, and New Jersey. Its narrative is set in New Jersey and New York City. The film has a runtime of 97 or 102 minutes and was released in May and August 1985. The original language is English, and the score was composed by Ry Cooder.
The production had a budget and capital cost of 20,000,000. It grossed 45,833,132 at the box office. Review scores include 4.9/10, 37/100, 39%, and a TMDb vote average of 6.598. An IMDb rating of 6.5 is also recorded. The film’s tagline states, "You don't have to be crazy to blow 30 million dollars in 30 days. But it helps."
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6.6Monty Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit $300 million if he can successfully spend $30 million in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
Cast
- Richard Pryor as Montgomery Brewster
- John Candy as Spike Nolan
- Lonette McKee as Angela Drake
- Stephen Collins as Warren Cox
- Jerry Orbach as Charley Pegler
- Pat Hingle as Edward Roundfield
Themes
- new jersey
- based on novel or book
- photographer
- baseball
- dollar
- remake
- lawyer
- millionaire
- manhattan, new york city
- inheritance challenge
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Brewster's Millions
- Director
- Walter Hill
- Cast member
- David Wohl
- Composer
- Ry Cooder
- Producer
- Joel Silver
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 175965
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- publication date
- 1986-05-30
- title
- Brewster's Millions
- after a work by
- George Barr McCutcheon
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- capital cost
- 20000000
- box office
- 40833132
- review score
- 39%
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