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Money Talks is a 1997 American buddy comedy action crime film directed by Brett Ratner. The movie features Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen, Damian Chapa, and David Warner in its cast. Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow wrote the screenplay, while Russell Carpenter served as director of photography. Lalo Schifrin composed the music, and Mark Helfrich edited the film. New Line Cinema produced and distributed the work, with Netflix also handling distribution via video on demand.
Set in Los Angeles, the narrative follows a small-time huckster who makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection while being sought by police and criminals. The film was released in the United States on August 22, 1997, with a runtime of 97 minutes. Production involved New Line Cinema, Juno Pix, and Sheen/Michaels Entertainment. The budget was 25,000,000, resulting in revenue of 48,407,611.
Critical reception included a review score of 4/10 and 15%. Audience ratings listed a vote average of 6.041 and an IMDb rating of 6.2. The film is available in French and English languages. Its tagline states, "This ain't no buddy movie."
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6.0Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Cast
- Chris Tucker as Franklin Hatchett
- Charlie Sheen as James Russell
- Heather Locklear as Grace Cipriani
- Elise Neal as Paula
- Paul Gleason as Lt. Bobby Pickett
- David Warner as Barclay
Themes
- prison
- diamond
- liberation of prisoners
- transport of prisoners
- interview
- arrest
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Brett Ratner
- Screenwriter
- Joel Cohen
- Cast member
- Viveca Paulin
- Composer
- Lalo Schifrin
- Production company
- New Line Cinema
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 164468
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1998-07-16
- title
- Money Talks
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Mark Helfrich
- review score
- 15%
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