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Anno di produzione: 1998

USA

Stato del film: Catalogo
Genere: COMEDY

Sinopsi:
Jimmy ha un debito di gioco e deve assolutamente restituire $900. Con una scusa convince la sua fidanzata, Susan, a trovare il denaro necessario, Susan coinvolge anche suo fratello Ray. Ma tra Ray e Jimmy non scorre certo buon sangue…


Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: New York City, New York, USA
Genere: Comedy Romance
Lingue: English
Plot: At Christmas-time, a generally disliked out-of-work actor (Eric Stoltz) finds himself in debt for $900 to a local bookie (Charles Durning), who threatens to start breaking bones if he doesn't pay. Knowing he won't get much sympathy, he tells his girlfriend (Moira Kelly) that he needs money for an emergency abortion for his sister (Darryl Hannah). Soon a bartender (Campbell Scott) and a friendly bar customer (Katrin Cartlidge) starts hitting everyone up for the cash. Meanwhile everyone is roaming amongst Christmas parties and spreading the word. In the end, everyone meets back at the bar and only then does the actor's ploy stand revealed. Jimmy has a gambling debt and uses a lie to get his girlfriend Susan to help him find $900. Susan uses another lie to get her bartender brother Ray to help, but Ray hates Jimmy. Ray wanders around the local bars collecting the money; Jimmy's looking for Ray and Susan's looking for Jimmy. If the wrong people meet, the lies will unravel.
Visti censura internazionale: USA:R
Date di uscita internazionali:
USA:27 November 1998
Durata:
USA:82
Cast & Credits
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale: sterling home entertainment 
produzione cinematografica: lions gate films inc. 
produttore cinematografico: paseornek michael  edelbaum jana  spellman-sherman erica 
regista: hedden roger 
attore: scott campbell  kelly moira (i)  durning michelle  stoltz eric  riegert peter  durning charles  cartlidge katrin  santiago saundra  alban carlo  baker david aaron  hannah daryl  gilger steve  smith tucker (ii)  van dyke elizabeth  santiago christina  santiago nicole (ii)  de salvo anne  west tegan  macvittie bruce  lovci marc  curtin james  daveyac emilie  dooley kim  hirayanagi nami  sorrari devon  robinson j.r.  smith allison daugherty  widdoes kathleen  fuhrer david (i)  sutter spring  hartig meg  mccaleb columbia  thompson jeffrey v.  cameron dean (i)  gaysunas cheryl  lamia jenna  pitt michael (ii)  mazer arnold  wigo lauren  lage jordan  thomas raymond anthony 
direttore della fotografia: thomas john (iv) 
scenografia: lomofsky sharon 
montaggio: mcardle tom 
compositori: lawrence david nessim 
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: hedden roger 
costumi: mussenden isis 
troupe varia: figueroa edwin m.  rainone frank  graham jeremy (ii)  abbott matthew  avanzo frank  balzarini matt  bialic gwen  blum gregory  blumers yann philippe  brosco allegra  burke terrence c.  carsos leonidas sam  cicione kim marie  cohen beth  cole barry  cummings jean-paul  degnan debora  gallagher randy  gletsos remi  greene deborah (i)  hammel melissa  leonardo jr. paul  lombardozzi chris  macdonald ross (viii)  manzo jonathan  mccormack frank (ii)  mclaughlin lauren  page gene (ii)  pryde jamey  ramirez exile  rivo rebecca  roacher che  rubbani freeha  schmidt mark  schrager abe  bryan jennifer l.  presar barbara  sutter spring  rummel mike  russell christopher i.  scott terence  shepard jon  stevens karla  stilman philip  suffern richard  sunshine mary  sztaba patricia  sztaba stan  tavares michael  thorell peter  thurrell peter  waldron sheila  wattson gary 
proprieta' diritti homevideo: iif - italian international film 
diritti su: d. & l. dvd agency