Money for Nothing (1993)
September 10, 1993Release Date
Money for Nothing (1993)
September 10, 1993Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
John Cusack
Joey Coyle
Debi Mazar
Monica Russo
Michael Madsen
Detective Laurenzi
Benicio del Toro
Dino Palladino
Michael Rapaport
Kenny Kozlowski
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Cochran
Alice Drummond
Mrs. Breen
Maury Chaykin
Vincente Goldoni
James Gandolfini
Billy Coyle
Fionnula Flanagan
Mrs. Coyle
Elizabeth Bracco
Eleanor Coyle
Ashleigh Dejon
Katie Coyle
Lenny Venito
Hrbek
Frankie Faison
Madigan
Currie Graham
Dunleavy
Sam Coppola
Bartender Lindey
Lenora Nemetz
Middle Aged Woman
Cyrus Yavneh
Co-Producer / Unit Production Manager
Eddy Donno
Stunt Coordinator
Shane Dixon
Stunts
Steve Santosusso
Stunts
Babu Subramaniam
First Assistant Director
Cynthia A. Potthast
Second Assistant Director
Erik Holmberg
Production Supervisor
Mark Worthington
Assistant Art Director
Jeffrey Paul Johnson
Leadman
Diane Collins
Costume Supervisor
Bonnie Clevering
Key Hair Stylist
Jim McConkey
Second Unit Director of Photography / Steadicam Operator
Robert C. Carlson
First Assistant Camera
Brian S. Osmond
Second Assistant Camera
David Richert
First Assistant 'B' Camera
Sydney Gilner
Script Supervisor
John Fundus
Boom Operator
Dennis Maitland
Sound Mixer
Ellen Segal
Music Editor
Patrick Dodd
Supervising Sound Editor
Kim B. Christensen
Sound Effects Editor
Samuel H. Hinckley
Sound Effects Editor
Mark Levinson
ADR Editor
Malcolm Fife
Foley Editor
Gene Engels
Chief Lighting Technician
Ed Letteri
Rigging Gaffer
Frank McGough
Best Boy Electric
George Patsos
Key Grip
John Janusek
Best Boy Grip
Billy Patsos
Dolly Grip
Bart Flaherty
Rigging Grip
Eugene McCarthy
Property Master
Doug DuRose
Assistant Property Master
Joe Digaetano
Special Effects Coordinator
Mike Menzel
Special Effects Coordinator
Nancy Mosher Hall
Production Coordinator
Lorene M. Duran
Assistant Production Coordinator
Jeff Kay
Second Second Assistant Director
Louis P. Taylor
Construction Coordinator
Bob Johnston
Location Manager
Lys Hopper
Assistant Location Manager
Julie Kuehndorf
Unit Publicist
Adger W. Cowans
Still Photographer
Russell Davis
Transportation Captain
Donald A. Kraus
Transportation Captain
A. Welch Lambeth
Transportation Coordinator
Jeanne McCarthy
Casting Associate
Matthew Barry
Casting Assistant
Nancy Mosser
Extras Casting
Michael Semanick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Theresa Repola Mohammed
Negative Cutter
Dale E. Grahn
Color Timer
Ramón Menéndez
Screenplay
Carol Sobieski
Screenplay
Tom Musca
Screenplay / Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 10, 1993
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingR
Budget$11,000,000
Box Office$1,044,824
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Money for Nothing is a 1993 American biographical comedy crime film directed by Ramón Menéndez, and written by Menéndez, Tom Musca and Carol Sobieski, based on the 1986 Philadelphia Inquirer article "Finders Keepers" by Mark Bowden. The film stars John Cusack in the leading role, with a supporting cast that includes Michael Madsen, Debi Mazar, Benicio del Toro, Maury Chaykin, Michael Rapaport, James Gandolfini, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Fionnula Flanagan.
It is loosely based on the life of Joey Coyle (Cusack), who, in 1981, discovered $1.2 million that had fallen out of an armored van in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The film is a fictionalization of events, depicting Coyle's struggles with keeping the money over a five-day period.
The film adaptation of Coyle's story originated in December 1983, before production plans languished in development hell. Executive producers Gordon Freedman and Matt Tolmach acquired the rights in 1990, and the project continued development at The Walt Disney Studios. The film was shot on locations in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, with principal photography beginning in February 1993 and concluding after eight weeks.
Coyle, who acted as a consultant on the film, died by suicide on August 15, 1993, three weeks before the film's theatrical release. In response, Disney chose to quietly release Money for Nothing under its adult film banner Hollywood Pictures, on September 10. The film was not well-received by critics, though Cusack's performance received some praise. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $1 million against a production budget of $11 million.