Money for Nothing (1993)
September 10, 1993Release Date
Money for Nothing (1993)
September 10, 1993Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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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
Ramón Menéndez
Director
Maury Chaykin
Vincente Goldoni
Alice Drummond
Mrs. Breen
James Gandolfini
Billy Coyle
Fionnula Flanagan
Mrs. Coyle
Elizabeth Bracco
Eleanor Coyle
Ashleigh Dejon
Katie Coyle
Ramón Menéndez
Director
Mark Bowden
Writer
Lenny Venito
Hrbek
Frankie Faison
Madigan
Tom Musca
Writer
Currie Graham
Dunleavy
Sam Coppola
Bartender Lindey
Carol Sobieski
Writer
Lenora Nemetz
Middle Aged Woman
Craig Safan
Composer
Matthew Barry
Casting Assistant
Jeanne McCarthy
Casting Associate
Newton Thomas Sigel
Cinematographer
Nancy Richardson
Editor
Victoria Thomas
CastingDirector
Mark Worthington
Assistant Art Director
Michelle Minch
ProductionDesigner
David Permut
Executive Producer
Ellen Segal
Music Editor
Joe Digaetano
Special Effects Coordinator
Erik Holmberg
Production Supervisor
Cyrus Yavneh
Unit Production Manager / Co-Producer
Jeff Kay
Second Second Assistant Director
Dennis Maitland
Sound Mixer
Lorene M. Duran
Assistant Production Coordinator
John Fundus
Boom Operator
Patrick Dodd
Supervising Sound Editor
Matt Tolmach
Executive Producer
Susan Raney
Set Decoration
Nancy Mosser
Extras Casting
Felicity Bowring
Makeup Department Head
Sydney Gilner
Script Supervisor
Eugene McCarthy
Property Master
Michael Semanick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald A. Kraus
Transportation Captain
Julie Kuehndorf
Unit Publicist
David Richert
First Assistant 'B' Camera
Gene Engels
Chief Lighting Technician
Malcolm Fife
Foley Editor
Louis P. Taylor
Construction Coordinator
Bonnie Clevering
Key Hair Stylist
A. Welch Lambeth
Transportation Coordinator
Dale E. Grahn
Color Timer
Jim McConkey
Steadicam Operator / Second Unit Director of Photography
Beth Kuhn
Art Direction
Mike Menzel
Special Effects Coordinator
Eddy Donno
Stunt Coordinator
Steve Santosusso
Stunts
Diane Collins
Costume Supervisor
Billy Patsos
Dolly Grip
Adger W. Cowans
Still Photographer
Shane Dixon
Stunts
Ed Letteri
Rigging Gaffer
Brian S. Osmond
Second Assistant Camera
Kim B. Christensen
Sound Effects Editor
Robert C. Carlson
First Assistant Camera
Greg T. Moon
Makeup Artist
Zeca Seabra
Costume Design
Jeffrey Paul Johnson
Leadman
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 10, 1993
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingR
Budget$11,000,000
Box Office$1,044,824
Genres
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 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, with Cusack's performance receiving some praise. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $1 million against a production budget of $11 million.