The Money Pit (1986)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Richard Benjamin

Writer:

David Giler (written by)

Release Date:

26 March 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Tagline:

For everyone who's ever been deeply in Love or deeply in debt.

Plot:

A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house.

Plot Keywords:

House | Couple | Problem | Renovation | DIY

Cast

Tom Hanks	...	Walter Fielding, Jr.
Shelley Long	...	Anna Crowley Beissart / Anna Fielding
Alexander Godunov	...	Max Beissart, the Maestro
Maureen Stapleton	...	Estelle
Joe Mantegna	...	Art Shirk
Philip Bosco	...	Curly
Josh Mostel	...	Jack Schnittman
Yakov Smirnoff	...	Shatov
Carmine Caridi	...	Brad Shirk
Brian Backer	...	Ethan
Billy Lombardo	...	Benny
Mia Dillon	...	Marika
John Van Dreelen	...	Carlos
Douglass Watson	...	Walter Fielding, Sr.
Lucille Dobrin	...	Macumba Lady

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:PG (1986) (cut) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Norway:12

Filming Locations:

Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Amblin Entertainment

Trivia:

The band White Lion performs twice in this movie with a line-up that was pre their debut album. The bass player joined Black Sabbath between this movie and White Lion's first album.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the scene where the "Cheap Girls" talk with Walter on wanting to change their name to "Meryl Streep", it looks like he says "bulls**t" instead of "Meryl Streep".

Quotes:

Estelle: You think you know somebody after 25 years. And then one day, Israeli Intelligence comes to the door.
Anna: "Israeli Intelligence".
Estelle: Last Tuesday. That's why I've gotta sell the house. It turns out, Carlos was Hitler's pool man.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in The Money Hole (1993) (V)

Soundtrack:

LA BAMBA

Welcome to your new home

This Tom Hanks movie is very unforgettable and perhaps one of the funniest he's been in. Way back before he did Forrest Gump and others, he starred in this one, where he and his wife have to get in this big house that is rundown! And they have to get it repaired, everything in it has fallen apart. They have to get the stairs and the water and the electricity back, and they hire some weird builders. There are many funny scenes in this one, I like especially the part with the bathtub, since there is no water yet in the house, they have to go all the way to the well just to bring water into the tub, and that's not the only problem they don't have any stairs yet. And they were finally able to fill it with water, and they are ready to bathe in it, only that the floor has cracked and the tub falls all the way down! That scene was the funniest I can remember. And the way Tom laughs at that part was unforgettable, I mean they went to all that trouble just to fill the tub with water and goes down the drain, I mean down the first floor. Recommended to all who love Tom Hanks, and his movies.