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Overview

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6.1/10   11,367 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Jane Anderson (written by)
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Release Date:
29 July 1994 (USA) more
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A cop. A waitress. A lottery ticket. more
Plot:
A police officer promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress in lieu of a tip. full summary | add synopsis
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so hard to dislike more (58 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nicolas Cage ... Charlie Lang

Bridget Fonda ... Yvonne Biasi

Rosie Perez ... Muriel Lang
Wendell Pierce ... Bo Williams

Isaac Hayes ... Angel Dupree

Víctor Rojas ... Jesu

Seymour Cassel ... Jack Gross

Stanley Tucci ... Eddie Biasi
J.E. Freeman ... Sal Bontempo

Red Buttons ... Walter Zakuto

Richard Jenkins ... C. Vernon Hale
Robert Dorfman ... Walter

Charles Busch ... Timothy
Beatrice Winde ... Judge
Ginny Yang ... Mrs. Sun
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Cop Gives Waitress $2 Million Tip! (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
101 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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At Charlie and Muriel's divorce proceedings, Muriel has had a breast augmentation. They are Rosie Perez's real breasts. She had to have them bound down for the first half of the movie, to appear smaller. more
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Factual errors: When Yvonne files for bankruptcy in the beginning, she files in New York Civil Court. People file for bankruptcy in United States Bankruptcy Court which is a federal court. Civil Court where she filed is a state court. Bankruptcy is governed by federal laws, and therefore bankruptcy cases would be heard in federal as opposed to state court. more
Quotes:
Charlie Lang: [about Muriel] It's like we're on two different channels now. I'm CNN and she's the Home Shopping Network. more
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Come See About Me more

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24 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
so hard to dislike, 7 March 2002
Author: Special-K88

Warm, enchanting, simply wonderful romantic comedy plays out like a fairy tale brought to life. Cage is a gracious, good-natured New York cop who wins the lotto; against the wishes of his demanding, mercurial wife (Perez), he splits it with a hard luck waitress (Fonda) as repayment for not leaving a tip! Predictable every step of the way, and hard to believe (though it's supposedly based on a true story), but it's so well-performed, so irresistibly charming, so sweet and romantic that you really don't mind. Not only a good showcase for the film's three ideal leads, but also a kindhearted film that gives hope to the notion of human decency. ***

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