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Overview

User Rating:
4.9/10   5,038 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Adam Resnick (written by)
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Release Date:
27 October 2000 (USA) more
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Tagline:
When they put their heads together... it's a no brainer.
Plot:
A television weatherman scams a local lottery. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Okay Comedy From The Mind Of Adam Resnick! more (62 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Travolta ... Russ Richards

Lisa Kudrow ... Crystal

Tim Roth ... Gig
Ed O'Neill ... Dick Simmons

Michael Rapaport ... Dale

Daryl Mitchell ... Det. Chambers

Bill Pullman ... Det. Pat Lakewood

Richard Schiff ... Jerry Green

Michael Moore ... Walter
Sam McMurray ... Chief Troutman
Michael Weston ... Larry

Maria Bamford ... Wendy the Waitress
Caroline Aaron ... Nurse Sharpling

John F. O'Donohue ... Bobby (as John F. O'Donahue)

Colin Mochrie ... Jack
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Le bon numéro (France)
Numbers (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, sexuality, some drug use and brief violence.
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105 min
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Trivia:
This film was based on a true-life scandal involving the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission in 1980. Employees of a local television station in Pittsburgh actually were convicted and served jail time in the "666" drawing. Some of the balls were weighted down by injecting them with paint, ensuring that only 4s and 6s would remain airborne and captured in the lottery machine. more
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Anachronisms: While Russ and Gig are arguing about Dale the Thug outside Denny's, several cars from the 1990s can be seen in the parking lot. more
Quotes:
Dale: Unfortunately Russell we have a new wrinkle in the situation.
Russ: Oh really? What's the wrinkle?
Dale: Basically I had to play pinata with Jerry the bookie's skull. See, that sort of ups the invoice a little.
Russ: Is he okay?
Dale: No, he's dead.
Russ: Oh! Oh, God!
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References "SportsCenter" (1979) more
Soundtrack:
Happy Days Theme more

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Okay Comedy From The Mind Of Adam Resnick!, 23 June 2002
6/10
Author: (fandangonoir) from USA

Lucky Numbers is not a great film but a good one. I thought John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow and Tim Roth and Ed O'Neill gave fine performances. Lisa Kudrow is the only one of the "Friends" cast who doesn't make totally sucky movies. With the exception of Jennifer Aniston in Office Space and maybe David Schwimmer in Apt Pupil.

I really dug the Midwest American setting, the two bumbling cops, how Travolta's character Russ Richards wallows and loves his local celebrity status and his reserved parking spot at the local Denny's, and the great 80's soundtrack. And this has to be the first flick directed by Nora Ephron that I enjoyed.

Adam Resnick wrote the screenplay for Lucky Numbers and the more recent Death To Smoochy. Both these films are good but flawed dark comedies and deserve to be seen and enjoyed. So don't listen to what others may say and go see these two (flawed) Resnick gems. Ciao!

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