Lucky Numbers Page #4

Synopsis: Winter, 1988: Harrisburg PA's celebrity weatherman, Russ Richards, is broke: he's borrowed heavily to open a snowmobile dealership, and it's still unseasonably warm. Gig, his seedy pal, advises him to run an insurance scam; when it goes awry, Russ is out another $10,000 and in trouble with Dale, a bat-wielding thug. Gig convinces Russ to rig the state lottery with the help of Crystal, a gold-digging ditz with a heart of tin. They have to find a beard to buy the ticket, and then they have to cash it. Soon, murder and various double-crosses add to Russ's nightmare. A lazy cop zeroes in. Jail is closer than riches. Will Russ have to choose between his money and his life?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Nora Ephron
Production: Paramount Pictures
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.0
Metacritic:
31
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
R
Year:
2000
105 min
$9,534,013
Website
317 Views


around eight months ago.

I'm sure had he not,

he would've returned your call.

- Oh, jeez!

- He went quickly.

- Yeah. Yep.

- Bye-bye.

- [ Beep ]

- That was your last message.

[ Sighs ]

Yep, that was my last message.

[Rock]

Russ, let me get this straight.

You don't drink.

You don't do coke.

You're not a p*ssy hound.

Well, what the f***

did you blow your money on?

It just.. lt just went, okay?

Does it matter? What was that?

That's Carla, the Human Cannon.

- Oh, she's good.

- She's Dutch.

- Russ, we go way back.

- Right.

And i like you. I do. I'm a fan.

But 25 grand.

I don't think i can lay my hands

on that kind of money.

- Oh.

- Especially now.

I'm going through

a very messy divorce.

- I'm sure you understand.

- Sure.

I do now.

Okay. Take care, Gig.

Thanks a lot. Take care.

Hypothetically speaking, it's not

like you're without options.

What do you mean?

Well, you do have options.

What are they?

Come. Speak up. Hello?

Take your glasses off.

- [ Hums ]

- Well, what is that?

Russ, i assume you have insurance

on your dealership.

Yeah, so?

Don't you think now would be

the appropriate time to, you know,

make a few claims on, you know,

some of those premiums?

Oh, God. Oh, jeez!

Are you talking about arson?

The last thing you want to

get involved with, mate, is arson.

Well, that's right.

Yes, of course not.

The way to beat an insurance company

these days is with a phony robbery.

Oh, God.

[ Scoffs ]

You are veering in that direction.

That makes me very uncomfortable.

First of... Look. If i weren't, okay,

the president of the Rotary,

the vice president

of the Sunshiny Day Club...

and i'm a Big Brother, Gig.

Russ, it's your money.

[ Sighs ]

The insurance company

is earning interest off it.

The whole "man ofthe people,"

nice guy thing,

it's quaint, but don't you think

it's time to put a cap on it, hmm?

[ Exhales ]

Well, how would it work?

You know, like, you know,

hypothetically speaking.

How would, you know,

how would it go down?

- Well, it's nothing.

- No?

If i were to put it

in medical terms...

where you would equate brain surgery

with a bank robbery,

this would be like a visit

to the podiatrist.

- Hmm.

- And it just so happens...

I have an acquaintance named Dale

who is a specialist in this area.

It's a very simple procedure, Russ.

The whole thing would take...

Forty? Wow.

Fortyminutes, tops.

Dale arrives at your dealership on

a prearranged night with his crew.

[Man] lt's so easy

to blowup your problems

- [ Continues ]

- Findshis way inside.

Leaves the telltale signs

of a break-in...

and gains entrance.

Then it's just a simple matter

of getting thes leds out the back.

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Adam Resnick

Adam Resnick is an American comedy writer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his work writing for Late Night with David Letterman. Additionally, Resnick co-created and wrote for Get A Life with Chris Elliott. more…

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