Lucky Stiff Page #2

Synopsis: A bachelor travels to Monte Carlo to claim an inheritance from his late rich uncle.
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Director(s): Christopher Ashley
Production: Arclight Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
78 min
888 Views


Nothing for me, thanks,

but my uncle here will have...

Some escargot, the coq au vin

and a bottle of Margot.

And the same for my nephew.

Exactly!

Oui, monsieur.

Ah!

What's that, Uncle?

Your eyesight isn't what it used to be?

Of course I'd be happy

to describe the sights.

Ciao, signoris.

Io sono Luigi Gaudi,

and you are?

- Harry Witherspoon.

- Ah!

Bravo. And you are?

My Uncle Anthony.

Now if you'll excuse us.

Uncle, huh? Zio.

Very good, very good.

- This your first time to Monte Carlo?

- Yes.

Fantastico! Luigi Gaudi

will be your guide.

Thanks, but Uncle is here for rest,

you see, and seclusion.

Signoris, this is nonsense.

This is Monte Carlo.

Champagne for everyone!

Welcome to the Hotel de Paris.

Thank you.

Where Winston Churchill

have had many good times.

Everything is

as you specified, monsieur.

Your long stemmed roses.

Yes, yes, thank you.

- Your champagne.

- Thank you.

And now, Uncle is very tired.

Your beluga caviar.

Your exclusive sea-view.

Your extra towels. Your chocolate truffles.

Your pink satin sheets.

- Your tip.

- Merci, monsieur.

What a schmuck.

I am not cut out for this.

I had a job.

I had a life.

It's not much, but at least

I knew what to expect.

Sorry, but you got

the wrong man.

Okay, kid, we've got

a big day ahead of us.

Sailing, new duds, new adventures,

and you're gonna go gambling,

using my infallible system

for roulette.

We've got a night club reservation at 8:00,

so be prompt.

Absolutely, Uncle.

Hell, I envy you, kid!

You can see that view

and taste that caviar.

All I can do is sit here

and stare.

Hey, I'm probably having

the best time of my life

and I don't even know it.

What's she doing here?

Harry, are you listening to me?

Take the heart-shaped box

and hide it in a safe place.

Six million dollars.

Six million dollars.

So, first things first,

have I got a red rose

in my buttonhole?

Check.

- Sunglasses?

- Check.

- Hat?

- Check.

Terrific. All right. Good.

Look, we're off.

And, Harry,

thank you again, man.

I'm about to have the biggest

adventure of my life.

Je peux vous aider, madame?

- Let go. Unhand the baggage.

- Pardon.

- What's in the bag?

- Never you mind.

Bang! Ha!

Oh, my God!

You put a gun in the luggage?

What are you gonna do?

Shoot him?

Of course not, silly.

She's gonna shoot him.

Now start calling.

Okay, why don't we...

Why don't we just get in a cab?

Check into some hotel...

Because I wanna check in

where Witherspoon is.

Now dial.

- This is futile.

- Futile's a four letter word.

- Hotel Louis?

- Oh, Louis.

Hello?

Hotel Ville Parnasse?

Avez vous un Harry

Witherspoon registered there?

No? No? Thank you.

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Lynn Ahrens

Lynn Ahrens (born October 1, 1948) is an American writer and lyricist for the musical theatre, television and film. She has collaborated with Stephen Flaherty for many years. She won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for the Broadway musical Ragtime. Together with Flaherty, they have written many musicals, including Lucky Stiff, Once on This Island, My Favorite Year, Ragtime, Seussical, A Man of No Importance, Dessa Rose, The Glorious Ones, Rocky, Little Dancer and currently on Broadway Anastasia. She was also nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for the animated Twentieth Century Fox film Anastasia. She wrote the teleplay of her 1994 musical adaption of A Christmas Carol, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Ahrens. She was a mainstay writer and performer for ABC-TV's Schoolhouse Rock. Ahrens also wrote lyrics for the title song for After the Storm, the documentary film about young Hurricane Katrina survivors putting on Once On This Island. more…

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