Rat Race Page #2

Synopsis: Donald P. Sinclair has placed six separate gold coins in different slot machines in his casino. The lucky six who find these coins discover an opportunity of a lifetime. The chance to own $2 million. Locked up in a locker in New Mexico, these six contestants must now race each other, to be the first to the cash. There are no rules in place and everything that could possibly happen, does. Whilst, behind the scenes, Sinclair's associates are placing their bets.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Jerry Zucker
Production: Paramount Pictures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
43%
PG-13
Year:
2001
112 min
$55,843,381
Website
1,615 Views


who told me to come look for you.

She said you needed me.

- She did?

- She said you were lonely...

and you were worried about money

and you had trouble sleeping.

Who the hell isn't?

See? I told you

we didn't need a bellman.

Yeah, well, congratulations, Randy.

You avoided another tip.

Those nickels and dimes

add up, my dear.

- I call this bed!

- Hey, no fair.

- You got to pick last night.

- Go to hell, Jason.

- Make me.

- Hey, language, please.

- Bev, his and her bathrobes.

- Yes.

- Look at that view.

- Yeah.

- Nice view.

- Okay, honey. Why don't you unpack?

- Okay.

- I'm just gonna go look around.

Wait, wait, wait.

You're not going to the casino?

No, no, of course not.

I just drove from the Grand Canyon.

Gotta stretch my legs.

You swore to me on your mother's eyes

we are here to see David Copperfield.

- No gambling.

- I'm just lookin' around.

In fact, I'm gonna go

to the gift shop.

I can jump farther than you.

- I can jump farther.

- No way. Watch.

That's gotta hurt.

Honey, kids need ya.

- Hey, Nick. Nicky!

- Hey.

- You're not leaving?

- I'm in court on Tuesday.

- No, you're not.

- I work for people who are.

You p*ssy. You can't leave.

It's still goin' on up there.

Richie, I have to.

I've had two hours sleep.

Steve Cunningham just got another

stripper. You got to see this one.

- She's incredible.

- I got to get back.

No, you don't, Nick.

I know you. You're scared.

You're scared it's gonna

get out of control up there.

Someday you'll be up for attorney

general and it'll haunt you.

- I'm not having this conversation.

- You didn't even gamble.

Not one quarter.

That's no way to live.

In fact, that ain't even livin'.

It's hiding.

- I'm not hiding from anything.

- Oh, no?

Okay, then prove it.

Do something, anything.

Break one rule.

Here. Look. Nick, a paper.

Come on. Take it.

Take it. Come on, Nick.

Take it.

I have a plane to catch, okay?

I'll see you in Chicago.

Oh, look, I won! I won!

Look at the money comin' down.

Look. Look, look, look.

What's-- What's--

"You're a winner.

See guest services."

What? A dollar?

Come on, baby. Come on!

Come on.

We won!

- We won one.

- What is this? This isn't money.

That's the prize?

A free buffet?

Actually, it's not a buffet.

It's a special reception at 10:00

in the penthouse conference room.

"Where a spectacular...

once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity awaits you."

That's all I know.

- What do you think?

- I think it's some kind of scam.

Good! A scam! We'll do it.

- I'll need to see some I.D.

- Okay.

There. I gambled.

Family vacation? These are

the moments you got to savor, right?

Family vacation? These are

the moments you got to savor, right?

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Andy Breckman

Andrew Ross "Andy" Breckman (born March 3, 1955) is an American television and film writer and a radio personality on WFMU. He is the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning television series Monk on the USA Network, and is co-host of WFMU radio's long-running conceptual comedy program Seven Second Delay. He has written screenplays for a number of comedy films including Sgt. Bilko (starring Steve Martin) and Rat Race (directed by Jerry Zucker), and is frequently hired as a "script doctor" to inject humorous content into scripts written by other screenwriters. His production bio at USA Network says, "He has trouble making friends." more…

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