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Storyline
A corporate raider threatens a hostile take-over of a “mom and pop” company. The patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife’s daughter, who is a lawyer, to try and protect the company. The raider is enamoured of her, and enjoys the thrust and parry of legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.
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Ed Sutton <[email protected]>
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Plot Synopsis
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Meet Larry the Liquidator. Arrogant. Greedy. Self-centered. Ruthless. You gotta love the guy.
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Details
Release Date:
18 October 1991 (USA)
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Also Known As:
Riqueza ajena
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$5,012,332,
20 October 1991
Gross USA:
$25,682,090
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$25,682,090
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Color
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Trivia
On the doc hollywood 1991 vhs, the first promo is of this film and Danny De Vito’s beginning speech and the song it’s money that I love by Randy Newman appeared in the promo trailer but not in the film. Ironically, Randy Newman’s cousin David composed for this film. See more »
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When the envelope of the results is first seen, it is being handed over to the woman as a pink envelope. When she is reading the results, the envelope is yellow. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Lawrence Garfield:
I love money. I love money more than I love the things it can buy. Does that surprise you? Money. It don’t care whether I’m good or not. It don’t care whether I snore or not. It don’t care which god I pray to. There are only three things in this world with that kind of unconditional acceptance. Dogs… doughnuts… and money. Only money is better. You know why? Because it don’t make you fat and it don’t poop all over the living-room floor. There’s only one thing I like better: …
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I’m in the Mood for Love
Written by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
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