Money for Nothing is a 1993

1993 in film

The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...

 comedy

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/crime film

Crime film

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 directed by Ramón Menéndez. It is based on the life of Joey Coyle

Joey Coyle

Joseph "Joey" Coyle was an unemployed longshoreman in Philadelphia who, in February 1981, found $1.2 million in the middle of the street after it had fallen out of the back of an armored car...

, an unemployed longshoreman in Philadelphia who, in February 1981, found $1.2 million in the middle of the street after it had fallen out of the back of an armored car. The screenplay, written by Menéndez, Tom Musca and Carol Sobieski

Carol Sobieski

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, is based on an article by Mark Bowden

Mark Bowden

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. The film stars John Cusack

John Cusack

John Paul Cusack is an American film actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Journey of Natty Gann, Say Anything..., Grosse Point Blank, The Thin Red Line, Stand by Me, Con Air, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, Serendipity, Runaway Jury, The Ice Harvest,...

 as Coyle, and features a supporting cast that includes Debi Mazar

Debi Mazar

Deborah "Debi" Mazar is an American actress, perhaps best known for her Jersey Girl-type roles; as sharp-tongued women in independent films; and for her recurring role as press agent Shauna Roberts on the HBO series Entourage.-Early life:...

, Michael Madsen

Michael Madsen

Michael Søren Madsen is an American actor, poet, and photographer. He has appeared in more than 150 films, most of them small independent films, though he has starred in central roles in such films as Reservoir Dogs, Free Willy, Donnie Brasco, and Kill Bill, in addition to a supporting role in Sin...

, Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez is a Puerto Rican and Spanish actor and film producer. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award for his role as Javier Rodríguez in Traffic . He is also known for his roles as Fred Fenster in The Usual...

, Michael Rapaport

Michael Rapaport

Michael David Rapaport is an American, actor, director and a comedian. He has acted in more than forty films since the early 1990s...

, James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini

James J. Gandolfini, Jr. is an Italian American actor. He is best known for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO TV series The Sopranos, about a troubled crime boss struggling to balance his family life and career in the Mafia...

, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman is an American actor and director. Hoffman began acting in television in 1991, and the following year started to appear in films...

, Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin

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, Currie Graham

Currie Graham

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 and Fionnula Flanagan.

Story

Joey, played by John Cusack, found a bag full of money out of the back of an armored car. Joey forced his friend, Kenny Kozlowski, played by Michael Rapaport, to drive Kenny 's car in the lake to hide the tire tracks. Unknown to them that a local boy witness them doing the crime. Joey tells Kenny that he's not going to turn the money in and decides to keep it for himself. Joey refuses to tell his family about it. The police are investigating the missing money and the local boy tells them about the car. The police found the car in the lake and trace it back to Kenny 's house. Later, the police heads to Kenny 's house. During that, Kenny 's Dad beats his son with a belt and Kenny tells the police that Joey took the money. The neighbors overhear this and word spread out around the city that Joey took the money. Joey and his girlfriend head to the airport to leave the country until they get arrested.

Overview

Filmed in Pittsburgh, the movie centers around John Cusack

John Cusack

John Paul Cusack is an American film actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Journey of Natty Gann, Say Anything..., Grosse Point Blank, The Thin Red Line, Stand by Me, Con Air, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, Serendipity, Runaway Jury, The Ice Harvest,...

 as Joey Coyle

Joey Coyle

Joseph "Joey" Coyle was an unemployed longshoreman in Philadelphia who, in February 1981, found $1.2 million in the middle of the street after it had fallen out of the back of an armored car...

, an unemployed South Philadelphia

South Philadelphia

South Philadelphia, nicknamed South Philly, is the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south, and the Schuylkill River to the west.-History:...

 longshoreman who finds $1.2 million dollars in a bag

Money bag

A money bag is a bag of money used to hold and transport coins and banknotes from/to a mint, bank, ATM, milled, business, or other institution...

 in the middle of the street after it falls out of the back of an armored car

Armored car (valuables)

A common meaning of armored car is as an armored van or truck, used in transporting valuables, such as large quantities of money . The armored car is a multifunctional vehicle designed to protect and ensure the well being of the transported individuals and/or contents...

. He proceeds to go on a spending spree, attempts to launder it through the local Mafia

Mafia

The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...

and is then arrested while attempting to flee the country.