To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard-living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before they get the best of him.To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard-living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before they get the best of him.To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard-living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before they get the best of him.
- Rose Capuletti
- (as Candy Azzara)
- Bill Jones
- (as Jeffrey Altman)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRodney Dangerfield has stated that the part of Monty Capiletti was the closest to his real-life persona.
- GoofsIn the horse racing scene, in the beginning, the name shows Dover Downs, but when the horse winds up losing, it is Hoover Downs.
- Quotes
Saleslady: May I help you
Monty: No, we're just browsing
Saleslady: How long do you intend to browse
Monty: that lady over there, You didn't ask her how long she's going to browse.
Saleslady: You don't look like browsers
Nicky: Yeah, what do browsers look like.
Monty: Yeah, maybe I'm half browser.
Nicky: Yeah, on his mother's side.
- Alternate versionsThere are two versions of this movie known to exist. One is the original theatrical cut, which has made its way to video and DVD. The other, which has been seen on premium cable stations (HBO, Showtime), has an additional scene at a boxing fight with Monty, Nicky, and Paddy. After Monty tells the parents to "shut the fat little bastard up." We see an aerial view of a boxing ring with the sound of the national anthem. After the announcer sings the national anthem at the match, we see Monty passing peanuts, beer, and hot dogs around while looking at them in vain. As he watches the fight, he sees one of the fighters get knocked out and he sees himself as that fighter two times. Yelling "I got to get out of here!", Monty begins to leave, but things stop him. A vendor holding out a hot dog saying "Have a hot dog, son." He turns from them and sees his Mob pals beckoning him with girls and money. He then sees his next door neighbor offering him a joint with his girlfriend who pulls up her top. Finally, he sees Scrapleton with Mrs. Monahan dressed in a devil suit. He holds the deed for Monty's money. All of these people he sees are of his own imagination. As Nicky yells out "Where you going!", Monty exits the arena. We then see him sitting in front of the television. All TV versions of "Easy Money" also exclude this scene.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'Easy Money' (1983)
- SoundtracksEasy Money
Written and Performed by Billy Joel
Produced by Phil Ramone
Orchestrated by Dave Matthews
Engineer: Jim Boyer
Courtesy of Columbia Records
Monty is a rude, over weight alcoholic with a gambling problem, he has friends who have the same problem, but a family that still loves him. His daughter is about to get married to a gang member that he doesn't approve of. But when his mother in law dies, they inherit 10 million dollars, but there is an exception to when he gets the money, for a whole year, Monty has to behave and get clean and sober. With encouragement from his family and friends, Monty does the best he can to get that money.
I just loved Joe Pesci, he's like that little kid who took on the big bully's and actually won the fight, he's just such a funny character, I love Joe! We also have the "unknown" actors of the time, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey Jones, among others. I loved the ending, it's definitely a classic and so funny. I would recommend this movie to anyone, it's all in good fun and a great comedy, we need more films like this today.
8/10
- Smells_Like_Cheese
- Jul 23, 2007
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Ea$y Money
- Filming locations
- 57 McVeigh Ave., New Springville, Staten Island, New York, USA(The Capuletti's House)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $29,309,766
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,844,974
- Aug 21, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $29,309,766