A television weatherman scams a local lottery.
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Winter 1988. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is Russ Richard's oyster, there where he is the popular weatherman for WTPA Channel 6 News. That popularity allows him many perks in the city, especially at his local Denny's. Things start to go off the rails for him as this winter is unseasonably warm and not white, meaning that no one is buying from his snowmobile dealership, and none of his usual sources are willing to advance him any money to tide him over this rough business patch. In turning to Gig, a slightly shady acquaintance who operates a strip club and bar, Russ decides to turn to illegal activities to get the money he needs. After one failed attempt at that criminal life which has its own negative consequences, Russ instead decides on a lottery scam, his partners in crime being Gig, and Crystal Latroy, Russ' colleague at WTPA as the Pennsylvania Lucky Six Lottery girl - the lottery numbers which are drawn live on air during WTPA's supper hour news - and his sometime lover. Crystal is ...
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
John Travolta | - | Russ Richards | |
Lisa Kudrow | - | Crystal | |
Tim Roth | - | Gig | |
Ed O'Neill | - | Dick Simmons | |
Michael Rapaport | - | Dale | |
Daryl Mitchell | - | Det. Chambers | |
Bill Pullman | - | Det. Pat Lakewood | |
Richard Schiff | - | Jerry Green | |
Michael Moore | - | Walter | |
Sam McMurray | - | Chief Troutman | |
Michael Weston | - | Larry | |
Maria Bamford | - | Wendy the Waitress | |
Caroline Aaron | - | Nurse Sharpling | |
John F. O'Donohue | - | Bobby (as John F. O'Donahue) | |
Colin Mochrie | - | Jack |
This film was based on a true-life scandal involving the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission in 1980. Employees of a local television station in Pittsburgh actually were convicted and served jail time in the "666" drawing. Some of the balls were weighted down by injecting them with paint, ensuring that only 4s and 6s would remain airborne and captured in the lottery machine.
According to the commentary, Lisa Kudrow did her own stunt when her character's car goes through the glass at the station (although it didn't look that dangerous anyway).
Tim Roth and John Travolta's second film together, the first one was Pulp Fiction (1994).
One of the four films that received an "F" CinemaScore from audiences upon their release in 2000, along with The Eye - Lo sguardo (1999), Il dottor T & le donne (2000) and Lost Souls - La profezia (2000).
The call letters for the station: WTPA were actual call letters for the actual ABC affiliate in Harrisburg WHTM TV from 1953-1980.
Paramount Pictures co-produced this film with StudioCanal. As of 2016, several catalog titles owned by StudioCanal, including most of the Carolco Pictures library, have their US TV rights owned by Paramount.
Michael Rapaport plays Gary on Friends (1994), which stars Lisa Kudrow. He is the owner of the badge she finds and then begins dating.
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