Money for Nothing Page #7

Synopsis: When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Ramón Menéndez
Production: Buena Vista
 
IMDB:
5.7
R
Year:
1993
100 min
116 Views


I was wonderin'

when you were gonna get here

- Don't Don't

- You didn't do nothin'!

What did you do to my car?

- That's enough Leave him alone

- Get outta here!

- What did you do to my car?

- It wasn't me! It was Joey!

- Joey, who?

- Answer his question

- Answer it.!

- Joey Coyle! It was Joey Coyle, Dad!

- It was Joey Coyle!

- Joey Coyle did it, huh?

- Get in the house!

- He made me do it

Don't hurt me, Dad, please

- I'm sorry, Dad! I'm sorry!

- Go be sorry in the house!

- I'm sorry.!

- Get in the house.!

Yeah,you'll be sorry.

Joey Coyle

found the money Hey!

Joey Coyle found the money! Yo!

Yo.!.Joey.!

Monica show up?

She don't come around

much anymore

We guarantee

every day good rates, interest-

- What time is it?

Well I see All right

Where you goin'? Come on, sit down.

Have an eye-opener.

Why not? Sure

See if my brother

wants a drink

What are you gonna do,

make phone calls here?

Your brother

wants to buy you a drink

- What time did you say it was again?

- Now?

- Yeah

- Now it's 11:
32.

There are developments tonight in the

case of the missing armored car money

Authorities are saying they're

a step closer to recovering...

$ 1.2 million that

fell out of the armored truck...

a few days ago

near the Port of Philadelphia.

- Now here's Lois Bowden

with the latest details.

- Standing next to me...

is Steve Hrbek

of Liberty Bell Courier.

Steve, what can you tell us?

I'd like to take this moment to

officially increase the reward

from $20,000 to $50,000

for any information leading to

the capture and conviction

of.Joseph.John Coyle.

Again, the new reward

tonight is $50,000.

- Yeah, that's right $50,000

- Thank you, Mr Hrbek

Right now, police aren't saying much

about this man,.Joey Coyle...

who they believe

found the money.

But they have released a police sketch

of what he looks like.

They're describing him

as a white male...

age 26, about six feet tall

and weighing 190 pounds.

Dark hair and a tattoo

on his right bicep.

If you have any information

on the whereabouts of this man...

you are asked

to contact police.

- Now back to you, Don

- Thank you, Lois

The police hot line number

to call if you have any information...

is 555-6023.

In other news tonight,

a massive relief effort is

underway to help the victims

of new flooding in Bangladesh.

- Nearly 10,000-

- Come on, everybody Belly up

I'm buying

Where is he goin'?

I'm Ned Cochran.

C- o...

You can't do this You can't

sell him out for money

- c-h-r-a-

- Gimme the phone Gimme the phone, man

- You can't do this

- $50,000

- buys us each our own row house

- No! No!

Where's your loyalty,

Ned?

Say it is so,Joey

You are the greatest

in the worid!

Don't worry about it,Joe

We'll keep you out of Jail

You need a place to hide,

you come stay with me anytime, huh?

Unless you wanna

come home with me,Joey

Here's toJoey Coyle

South Philly's favorite son

Hey,.Joey, how 'bout a little?

My wife's pregnant.

All right, guys, get outta here.

What time do you open-

Aaah!

Joey? Joey, are you hit?

Get up Are you all right?

- Are you all right? Answer me!

- Yeah, yeah, yeah!

- Hey, hey, he's down

Forget it He's down

Goddammit,Joey,

goddammit!

All right, go,

you gotta go Go!

Thanks

Go I'll take care

of this Be smart,Joey!

That's him. Stop.!

Here Keep the change

- Joe!

- You are late

I'm sorry I'm so glad

you're still here Where's the car?

- There

- You don't know what I had to

go through to get the tickets

- Yeah, blah, blah Where's the money?

- You see, I got the money

- We're going to Nassau

first thing tomorrow morning

- But where is the money?

- It's in the suitcase

- I can't go to Long Island

I gotta get out of the country

Nassau's in the Bahamas

It is out of the country

- It's got friendly banks too

We need passports to get in

- Friendly banks?

I had to bribe my cousin

Frankie to give me his

- I need coffee

- Look, give me the keys

and I'll get you coffee

- You need rest, baby

- I don't need rest I need coffee

Whatever you say

Let's get out of here Come on

I haven't slept

in four days

I need coffee

- I'll buy you a double espresso

- I don't need a double espresso,

I need coffee

The preferred weapon

in South Philadelphia

- Who's firin' off guns in the bathroom?

- All I remember was a

wham wham, wham

That's about it

- And then somebody

smacked you in the head

- Yeah

- Who was it?

- How the hell would I know?

This kid Kozlowski, he says

you know somethin' about it

I don't know no K-Kowalski,

Kozlowski I don't know no one

He knows you And he said you pushed

his car in the river What about it?

Ow

You know, I could nail you

right now for car theft

You got nothin'

Me, Dino Palladino,

says to you, you got nothin'

Lindey,

pour me a drink

Gimme a C.C.

Palladino Palladino

- Is that with one "L" or two?

- Two L's

Your parent's used to have a grocery

store on South Street, didn't they?

My old man used to sell

wholesale to that store.

- You know me now?

- Laurenzi?

Yeah

Yeah, he had the best ravioli

in the city The very best, man

- He sure did

- That's funny

- Drink up

- Hmm

Look, Laurenzi

I didn't need this aggravation

The putz came to me

I swear on my mum

Can we do a dance here?

As long as I get

all the money back

there's no reason for me to bother you

or any of your friends

- No names

- That's right No names

- You Laurenzi?

- Yeah

You got a photo ID?

I got somethin' for ya

- Where is the coffee?

- Come on, put your head up

- Come on,Joe What's your name?

- The fat man

- What's your name?

- Francis Santos

- That's not your name

- Francis Joseph Santos

- Date of birth?

- Uh, 5I9I68

- What's my cousin's date of birth?

- 9I5I68

- Occupation?

- I'm a money smuggler

- Come on,Joe! Occupation!

- Ow! I'm guy goin' on vacation!

Look,Joe, come on

Get it right, all right?

I don't wanna get caught

We got one shot here

Where you goin'?

You're not counting, are you?

Monica, do not touch that money

with your hands

until we get

the coffee I ordered

Joe,Just shut up, all right?

I gotta concentrate

We got plans to make

I gotta make the plans

Monica?

Don't count it again

Don't do it Don't count it again

Monica, Monica, Monica

Five, eight, three, four,

nine, three

six, eight, two,you know

what I'm sayin', I've been there.

Joe, please You're makin' me lose my

count, all right? Just order the coffee

Hello, room service?

What do you suppose it's going to take

to get the coffee that I ordered?

You know what I'm saying?

Because, uh, we have to catch a plane

and I can't go to sleep.

What do I want

with my coffee?

Uh, a slice of hope

Okay?

- Just bring the coffee

- Joe.

You Just told 'em we're gettin'

on a plane That was stupid

We're in an airport hotel All right?

Everybody here is getting on a plane

If I didn't tell them I was

getting on a plane

they're gonna call cops and we're

gonna have a cage in the lobby

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Ramón Menéndez

Ramón Menéndez is a Cuban–American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the 1988 film Stand and Deliver. His other film directing credits include Money for Nothing (1993) starring John Cusack and the Disney Channel original film Gotta Kick It Up! (2002). He also served as a screenwriter for all of the films he directed. His only film as a screenwriter and not as a director was the 2001 film Tortilla Soup. He has also worked in episodic television, directing episodes Tales from the Crypt and Perversions of Science, in 1994 and 1997, respectively. Menéndez won two Independent Spirit Awards for his work on Stand and Deliver.Menéndez is a native of Cuba and grew up in California. He is an alumnus of San Francisco State University and UCLA Film School. His first credit in film industry was serving as an assistant director on the Oliver Stone-directed film Salvador (1986), he also had a small acting role in the film. He is a frequent collaborator with film producer Tom Musca. more…

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