A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house.A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house.A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house.
William Lombardo
- Benny
- (as Billy Lombardo)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- GoofsAfter Walter and Anna have hauled two two-gallon buckets of water up the ladder and dumped them into the bathtub, Walter goes back downstairs and, after the kitchen fire, brings up the third recently heated on the stove. That is also dumped into the tub, causing the tub to crash through the floor and land below. As the camera angle picks up the tub falling through the floor and the ensuing crash and breakage, there is no water spray from the broken tub.
- Alternate versionsWhen originally released theatrically in the UK, the BBFC made cuts of 5 seconds to secure a 'PG' rating. All cuts were waived later in 1986 when the film was re-rated with a '15' certificate for home video.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: The Money Pit/Ginger and Fred (1986)
- SoundtracksThe Heart Is So Willing
Performed by Stephen Bishop
Written by Michel Colombier and Kathleen Wakefield
Produced by Robbie Buchanan
Featured review
Would you buy a used house from this woman?
Married couple Tom Hanks and Shelley Long have been staying at her ex's apartment but now they have to get out as famous symphony conductor Alex
Gudenov has returned.
So after a lot of hunting they come across Maureen Stapleton's grand mansion in the burbs that she is unloading for a ridiculously low price. Stapleton is as grand as her house. But when she unloads she takes the money and runs.
She'd have made a great used car salesperson. Like a lemon car everything goes wrong and pretty much all at once. Hanks and Long encountering these problems is hysterical. Pretty soon they've sunk all their dough in the place and no end in sight except for their marriage.
The Money Pit is a very funny film that has a nice slapstick quality to it. Liked the leads, but liked Stapleton more. She really chews the scenery in her role, all ten minutes or so.
Anyone who ever dealt with home repair will love this film.
So after a lot of hunting they come across Maureen Stapleton's grand mansion in the burbs that she is unloading for a ridiculously low price. Stapleton is as grand as her house. But when she unloads she takes the money and runs.
She'd have made a great used car salesperson. Like a lemon car everything goes wrong and pretty much all at once. Hanks and Long encountering these problems is hysterical. Pretty soon they've sunk all their dough in the place and no end in sight except for their marriage.
The Money Pit is a very funny film that has a nice slapstick quality to it. Liked the leads, but liked Stapleton more. She really chews the scenery in her role, all ten minutes or so.
Anyone who ever dealt with home repair will love this film.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Geschenkt ist noch zu teuer
- Filming locations
- 199 Feeks Lane, Lattingtown, New York, USA(Home Exteriors)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $18,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,499,651
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,344,555
- Mar 30, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $54,999,651
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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