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The Money Pit
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.
1986 · Directed by Richard Benjamin · 91 min · Comedy · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
For everyone who's ever been deeply in love or deeply in debt.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Giler
- Cinematography: Gordon Willis
- Edited by: Jacqueline Cambas
- Music: Michel Colombier
- Production design: Patrizia von Brandenstein
- Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy, Art Levinson, Frank Marshall
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Walter Fielding, Jr.
- Shelley Long as Anna Crowley
- Alexander Godunov as Max Beissart
- Maureen Stapleton as Estelle
- Joe Mantegna as Art Shirk
- Philip Bosco as Curly
- Josh Mostel as Jack Schnittman
- Yakov Smirnoff as Shatov
- Carmine Caridi as Brad Shirk
- Brian Backer as Ethan
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Box office: $54,999,651
- Themes: rock star, chaos, price, house, home ownership, old house, absurd, hilarious, ambiguous, amused
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