F-0244

Title:

Sour Grapes

Category:

S

Produced:

1998

Country:

USA

Released:

Film: Apr 1998 (USA)
DVD: May 1997

Director:

Larry David

Writer:

Larry David

Actors:

Jack Burns (Eulogist); Viola Harris (Selma Maxwell); Scott Erik (Teenage Richie); Michael Resnick (Teenage Evan); Steven Weber (Evan Maxwell); Craig Bierko (Richie Maxwell); Jennifer Leigh Warren (Millie); Karen Sillas (Joan); Robyn Peterman (Roberta); Anthony Parziale (Blackjack Dealer); Abraham Kessler (Crap Dealer); Fred Goehner (Floor Manager); Amy Hohn (Waitress); Denise Bessette (Cocktail Waitress); Angelo Tiffe (Chauffeur)

Description:

Two cousins and friends, Richie and Evan, go to Atlantic City to gamble. Richie loses all he has at slot machines and asks Evan for two more coins for a last attempt. That last attempt brings a $400,000 jackpot for Richie. No wonder Evan turns greedy and jealous. (Anonymous)

SOUR GRAPES is what you get when lots of money ignites a runaway chain of events including deceit, destruction and dissolution all because two cousins can't figure out how to share 50 cents. Richie, a sneaker sole designer, and his cousin Evan, a brain surgeon, are spending this weekend with their girlfriends in Atlantic City. Having exhausted their gambling funds, Richie drops his last quarter into a slot machine. Evan advises him that he needs two more quarters to really make it big and proceeds to give him the extra coins. Richie pulls the lever. Moments later, three grapes across, Richie is scooping up a $436,000 jackpot. Does Evan get two-thirds of the payoff for two-thirds of the investment? Not in Richi's eyes. How about half? No dice. (Eric Cartman)

Richie, a sneaker sole designer, and his cousin Evan, a brain surgeon, are spending this weekend with their girlfriends in Atlantic City. When one of them ends up with a $436,000 jackpot, sour grapes is what results. Even though Richie uses two quarters from Evan to win the progressive jackpot, he sees no connection with that and sharing the jackpot. This ignites a hilarious, runaway chain of events including deceit, destruction and dissolution in the family as everyone seems to side strongly with one side or the other. (David Tait)

The grapes of laugh from the co-creator of Seinfeld. Steven Webber and Craig Bierko see their friendship go sour after one wins a slots jackpot with two quarters bummed from the other. Year: 1998 (Amazon.com)

Language:

English

TT:

91 min (Film) / 92 min (Argentina) / 92 min (DVD)

J.S. Bach's Music:

Adagio from Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Michael Murray (Organ)

Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Michael Murray (Organ)

Format:

Film: Color (Technicolor), Dolby / SDDS
DVD: (Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Region 1)

Company:

Film: Castle Rock Entertainment
DVD: Castle Rock

Comments:

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Buy movie at:

DVD: Amazon.com

Source/Links: IMDB
Contributor: Aryeh Oron (November 2007)