Brewster's millions
Summary
Montgomery Brewster is a down-and-out baseball player who discovers that he is the only living relative of an eccentric multimillionaire. Monty stands to inherit $300 million, but only if he can spend $30 million in a single month without acquiring any assets. If he fails, it's back to zero again. Full description
Summary: |
Montgomery Brewster is a down-and-out baseball player who discovers that he is the only living relative of an eccentric multimillionaire. Monty stands to inherit $300 million, but only if he can spend $30 million in a single month without acquiring any assets. If he fails, it's back to zero again. |
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Item Description: |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. Based on the novel by George Barr McCutcheon. Special features: theatrical trailer, cast & filmmakers, production notes. |
Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: |
DVD; 2.0 mono; 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen. |
Audience: |
MPAA rating: PG. |
Production Credits: |
Director of photography, Ric Waite ; editors, Freeman Davies, Michael Ripps ; music, Ry Cooder. |
ISBN: |
0783267894 9780783267890 |
Author Notes: |
His first appeared on Broadway in Three Men on a Horse in 1934. His other Broadway credits include Room Service, Boy Meets Girl, The Fourposter, A Delicate Balance, and The Gin Game. He won a Tony Award in 1964 for his performance as Polonius in Hamlet. In 1994, Cronyn and Tandy won the first Tony Award for lifetime theatrical achievement. His screen debut was in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt in 1943. His other screen credits include Lifeboat, Brute Force, The Green Years, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included, To Dance with the White Dog, and Camilla. He also collaborated on the screenplays for Rope in 1948 and Under Capricorn in 1949. He was awarded the Officer of the Order of Canada for his services to drama in 1988. He wrote an autobiography in 1991 entitled A Terrible Liar: A Memoir. He died of prostate cancer on June 15, 2003. (Bowker Author Biography) |