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Five Dollars a Day
Five Dollars a Day (also spelled as $5 a Day) is a 2008 American comedy-drama film directed by Nigel Cole, produced by Capitol Films and starring Christopher Walken, Alessandro Nivola, Amanda Peet, and Sharon Stone.
Plot
Richie Flynn Parker (Alessandro Nivola) is a seemingly successful man living in Los Angeles, California who has just broken up with his girlfriend Maggie (Amanda Peet). He has also just been fired from his job as a health inspector when he discovers his father Nat (Christopher Walken), a cheap con-man, has a terminal brain tumor and he wants to see Richie. Richie, believing it's another con, grudgingly goes to Atlantic City to see his father who explains he has been living on five dollars a day, going to extremes to do so, such as constantly calling various radio station contests with different aliases to win things, like concert tickets he can then scalp. Nat shows Ritchie an x-ray of his skull, and asks Ritchie to drive him to New Mexico to seek a potential cure. The father and son hit the road driving a Sweet'n Low car free of charge provided they get gas at Chevron stations along the way. Richie calls his girlfriend to tell her about his life and the trip, using one of Nat's many free cell-phones with promotional minutes.
More details
| author | Neal H. Dobrofsky Tippi Dobrofsky |
|---|---|
| director | Nigel Cole |
| editor | Susan Littenberg |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | atlantic city brain tumor car dealership chevron chevron corporation drive embarrass father and son health inspector ihop las vegas las vegas valley los angeles morning open house pepsi radio station richie rich room service skinny dip skinny dipping sweet'n low used car dealer |
| musicBy | Alex Wurman |
| producer | Carol Baum Jane Goldenring Kia Jam |
| productionCompany | Capitol Films |
| publisher | Business Wire RLJE Films |
| recordedAt | New Mexico |