Playing for Keeps
Playing for Keeps is a 1986 American comedy film written and directed by brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein. It stars Daniel Jordano, Matthew Penn and Leon W. Grant as a trio of inner-city teenagers attempting to strike it rich by turning a hotel into a rock 'n' roll resort. A then little-known Marisa Tomei has a supporting role.
Plot
18-year-old Danny d'Angelo, an alumnus of Benjamin Franklin High School in New York City, lives in an apartment with his mother and a charitable sister named Marie. One day in July, he discovers they have inherited the Hotel Majestic, a long-closed facility in Bethany, Pennsylvania — and along with it, $8,000 in unpaid taxes (equal to $ today). Danny's great-aunt Theresa once owned the place, but died before she could pay them off. Unknown to them, a firm called Pritchard Chemicals is willing to acquire the property for its Fox River project, and turn it into a chemical waste dump.
More details
author | Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein |
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director | Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein |
editor | Sharyn L. Ross |
genre | comedy |
keywords | bank account boy scouts boy scouts of america build hermit inherit mtv project a unpaid taxes |
musicBy | Daniel Bechet George Acogny |
producer | Alan Brewer |
productionCompany | Miramax |
publisher | Universal Pictures |
recordedAt | New York City |
theme | high school |