The Money Pit (1986) on Netflix
Walter Fielding and Anna Crowley are told to leave their Manhattan apartment and buy a mansion for a fraction of its value. The house then comes apart around them.
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Plot summary
Walter Fielding, an attorney, and Anna Crowley, a classical musician, share an apartment they sublet from Max Beissart, the conductor Anna divorced. Max comes home from Europe ahead of schedule, so the two have to move. Through his realtor friend Jack Schnittman, Walter hears of a mansion listed at a small part of what it is worth. The owner, Estelle, tells them her husband Carlos has been arrested and that she must sell quickly. Anna, who finds the situation romantic, and Walter agree to buy, thinking the work of restoring the place will bring them closer. On the day they take possession, the house begins to fail: the doorway gives way, the stairs come down, sewage backs up in the pipes and the wiring burns. Contractors Art and Brad Shirk arrive and promise two weeks of work.
Cast
- Billy Lombardoas Benny
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Money Pit (1986)
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- Exterior shots used a relatively rundown house in Lattingtown, Long Island, built in 1898 in the Colonial style; it was purchased for $2.1 million in 2002, and in November 2019 the Seattle PI reported it had finally sold for around $3.5 million, a significant loss against renovation costs.
- Production designer Patrizia Von Brandenstein won the Academy Award for Art Direction for her work on Amadeus shortly before production began on The Money Pit.
- Kathleen Turner was originally offered the role of Anna Crowley, but she declined it in favour of making The Jewel of the Nile instead.
- The Money Pit was remade in Sweden as Drömköken, directed by Peter Dalle, which was released to cinemas there on 28 October 1993.
