Money Talks
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Short description
Franklin Hatchett is a small-time con man whose life is turned upside down when he is arrested and placed in a prison transport vehicle alongside Raymond Villard, a notorious diamond smuggler. Villard's associates ambush the convoy to free him, and in the chaos Franklin manages to escape. With police officers killed during the raid, Franklin becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt. Desperate for somewhere to turn, he seeks out television reporter James Russell, the man whose report first drew police attention to him. The two strike an uneasy arrangement, with Franklin needing shelter and Russell sensing a career-making story. Their situation grows more dangerous when Franklin learns of a planned diamond heist, putting both men in Villard's sights.
Released in 1997, Money Talks was the first feature directed by Brett Ratner; his second film, Rush Hour, followed in 1998. Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow wrote the screenplay. Chris Tucker plays Franklin, Charlie Sheen plays James Russell, and Heather Locklear, Elise Neal, Paul Gleason and David Warner appear in supporting roles.
The production had a budget of 25 million dollars and took in about 48 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 6.2 from roughly 33,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6 from around 444 votes, indicating a modest but durable audience following. A critics' rating of 4.8 out of 10 places professional assessment below the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Actor Chris Tucker wore a polystyrene wig for the role of Franklin Hatchett.
- Antoine Fisher contributed to the refinement of the film's screenplay.
- The role of Aaron was initially intended for Clifton Powell.
- The film was intended to be the directorial debut of Steve Chase, who spent six months slaving over the script but left the project a week before filming began due to "creative differences" with Chris Tucker and the studio management. Brett Ratner, a close friend of Tucker, replaced Chase as director.
- At a promotional event in August 1997, Charlie Sheen (who played James Russell) lost it and started talking such nonsense that his press agent shut down the event immediately.
- The scene in which Chris Tucker's character tells his cellmate, played by Faizon Love, about his arrest was not in the script. According to the script, a different cellmate was chasing Tucker's character around the cell. The director didn't like something about that version and suggested that Tucker play the scene with Love, who had just come to the set to visit Tucker. Tucker and Love improvised the lines and movements together right before filming started. The scene took 89 takes because the filming was constantly interrupted by the laughter of the director and the other actors.
- From shot to shot, the damage to the left side of the Jaguar's windshield is sometimes present and sometimes not. Similarly, visible damage to the other car—bullet holes in the windshield, a broken turn signal and headlights—appears and disappears.
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