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Easy Money is a 1983
1983 in film

Events*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York...
 comedy
Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on Humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies....
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 starring Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield was an United States comedian and actor, best known for the catchphrase "I don't get no respect" and his monologues on that theme....
, Joe Pesci
Joe Pesci

'Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci' is an United Statesn actor, comedian, singer and musician.Known for his tough guy roles, Pesci has starred in a number of high-profile films such as Goodfellas, Raging Bull, My Cousin Vinny, Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3, Lethal Weapon 4, Casino and more recently The Good Shepher...
, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Geraldine Fitzgerald

Geraldine Fitzgerald was an Academy Award-nominated Ireland-American actor and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame....
 and Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh is a Golden Globe Awards-nominated and two-time New York Film Critics Circle Awards-winning United States actress.Her work has drawn high critical praise....
. It was directed by James Signorelli and written by Rodney Dangerfield, Michael Endler, P.J. O'Rourke and Dennis Blair
Dennis Blair (comedian)

Dennis Blair is an American stand-up comedy. He is best known for writing and appearing in the 1983 movie Easy Money along side his mentor, Rodney Dangerfield....
.








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Easy Money is a 1983
1983 in film

Events*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York...
 comedy
Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on Humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies....
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 starring Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield was an United States comedian and actor, best known for the catchphrase "I don't get no respect" and his monologues on that theme....
, Joe Pesci
Joe Pesci

'Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci' is an United Statesn actor, comedian, singer and musician.Known for his tough guy roles, Pesci has starred in a number of high-profile films such as Goodfellas, Raging Bull, My Cousin Vinny, Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3, Lethal Weapon 4, Casino and more recently The Good Shepher...
, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Geraldine Fitzgerald

Geraldine Fitzgerald was an Academy Award-nominated Ireland-American actor and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame....
 and Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh is a Golden Globe Awards-nominated and two-time New York Film Critics Circle Awards-winning United States actress.Her work has drawn high critical praise....
. It was directed by James Signorelli and written by Rodney Dangerfield, Michael Endler, P.J. O'Rourke and Dennis Blair
Dennis Blair (comedian)

Dennis Blair is an American stand-up comedy. He is best known for writing and appearing in the 1983 movie Easy Money along side his mentor, Rodney Dangerfield....
.

Trivia:

  • This is the first film in which Martin Scorsese
    Martin Scorsese

    Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, screenwriter, film producer, and film historian. Also affectionately known as "Marty", he is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Gol...
    ’s mother Catherine Scorsese
    Catherine Scorsese

    Catherine Cappa Scorsese was an United Statesn actor, and also the mother of director Martin Scorsese.Born in NYC as Catherine Cappa of Italian descent, she began acting when Martin cast her in his film It's Not Just You, Murray!....
     played Joe Pesci
    Joe Pesci

    'Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci' is an United Statesn actor, comedian, singer and musician.Known for his tough guy roles, Pesci has starred in a number of high-profile films such as Goodfellas, Raging Bull, My Cousin Vinny, Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3, Lethal Weapon 4, Casino and more recently The Good Shepher...
    ’s mother. She is seated next to Pesci’s character at the wedding ceremony.
  • Some of Julio's dialogue, specifically from the scene where his brother hides behind a bush offering suggestions, was borrowed for Anthrax
    Anthrax

    Anthrax is an Acute disease in humans and animals caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, which is highly lethal in some forms. There are effective vaccines against anthrax, and some forms of the disease respond well to antibiotic treatment....
    's song, "I'm the Man
    I'm the Man

    I'm the Man is the name of the second EP by the band Anthrax . The album was released in 1987 by Megaforce Records/Island Records. The band, Eddie Kramer and Paul Hammingson produced the album, which includes the single, "I'm the Man"....
    ".
  • The movie was reviewed in Ken Knight's The Midnight Show: Late Night Cable TV Guy-Flicks of the 80's book where Knight talks about the "mysteriously-deleted" boxing match scene where actress Kimberly McArthur
    Kimberly McArthur

    Kimberly McArthur is an United States model and actor. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1982 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag....
     gets topless one more time for Rodney Dangerfield's character to tease him like she did on the lawn earlier in the film. The boxing match topless scene was found only on the cable TV version of the film and never made it onto VHS or even later DVD versions of the film.
  • Quote: “Uppers, downers, a little tootsarootski.”


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