Blank Check (1994)

Note des utilisateurs:

4.2/10   

Réalisateur:

Rupert Wainwright

Writers (WGA):

Blake Snyder (written by) &
Colby Carr (written by)

Release Date:

11 février 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Family

Accroche:

He knew what to do with a million dollars.

Plot:

By accident, the 12-year-old Preston is given a blank check and when he fills in $1,000,000 - he is able to get it...

Plot Keywords:

Money | Check | Bank | Gangster | Boy

Avis des utilisateurs:

Former child star proves his worth in this light tale

Ensemble

Brian Bonsall	...	Preston Waters
Karen Duffy	...	Shay Stanley
James Rebhorn	...	Fred Waters
Jayne Atkinson	...	Sandra Waters
Michael Faustino	...	Ralph Waters
Chris Demetral	...	Damian Waters
Miguel Ferrer	...	Quigley
Michael Lerner	...	Biderman
Tone Loc	...	Juice
Rick Ducommun	...	Henry
Alex Zuckerman	...	Butch
Alex Morris	...	Riggs (as Alex Allen Morris)
Debbie Allen	...	Yvonne
Michael Polk	...	Yvonne's Assistant
Lu Leonard	...	Udowitz

Autre(s) titre(s):

Blank Cheque (UK)
L'apprenti millionnaire (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG for language, and for some threatening situations.

Durée:

93 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

South Korea:12 | Netherlands:6 | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:PG (certificate #32909) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8/5 | Germany:6 | Norway:10 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | Iceland:L

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Anecdotes:

The Amusement Park is Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Preston calculates the time required to accumulate one million dollars from the birthday check, the answer is in error by several times. The movie shows the time as 342,506 years. If the interest is calculated yearly, it should take 338 years, or monthly it should take 331 years and 7 months.

Guillemet:

Carl Quigley: [sneaks up and cuts the line to Biederman's phone cord, interrupting his call]
Biderman: [turns around in fear] Carl Quigley.
Carl Quigley: [twirls the scissors smugly] You don't look to happy to see me.
[now points with scissors]
Carl Quigley: You also pointed at me in court. That hurt.

Movie Connections:

References "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993)

Soundtrack:

HEAVEN

Former child star proves his worth in this light tale

Little Preston Waters (Brian Bonsall) is down on his luck. He needs money. Badly. He attends a little brat's birthday party and after seeing all his big-spending friends and the birthday boy, decides it's time for a change. Now we know his own special day is approaching. His thrifty father provides him with an $11 check, and as he goes down to his local bank to cash it, a recently-released thief named Carl Quigley(played convincingly by Miguel Ferrer) runs over his little bicycle. Eager to avoid the police, Quigley gives the kid a blank check and takes off. The check has fallen into the wrong hands, as Preston fills it in for a cool $1m and what do you know, has no trouble cashing it! Things get worse for the boy after a spending spree, as the money will eventually disappear, and a certain someone will be longing for that fortune.

I enjoyed Brian Bonsall's and Karen Duffy's little friendship, along with friendly limousine driver Rick Ducommun, but the plot is way too basic, and my opinion remains the same now, as it did in 1994, when I first saw the film.