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The Money Pit

Year:

1986

Duration:

91 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

Richard Benjamin

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1986-03-26

Filming Locations: Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $10,000,000

Opening Weekend: $5,344,555 (USA) (30 March 1986)

Gross: $30,940,022 (USA) (18 May 1986)

Cast

Actor

Character

Tetchie Agbayani

The Money Pit

Alexander Godunov

The Money Pit

Tom Hanks

Walter Fielding, Jr.

Shelley Long

Anna Crowley Beissart Fielding

Maureen Stapleton

Estelle

Joe Mantegna

Art Shirk

Philip Bosco

Curly

Josh Mostel

Jack Schnittman

Yakov Smirnoff

Shatov

Carmine Caridi

Brad Shirk

Brian Backer

Ethan

Billy Lombardo

Benny

Mia Dillon

Marika

John Van Dreelen

Carlos

Douglass Watson

Walter Fielding, Sr.

Lucille Dobrin

Macumba Lady

Scott Turchin

Mover #1

Radu Gavor

Mover #2

Grisha Dimant

Mover #3

Lutz Rath

Geza

Joey Balin

Jimmy

Wendell Pierce

Paramedic

Susan Browning

Samantha

Henry Judd Baker

Oscar

Mary Louise Wilson

Benny's Mom

Irving Metzman

Sid

Frank Maraden

Mattress Man #1

Michael Russo

Mattress Man #2

Joe Ponazecki

Montgomery Shrapp

Michael Hyde

Driver of 18-Wheeler

Mike Starr

Lenny

Frankie Faison

James

Jake Steinfeld

Duke

Matthew Cowles

Marty

Nestor Serrano

Julio

Michael Jeter

Arnie

Afemo Omilami

Bernie

Bruno Iannone

Sol

Ron Foster

Record Producer

Alan Altshuld

Volkswagen Driver

Tzi Ma

Hwang

J. Cynthia Brooks

Benny's Girlfriend

Leslie West

Lana

Tom Filiault

'Cheap Girls'

Doug Plavin

'Cheap Girls'

Chris Tuttle

'Cheap Girls'

Ed Vadas

'Cheap Girls'

Louise Robey

Female Vocalist

Melissa Ann Green

Wedding Choir

Pete Richardson

Construction Worker

Vincent Russo

Construction Worker

Mike Tremont

Cab Driver

Tazariah Wolffe

Carpenter

Did you know?

Trivia

The movie was filmed during April, May, June and July 1985.

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The movie was the first remake of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948). The second was around seven years later in 1993 with Sweden's Drömkåken (1993) whilst the third, which was the second Hollywood remake, was about twenty-one years later in 2007 with Are We Done Yet? (2007).

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Star Billing: Tom Hanks (1st) and Shelley Long (2nd).

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Goofs

In the scene where the "Cheap Girls" talk with Walter on wanting to change their name to "Meryl Streep", it looks like he says "bulls**t" instead of "Meryl Streep".

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When the work crew arrives at the house, various numbers of ladders are leaning against the house in various shots.

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Pushing the raccoon out of the dumbwaiter.

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Quotes

Jack: I'm fine really.

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Walter: [on the phone trying to locate a plumber] Hi! We're having a little trouble with our pipes, and I was - uh, Fielding, Walter Fielding... Well, there's no reason why should have heard of me... no, that's not a Jewish name... how much do I make a year? Well, how much do you make a year? Really!... Yale, I went to Yale...

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Anna: This is my house, too. I want to help.

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