It Could Happen to You [Blu-ray]

Director: Andrew Bergman, Charles Crichton Andrew Bergman

Overview

Loosely based on a true story, this uneven romantic comedy depicts the unexpected way in which a winning lottery ticket unites a pair of strangers. Waitress Yvonne (Bridget Fonda) first meets police officer Charlie (Nicolas Cage) when he eats in her restaurant. Realizing that he doesn't have enough money to give her a tip, Charlie promises Yvonne to split any winnings from the lottery ticket he just bought. The skeptical Yvonne dismisses Charlie as just another cheapskate until he wins four million dollars and, much to Yvonne's surprise, decides to honor the agreement. His action becomes front page news and wins public acclaim, but it doesn't go over nearly so well with Charlie's wife Muriel (Rosie Perez), who has her own plans for the money. Muriel's shallow, greedy behavior disgusts Charlie, who finds himself spending more and more time with Yvonne, developing a friendship that threatens to blossom into something more. Jane Anderson's screenplay stresses the relationship between Charlie and Yvonne's characters over the situation's comic potential; this earnest tone will please romance fans but may disappoint viewers expecting the farcical comedy of writer/director Andrew Bergman's and Cage's previous effort, Honeymoon in Vegas.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/05/2009
UPC:	0043396262904
Original Release:	1994
Rating:	PG
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	15,368

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Nicolas Cage	Charlie Lang
Bridget Fonda	Yvonne Biasi
Rosie Perez	Muriel Lang
Wendell Pierce	Bo Williams
Isaac Hayes	Angel
Seymour Cassel	Gross
Stanley Tucci	Biasi
J.E. Freeman	Sal Bontempo
Red Buttons	Walter Zakuto
Richard Jenkins	C. Vernon Hale
Robert Dorfman	Waiter
Charles Busch	Timothy
Beatrice Winde	Judge
Ginny Yang	Mrs. Sun
Víctor Rojas	Jesu
Theodore Bikel	Actor
Humphrey Bogart	Actor
Herbert Lom	Actor
Andreas Malandrinos	Actor
Gordon Jackson	Actor
David Niven	Actor
Marcel Poncin	Actor
Gabrielle Blunt	Actor
Sebastian Cabot	Actor
Peggy Cummins	Actor
Hugh McDermott	Actor
June Clyde	Actor
Charles Victor	Actor
John Glyn-Jones	Actor
Stanley Maxted	Actor
Hattie Jacques	Actor
Anne Vernon	Actor
Angel David	Esteban
Anna Lobell	Korean Deli Customer
Claudia Shear	Muriel's Customer
Jimmy Sabater	Fry Cook
Merwin Goldsmith	Bankruptcy Judge
Vincent Pastore	Bowling Team Member #1
Barry Squitieri	Bowling Team Member #2
Jerome Turner	Bowling Team Member #4
George J. Manos	Loto Official
Edward Goldstein	Candy Store Owner
Emily Deschanel	Paint Throwing Fur-Activist
Willie Colón	Mayor
Ranjit Chowdhry	Mr. Patel
Pedro Pietri	Homeless Man in Coffee Shop
Charles B. Lowlicht	Passersby at Subway Station #1
Bob Sheppard	Yankee Stadium Announcer
Kathleen McNenny	Plaza Desk Clerk
John Louis Fischer	Plaza Bellhop
Kaipo Schwab	Plaza Bellhop
Candece Tarpley	Bo's Wife
Emena C. Santiago	Bo's Daughter
Robert Dorfmann	Actor
René Rivera	Julio
Frank Pellegrino	Water's Edge Maitre d'
Mina Bern	Muriel's Neighbour
Feiga Martinez	Jesus' Mom
John Thomas	Mr Muktananda
Ann Dowd	Carol
Lim Tong	Sun
Alan Muraoka	Television Reporter
Felipe Luciano	Television Reporter
Carter Burwell	Composer
Joe Mulherin	Composer

Technical Credits

Andrew Bergman

Jane Anderson

Stephen Metcalfe

Andrew Bergman	Director,Screenwriter
Jane Anderson	Screenwriter
Gary Adelson	Executive Producer,Producer
Craig Baumgarten	Executive Producer,Producer
Joseph Hartwick	Executive Producer,Producer
Mike Lobell	Producer
Jeff Habberstad	Stunts
John Lyons	Casting
William Traynor	Special Effects
Charles Crichton	Director
Al Griswold	Special Effects
Steven Arvanites	Stunts
Gary Alper	Sound Effects
Laura Civiello	Sound Effects
Marko A. Costanzo	Sound Effects
Lee Dichter	Sound Effects
Stephen Metcalfe	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Isaac Hayes narrates this fairy tale romantic comedy from talented director Andrew Bergman (Honeymoon in Vegas) and based on a true story. Married policeman Charlie Lang (Nicolas Cage) doesn't have enough money to tip waitress Yvonne (Bridget Fonda), so he offers her half of his lottery ticket if he wins. Naturally, he comes up with the $4 million jackpot and has to decide whether to honor his bargain, despite the hysteria of wife Muriel (Rosie Perez). Gentle and not too smarmy, this sentimental tale gets a bit of an edge from Perez, in a hilariously manic performance as the shrill harridan who finally loses Charlie to the kind-spirited Yvonne. Veteran character actor Seymour Cassel is around also as a smooth-talking conman who suckers Muriel in, and Cage plays his role with some thought, never giving in to the easy comic choices.

All Movie Guide - Robert Firsching