Caro zio Joe

Titolo originale: Greedy
Regia: Jonathan Lynn |
Anno: 1994
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia
Tag: tattoo | nurse | bowling | greed | vandalism | grandfather | cousin | money | wealth | older man younger woman relationship | family | alcoholic | drunk | private detective |
Cast: Michael J. Fox | Kirk Douglas | Nancy Travis | Olivia d'Abo | Phil Hartman | Ed Begley Jr. | Jere Burns | Colleen Camp | Bob Balaban | Joyce Hyser | Mary Ellen Trainor | Siobhan Fallon Hogan | Kevin McCarthy | Khandi Alexander | Jonathan Lynn | Francis X. McCarthy | Tom Mason | Austin Pendleton | Lowell Ganz | Bea Soong | Beau Byron | Ronnie Prettyman | Sean Babb | Adam Hendershott | Eric Lloyd | Kirsten Dunst | Lisa Bradley | Rita Gomez | John Lafayette | Rich Baretta | Vince Morton | Chris Schenkel |

Joe McTeague è un anziano milionario ed è per questo che i suoi nipoti cercano in tutti i modi di entrare nelle sue grazie ed appropriarsi del suo patrimonio. Sfortunatamente per loro lo zio Joe non è così stupido e capisce che i suoi familiari sono gentili con lui perché mirano al suo denaro. Arriva così nella vita dello zio Joe suo nipote, Daniel McTeague, chiamato dalla sua famiglia per fargli cambiare idea. Ma il suo compito non sarà così facile...

Approfondimenti

Final acting role in a major cinema movie for director Jonathan Lynn until He's Such a Girl (2009). D
Screenwriter Lowell Ganz appears as the director of televised basketball games. D
The number of characters that appeared in many movie posters for the film and on DVD and video sleev [...] D
Lowell Ganz: One of the film's screenwriters as a television director. D
Second film featuring Nancy Travis and Jonathan Lynn. They worked together on 3 Men and a Little Lad [...] D
One of a lot of collaborations of producer Brian Grazer with screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo M [...] D
Although advertised at British cinemas as coming soon it was pulled from release and went straight t [...] D
This was the second film in a lucrative three movie deal that Michael J. Fox had signed with Univers [...] D
The family name "McTeague" is also the name of the novel "McTeague" (1899) by Frank Norris, on which [...] D
After Danny and Robin discover Uncle Joe's complex charade at the film's climax, they see Molly and [...] D
This was to be the last film that Kirk Douglas completed before suffering a major stroke in 1996, wh [...] D
Michael J. Fox was coached by professional bowler Johnny Petraglia to help his bowling style look co [...] D
"The film is suggested from Charles Dickens' 'Martin Chuzzlewitt' (1843/1844) about an entire family [...] D
The movie curiously opens with a black-and-white sequence in which Jimmy Durante is performing "Ink [...] D
The movie opened at the number two spot at the North American box office sitting next to top-spotted [...] D
Trailer narrated by Percy Rodrigues. D
Paul Newman, Anthony Quinn, and Jack Lemmon were considered for the role of Uncle Joseph McTeague. D
Michael J. Fox & Bob Balaban previously collaborated in Amore con interessi (1993). D