Mad Money (2008)

Director:

Callie Khouri

Writers (WGA):

Glenn Gers (screenplay)
John Mister (earlier screenplay)
(more)

Release Date:

18 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

Tagline:

They're having the crime of their lives...

Plot:

Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed. |

Plot Keywords:

Metal Detector | Bank Examiner | Bar | Trailer Home | Male Rear Nudity

Cast

Diane Keaton	...	Bridget Cardigan
Ted Danson	...	Don Cardigan
Katie Holmes	...	Jackie Truman
Adam Rothenberg	...	Bob Truman
Queen Latifah	...	Nina Brewster
Peyton 'Alex' Smith	...	Older Dante (as Peyton Smith)
Charlie Caldwell	...	Cop #1
Richard F Law	...	Cop #2 (as Richard Law)
Meagen Fay	...	Mindy Arbogast
Christopher McDonald	...	Bryce Arbogast (as Chris McDonald)
Denise Lee	...	Counselor
Sylvia Castro Galan	...	Selina
Morgana Shaw	...	Molly
Roger R. Cross	...	Barry (as Roger Cross)
Stephen Root	...	Glover
Marc Macaulay	...	Agent Wayne
Andrew Sensenig	...	Cart Guy
Finesse Mitchell	...	Shaun
Maliek Golden	...	Young Dante
Khari King	...	Young Jimmy
Mathew Greer	...	Junior
Jim Cramer	...	Himself
John McIntosh	...	Headmaster
Bill Jenkins	...	Jeweler
Michael P. Flannigan	...	Foreman
Drew Waters	...	Fed Guy #1
Tron Kendrick	...	Fed Guy #2
Ginnie Randall	...	Ms. Cobb
Joe Nemmers	...	Detective Smith
Julius Washington	...	Detective Jones
J.C. MacKenzie	...	Richard Mandelbrot
Cliff Fleming	...	Helicopter Pilot (as Clifford Fleming)
Jennifer Wilkerson	...	Hotel Clerk
Bryan McMahon	...	District Attorney
Richard Folmer	...	IRS Man
Duke W. Scott Jr.	...	Detective Scott
Clay Chamberlin	...	Waiter
Bryan Massey	...	Detective Brinkley
Sterling Blackmon	...	Older Jimmy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Showers	...	Detective (uncredited)
Bill Stinchcomb	...	Cop (uncredited)

Directed by
Callie Khouri

Writing credits (WGA)
Glenn Gers		(screenplay)
John Mister		(earlier screenplay)
Neil McKay		(screenplay "Hot Money") and
Terry Winsor		(screenplay "Hot Money")

Produced by
James Acheson	....	producer
Jay Cohen	....	producer
Boaz Davidson	....	executive producer
Frank DeMartini	....	producer
Danny Dimbort	....	executive producer
Michael P. Flannigan	....	producer (as Michael Flannigan)
Robert O. Green	....	executive producer (as Robert Green)
Wendy Kram	....	executive producer
Avi Lerner	....	executive producer
Trevor Short	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Marty Davich
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
John Bailey		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Wendy Greene Bricmont

Casting by
Junie Lowry-Johnson

Production Design by
Brent Thomas

Art Direction by
Kevin Hardison

Set Decoration by
Vera Mills

Costume Design by
Susie DeSanto

Makeup Department
Kimberly Amacker	....	additional makeup artist
Fríða Aradóttir	....	hair stylist: Ms. Keaton (as Frida Aradottir)
Julie Baker	....	hair stylist: Ms. Latifah
Nanci Cascio	....	additional hair stylist (as Nancy Cascio)
Julie Kristy	....	key makeup artist
Adruitha Lee	....	hair stylist: Ms. Holmes
Michelle Vittone	....	makeup department head (as Michelle Vittone-McNeil)
Tony Ward	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Gina Fortunato	....	unit production manager
Jerry Gilbert	....	post-production supervisor
Joseph Lobato	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott August	....	second second assistant director
Elie Cohn	....	first assistant director: second unit
Boaz Davidson	....	second unit director
Nicholas Fitzgerald	....	second assistant director
Seth Hansen	....	additional second assistant director
George Parra	....	first assistant director
Isaac Meisenheimer	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Irwin Ainsworth	....	toolman
Jack Ballance	....	set designer
John Berger	....	set designer
John Blanchard	....	construction general foreman
Gloria Hardison Clark	....	art department coordinator
Ken Deubel III	....	lead scenic
Terry Deubel	....	paint foreman
Tommy Gilbert	....	set dresser
Kristine Grippo	....	props
Marco Guerrero	....	swing
Shannon Harrelson	....	set designer
Frank Hendrick	....	set dresser
Michael Hendrick	....	leadman
J.D. Jacoby	....	props model builder
Thomas V. Johnson	....	paint foreman
Troy A. Johnson	....	construction buyer
Ellen Lampl	....	graphic designer
Ernerst J. Levron Jr.	....	swing
Andy Lovell	....	props p.a
Katherine Miller	....	buyer
Johnny Rasmussen	....	swing
Scott A. Reeder	....	property master
Sondra Rowland	....	props
Suzanne Stover	....	buyer
Chuck Stringer	....	construction coordinator
Tim Tillman	....	gang boss
Keith Wall	....	set dresser
Joe Walsh	....	set dresser
Koen Wooten	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Steve C. Aaron	....	sound mixer
Joshua Adeniji	....	foley editor
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer
Robert Dehn	....	assistant sound editor
Brent Findley	....	sound effects editor
Judah Getz	....	foley mixer
Scott Hinkley	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Kitting	....	sound recordist
Chris Main	....	boom operator
Jay Nierenberg	....	supervising sound editor
Angelo Palazzo	....	sound effects editor
Stuart Provine	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jared Watt	....	utility sound
Phillip J. Young	....	assistant sound editor (as Phillip Young)

Special Effects by
Steve Frusher	....	special effects technician
Jack Lynch	....	special effects coordinator
Richard E. Perry	....	special effects technician
Bob Trevino	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Simeon Asenov	....	visual effects art director
Lawles Bourque	....	digital compositor
Rachel Clement	....	digital cleanup artist
Scott Coulter	....	visual effects producer
Yasen Denev	....	digital matte painter
Konstantin Dimitrov	....	digital compositor
Stanislav Dragiev	....	visual effects supervisor
Evan Ghigliotty	....	digital artist
Lyubomir Grigorov	....	visual effects
Jordan Markov	....	visual effects editor
Wolfgang Maschin	....	digital compositor
Svetoslav Mitev	....	visual effects coordinator
Nick Peshunoff	....	visual effects coordinator
Julia Petrova	....	digital compositor
Iasen Pisarov	....	visual effects
Madhava Reddy	....	digital intermediate
Diana Simeonova	....	matchmove artist
Raena Singh	....	digital artist: demiurge
Stefan Tchakarov	....	visual effects production supervisor
David Van Woert	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Kevin Ball	....	stunt double
Kevin Beard	....	stunt performer
Lex D. Geddings	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Steve Ritzi	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Patrick Barnes	....	camera loader
Bob Bates	....	best boy electric
Graham Bremner	....	grip
Clyde E. Bryan	....	key first assistant camera
Charles Coulter	....	generator operator
Scott Crain	....	betacam operator
Sean Cruz	....	rigging electric
Brandon Dauzat	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Sean Devine	....	dolly grip
Tulio Duenas	....	second assistant camera
Rowland Egerton	....	best boy rigging grip
Eli Everhard	....	lighting technician
Robert Foster	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Robert Foster	....	director of photography: second unit
Dan Furst	....	video assist operator
Kevin Gazdik	....	rigging best boy electric
John Johns	....	video playback operator
Franklin Jones II	....	key rigging grip
Vic Keatley	....	rigging gaffer
Eric Meisner	....	lighting technician
Matthew Moriarty	....	camera operator
Matthew Moriarty	....	steadicam operator
Melissa Moseley	....	still photographer
Mike Moyer	....	gaffer
Brent Swampy Mullins	....	grip
Charlie Nauman	....	video camera utility
Robert Owen	....	grip
Mike 'Chewie' Pappas	....	lighting technician
T.J. Sebren	....	rigging electrician
Kevin Stevenson	....	video assist operator
Tedd Underwood	....	lighting technician
Steve Urban	....	grip
Ezra Venetos	....	best boy grip
Steve Zeiger	....	grip

Casting Department
Nick Anderson	....	casting associate
Jamie Baremore	....	casting associate
Tara Duncil	....	casting associate
Tara Duncil	....	extras casting
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Brinkley A. Maginnis	....	casting director: background
Brinkley A. Maginnis	....	casting: Shreveport
Brinkley A. Maginnis	....	local casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marilyn Brum	....	costumer
Donna Chance	....	key set costumer
Heidi Howell	....	set costumer
Jennifer Kamrath	....	key set costumer

Editorial Department
Samer Al-Asadi	....	supervising on-line editor
Eric Bryant	....	on-line editor
Julius Friede	....	digital intermediate colorist
Christopher Kroll	....	associate editor
Candice Levy	....	post-production coordinator
Dennis Little	....	digital intermediate producer
Jon Pehlke	....	digital intermediate on-line editor
Sarah Priestnall	....	production supervisor: digital intermediate
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Music Department
Selena Arizanovic	....	music coordinator
Budd Carr	....	music supervisor
Nora Felder	....	music supervisor
Michael Mason	....	music editor
Michael Mason	....	score producer
Ashley Miller	....	executive in charge of music: Millennium Films
Robert Puff	....	music preparation
Brian Sapp	....	additional music clearances
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Annette Ansley	....	mini-van driver
Joe Comeaux	....	driver
Sam Craytor	....	driver: honeywagon
Kenneth Crenshaw	....	mini-van driver
Randy Duplechine	....	truck driver
Greg Faucett	....	transportation coordinator
Connie Herring	....	transportation co-captain
Robert Jepson	....	driver
Dwight Lindsey	....	driver
Randy Long	....	driver
Aaron D. Moore	....	driver: construction department
Henry Payne	....	driver
Joe Pelliccio	....	fuel truck driver
Beverly Reeves	....	driver
Ronnie Reeves	....	driver
Dan Tarter	....	driver
Hank Van Apeldoorn	....	driver
Marti Wells	....	transportation captain
Charles Whitaker	....	driver
James Yeates	....	driver
Tommy Young	....	driver

Other crew
Cheryl Andryco	....	production assistant
Prince Bagdasarian	....	film and high definition coordinator
Lamonte Bell	....	payroll accountant
LaWanda Black	....	assistant: Ms. Latifah (as LaWanda 'LB' Black)
Lucie Bourgeau	....	production secretary
Ursula Brauner	....	animal trainer
Danielle Bryce	....	production assistant
Robert C. Campion	....	production accountant
Alexandre Coscas	....	assistant: Mr. Lerner
Josh Creech	....	production assistant
Warren T. Goz	....	financial consultant
Daphne A. Guichard	....	set medic
Lucia Hallett	....	production assistant
Winston A. Hall	....	production assistant
Seth William Hansen	....	production assistant
Stephanie Heaton	....	assistant: Ms. Keaton
Letitia Hoaas	....	set teacher
Shawn Hueston	....	assistant location manager
Matthew Keim	....	production assistant
Michael Klastorin	....	unit publicist
Ashley Kravitz	....	clearance coordinator
Liz Landers	....	key craft service
Andrew Lovell	....	production assistant
Joan Mao	....	assistant: Mr. Davidson
K. Lynn Martin	....	script supervisor
Stewart McMichael	....	financial consultant
Isaac Meisenheimer	....	assistant: Mr. Flannigan
John A. Metoyer	....	location assistant
Gerson Paz	....	set production assistant
Alejandra Pedemonte	....	assistant: Ms. Khouri
Kay Redstone	....	stand-in: Diane Keaton
Michael Riley	....	title designer
Ned R. Shapiro	....	location manager
Laura Sherman	....	assistant production coordinator
Laura Sherman	....	travel coordinator
Sherrill Smith	....	key assistant location manager
Amy Louise Tripodi	....	assistant: Ms. Holmes (as Amy Tripodi)
Arturo Lopez Uscanga	....	scanning manager
Roman Viaris-de-Lesegno	....	vice president finance
Lisa Vijitchanton	....	production coordinator
Dana Wilkey	....	product placement
Nicholas Rich	....	dog handler (uncredited)

Thanks
Peter Adee	....	special thanks
Kathleen Blanco	....	special thanks (as Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco)
T-Bone Burnett	....	special thanks (as T Bone Burnett)
Elizabeth Cantillon	....	special thanks
Electra Churchill	....	special thanks
JoAnne Colonna	....	special thanks (as JoAnne Acheson)
Emily Cummins	....	special thanks
Cedric B. Glover	....	special thanks (as Mayor Cedric B. Glover)
Goldie Hawn	....	special thanks
Bradford S. Lovette	....	special thanks
Bruce Markoe	....	special thanks
Terri Pitts	....	very special thanks
Antony Root	....	special thanks
Danny Rosett	....	special thanks
Bradley Stanley	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Big City Pictures
• Granada Entertainment USA
• Grand Army Entertainment
• Lightspeed Media
• MMoney
• MWP Productions
• Millennium Films
• Overture Films
• Swingin' Productions

Distributors

• Overture Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Midget Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (all media)
• Millennium Films (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Top Film (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Louisiana Media Services (visual effects)
• Worldwide FX (visual effects)
• Identity Studios (visual effects)

Other Companies

• BAM Casting  
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Kinetic Imageworks  post-production facilities
• Klass Entertainment  product placement
• Louisiana Media Services  post-production
• Magic Film and Video Works  telecine dailies
• On Tour Productions  provided the dog
• On Tour Transportation  transportation services
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  nextel cell phone rentals

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual material and language, and brief drug references.

Runtime:

USA:104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Brazil:10 | Malaysia:U

Filming Locations:

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Big City Pictures

Goofs:

Factual errors: During her training, Bridget is told that the new money comes from the Mint. In fact it comes from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Nina Brewster: Do you know what it is when you trade sex for money?
Jackie Truman: Advertising!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ellen Page/Wilco (#33.6)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Dirty Thang

Review - Mad Money (2008)

Have you ever wanted something so bad that you decided to just go for it? That's just what Bridget Cardigan (Diane Keaton) decided to do in "Mad Money."

The story centers around three women, Bridget, Jackie Truman (Katie Holmes) and Nina Brewster (Queen Latifah), who work in a high security bank. One day Bridget gets the brilliant idea to steal dollar bills that are going to be shredded anyway and use them to pay off debts. The problem is, once you have an easy thing going, it's really hard to stop, especially when money's involved.

This movie would have probably been much better back in the 80's when this sort of plot was the norm. Not to say I don't think movies like this should be made today, but it probably would have just worked better. The real problem with this movie is that it's just not interesting enough. The story is somewhat unique, but the characters are cliché for a "chick flick." The writing also suffers because for some reason they decided this movie needed unnecessary political commentary.

Other than the aforementioned problems, the movie's really not all that bad. There're some problems with dialogue and the fact that there's no way it could really happen, but it's actually kind of a fun movie if only for one viewing. I don't see myself renting it in the future.

"Mad Money" is a movie for people who like this sort of movie. I say wait for the DVD unless you're a girl going with other girls (or forcing your husband along).

Acting: 7/10 Writing: 3/10 Video/Editing: 7/10 Audio/Music: 6/10 Entertainment: 6/10

Final Score: 5.8/10