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For anyone not familiar, this movie is worth checking out: > Monty Brewster is a Minor League Baseball pitcher with the Hackensack Bulls. He and his best frien
by throw0101c 4y ago
For anyone not familiar, this movie is worth checking out:
> Monty Brewster is a Minor League Baseball pitcher with the Hackensack Bulls. He and his best friend, Spike Nolan, the Bulls' catcher, are arrested after a post-game bar fight. A man offers to post their bail if they will come to New York City with him. At the Manhattan law office of Granville & Baxter, Brewster is told that his recently deceased great-uncle Rupert Horn, whom he has never met, has left him his entire $300 million fortune but only if he can complete a challenge with several conditions.
> Brewster can choose to receive $1 million upfront or attempt to inherit the whole estate by spending $30 million in 30 days. In the former case, the law firm becomes the executor of the estate, collecting a fee for performing this service and dividing the remainder among several charities. In the latter case, Brewster may not own any assets that are not already his at the end of the 30 days. He must get value for the services of anyone he hires, he may not give it away (except for 5% in gambling losses and 5% to charity) nor may he willfully damage anything bought with the money. Finally, he must keep it secret. If he fails to meet all terms, he forfeits any remaining balance and inherits nothing. Brewster decides to take the $30 million challenge, and Angela Drake, a paralegal from the law firm, is assigned to accompany him and keep track of his spending.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1985_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1985_fi...
Richard Pryor stars, along with John Candy playing his best friend.
- Invictus0 4y agoThe man's living in New York City? Just buy a 2 bedroom apartment and call it a day.
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- ebiester 4y agoHe cannot own anything at the end.
- sillysaurusx 4y agoThank you for this! I needed to cheer up today, so this was perfect timing. Have a nice weekend!
- squishy47 4y agostart a charity. donate 5% to it. charities only have to give 20% to do good. (at least in UK) you end up with 1.2m easy 200k. then buy everything through the charity, reclaim the 20% on purchases. please post improvements if there's easier ways... ;)
- shagie 4y agoLooking this up, there's an older 1945 version of it too... and that's based on a book written in 1902... and there have been a lot of adaptations of it since. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions Most recently it appears to be a popular theme in China and India. And that goes back further to the The Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Pound_Bank_Note https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Pound_Bank_Note