It Could Happen to You
A police officer promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress in lieu of a tip.
- Director:Andrew Bergman
- Genre:Comedy / Drama / Romance
- Runtime:102 minutes
Cast
Nicolas Cage : Charlie Lang
Bridget Fonda : Yvonne Biasi
Rosie Perez : Muriel Lang
Wendell Pierce : Bo Williams
Isaac Hayes : Angel Dupree
Policeman Charlie Lang (Cage) is a kind and generous man who loves his job and the Queens area of New York City where he lives. His wife Muriel (Rosie Perez) works in a hairdressing salon and, unlike Charlie, is selfish, greedy and materialistic, constantly complaining about their situation in life. Waitress Yvonne Biasi (Fonda), is bankrupt because her husband Eddie (Stanley Tucci), whom she had not yet been able to afford to divorce, emptied their joint checking account and spent all the money without her permission, while also leaving her with a credit card debt of over $12,000.
Charlie meets Yvonne when she waits on him at the diner where she works. Since Charlie doesn’t have enough money to pay the tip, he promises to give her either double the tip or half of his prospective lottery winnings the next day. He wins $4 million (in 21 annual payments) in the lottery the next day and keeps his promise, despite the protests of his wife. He and Yvonne become stars almost immediately.
Yvonne buys the diner she was working in. She sets up a table with Charlie’s name at which people who cannot afford food can eat for free. In another development, Charlie becomes a hero for foiling an attempted robbery at a grocery store but gets wounded in the process, forcing him to take leave from the police force.
At a gathering on a chartered boat for the lottery winners and other members of high society, Muriel gets to know the newly rich Jack Gross. She flirts with him and develops a strong liking for him, which is mutual. Meanwhile, Charlie and Yvonne spend a lot of time together, on one occasion paying for the train journeys of passengers of the subway, and on another treating the children of his neighbourhood to a day out at Yankee Stadium, about which the media report. Muriel gets fed up with Charlie’s constant donations and overall simplicity and throws him out of their apartment, asking for a divorce. Read more
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