Movies / It Could Happen to You (1994)
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English
Countries: USA
Inspired by an actual incident, this unassuming, wonderfully good-natured romantic comedy tells the story of a New York City street cop named Charlie (Nicolas Cage) who makes a promise to a coffee-shop waitress named Yvonne (Bridget Fonda) that will change both their lives. One day after coffee, Charlie is embarrassed to discover he doesn't have money for a tip, so he tells Yvonne that he'll share half of his winnings if the lottery ticket he's holding comes up a winner. Sure enough, he wins the jackpot--a whopping $4 million payoff--and Charlie's wife, Muriel (Rosie Perez), goes ballistic when he tells her about his deal with Yvonne. From this point, It Could Happen to You follows Charlie's dilemma as he is forced to decide the proper course of action, and director Andrew Bergman smoothly incorporates a gentle love story into this amusing crisis of conscience. Fonda and Cage have an easygoing chemistry that adds a pleasant touch to the movie's fairy-tale plot, and the story's kindhearted sentiment is never so thick that it becomes sticky-sweet or artificial. As feel-good comedies go, this one's a class act. --Jeff Shannon
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Andrew Bergman | ... |
Writers (1) | Credit |
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Jane Anderson | (written by) |
Composers (2) | Credit |
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Carter Burwell | ... |
Joe Mulherin | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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Barry Malkin | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Caleb Deschanel | (director of photography) |
Actors (67) | Credit |
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Alan Muraoka | Television Reporter |
Alma Martinez | Juror (uncredited) |
Amy Atkins | Television Reporter |
Angela Pietropinto | Jury Foreperson |
Angel David | Esteban |
Anna Lobell | Korean Deli Customer |
Ann Dowd | Carol |
Barry Squitieri | Bowling Team Member #2 |
Beatrice Winde | Judge |
Bob Sheppard | Yankee Stadium Announcer |
Brenda Pressley | Television Reporter |
Bridget Fonda | Yvonne Biasi |
Budd Mishkin | Television Reporter |
Candece Tarpley | Bo's Wife |
Carl White | Television Reporter |
Charles B. Lowlicht | Passersby at Subway Station #1 |
Charles Busch | Timothy |
Cheryl Washington | Television Reporter |
Claudia Shear | Muriel's Customer |
Douglas Bernstein | Television Reporter |
Edward B. Goldstein | Candy Store Owner (uncredited) |
Edward Goldstein | Candy Store Owner |
Ellen Lancaster | Television Reporter |
Emena C. Santiago | Bo's Daughter |
Emily Deschanel | Paint Throwing Fur-Activist |
Feiga Martinez | Jesu's Mom |
Felipe Luciano | Television Reporter |
Frank Pellegrino | Water's Edge Maitre D' |
George J. Manos | Loto Official |
George Vincent | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
Ginny Yang | Mrs. Sun |
Isaac Hayes | Angel Dupree |
Jack Cafferty | Television Reporter |
Jed Krascella | Passersby at Subway Station #2 |
J.E. Freeman | Sal Bontempo |
Jerome Turner | Bowling Team Member #4 |
Jimmy Sabater | Fry Cook |
John Louis Fischer | Plaza Bellhop |
John Norman Thomas | Mr. Muktananda |
John R. Russell | Blind Beggar |
Jos Laniado | Businessman (uncredited) |
Julia Campanelli | Bowler's Wife (uncredited) |
Kaipo Schwab | Plaza Bellhop |
Kathleen McNenny | Plaza Desk Clerk |
Kay Tong Lim | Sun |
Laury Marker | Television Reporter |
Merwin Goldsmith | Bankruptcy Judge |
Mina Bern | Muriel's Neighbour |
Nick Taylor | News Man (uncredited) |
Nicolas Cage | Charlie Lang |
Pedro Pietri | Homeless Man in Coffee Shop (as Reverend Pedro Pietri) |
Peter Jacobson | Television Reporter |
Peter Yellen | Saxaphone Player (uncredited) |
Phil Parolisi | Television Reporter |
Phil Stein | Bowling Team Member #3 |
Ranjit Chowdhry | Mr. Patel |
Red Buttons | Walter Zakuto |
Rene Rivera | Julio |
Richard Jenkins | C. Vernon Hale |
Robert Dorfman | Walter |
Rosie Perez | Muriel Lang |
Seymour Cassel | Jack Gross |
Stanley Tucci | Eddie Biasi |
Víctor Rojas | Jesu |
Vincent Pastore | Bowling Team Member #1 |
Wendell Pierce | Bo Williams |
Willie Colón | Mayor |