Five Dollars a Day

Five Dollars a Day
Five Dollars a Day

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Nigel Cole
Produced by Carol Baum
Jane Goldenring
Kia Jam
Written by Tippi Dobrofsky
Neal H. Dobrofsky
Starring Christopher Walken
Alessandro Nivola
Amanda Peet
Sharon Stone
Music by Alex Wurman
Cinematography Peter Donahue
Editing by Susan Littenberg
Studio ThinkFilm
Distributed by Capitol Films
Release date(s) April 24th, 2009 (limited)
Running time 98 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Five Dollars a Day (also spelled as $5 a Day) is a comedy film directed by Nigel Cole, produced by Capitol Films subsidiary ThinkFilm and starring Christopher Walken, Alessandro Nivola, Amanda Peet, and Sharon Stone. The project dates back to 2003 when Nick Cassavetes had signed on to direct, but a year later was replaced by John Curran. Three years later Nigel Cole is sitting in the director's chair.[1] It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

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Plot

Ritchie Flynn Parker (Alessandro Nivola) is a successful, yet quiet man living in Los Angeles, California with his girlfriend (Amanda Peet). He has just been fired from his job as a health inspector when he hears his father, Nat, (Christopher Walken) a thrifty con-man has a brain tumor and that he is going to drive to New Mexico to seek a potential cure. He grudgingly goes to Atlantic City to see his father who then explains he has been living on five dollars a day, going comedically far distances to do so. The odd couple hit the road in a Sweet'n Low car Nat won off the radio, (Nat constantly calls into various radio stations to get free things) and Ritchie calls his girlfriend to tell her about his life and the trip, using cell-phones with free minutes. They wind up in a vacant house that is for sale to spend the night, and narrowly avoid being seen by a realtor and some people looking at the home. They proceed to drive to various cities, once staying at an open house for a retirement village. They then go to Amarillo, Texas where Nat meets with Ritchie's old babysitter, who is now a professional model, who Nat has a thing for. They make it to New Mexico, where Nat begins to think about stopping in Vegas, but by this time Ritchie finds that his dad got him fired by telling his boss of an earlier jail sentence. (Ritchie took the fall to avoid his dad going to jail for one of his crimes). Nat only did so because he wanted to spend time with his son. Ritchie also realizes Nat is not actually his father, but at this time Nat winds up in the hospital, sick. Before Nat dies, he takes him to a shack outside a small lake, where the two swim. Ritchie and his girlfriend are then shown sitting in a boat on the lake, scattering Nat's ashes from a makeshift urn made from a pepsi cup, something Nat got for less than five dollars.

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