John Sayles wrote the witty script, mostly on airplanes, at the same time he was writing The Howling, and Joe Dante‚ remains convinced that the dream sequence in the latter was really meant for the former, and vice versa. A cast of great character actors classes up Lewis Teague's manful efforts to get the most out of Not Very Much Money.
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