Lucky Numbers

2000 · 105 MIN · IMDB 5.1 · 11,119 VOTES · DIR. Nora Ephron

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Overview

Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,750 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:26 [Rock]
00:04:53 my Aunt Mildred could move back from Fort Lauderdale.
00:08:56 - Hey, i got great news for you. - Oh, yeah?
00:13:16 That's what it sounds like, Dan.
00:17:36 and gains entrance.
00:22:01 Hmm. Well, I'll...
00:25:50 I have to admit, I thought it would be a slightly harder sell.
00:29:45 Hey, big spender
00:33:45 - Nine. - [Russ] Isn 't this fun?
00:39:38 Okay. [ Sighs ]
00:43:53 [ Wheezing, Coughing ] My puffer! I can't breathe!
00:48:27 we get the number from someplace customers know we can't control."
00:53:27 - Twenty-seven! - Ooh, twenty-seven.
00:57:48 The first thing we gotta do is find a reliable, non-asthmatic person...
01:01:59 - Imagine the ratings. - I'd like to see you try, asshole.
01:06:01 Covering Harrisburg, New York, Lancaster and Lebanon
01:11:19 - Yeah. - You think he's still interested?
01:15:52 'Cause the last time we chatted, l believe you threatened to kill me.
01:21:26 - Who's your favorite player? - Ted Williams.
01:27:16 Um, can i give you a lift...
01:31:24 Ohh!
01:35:59 I'm going to put some in savings and some of it in checking.
01:40:32 From the heat
100:00:00 - That's right.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,750
Dialogue density16.7 lines / min
First line00:00:26
Final line100:00:00

Production Record

DirectorNora Ephron
LanguageEnglish
Budget$65,000,000
IMDb votes11,119