The Money Pit

Name: The Money Pit
Director: Richard Benjamin
Released: 1986
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna

1986 · 91 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 64,403 VOTES · DIR. Richard Benjamin

Overview

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,445 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:15 [Fireworks Exploding]

00:03:44 I love you very much.

00:06:47 -I'm worried, Jack. I'm very worried. -[Buzzing]

00:10:22 -Well, maybe we should stop. -No, no, no. These things are unreliable.

00:13:33 -I'm not sure it's us. -[Burps] -It is.

00:17:07 I could handle this. This'd be a piece of cake.

00:20:28 I wish I had a hundred more like him.

00:24:42 -You didn't see that water! -Look, this is an old house.

00:28:45 -Don't let go of the ladder! -I wasn't really holding it, anyway.

00:31:51 -I haven't tried them yet. -Maybe we shouldn't press our luck.

00:35:27 I'm not tryin' to tell you your business, but you haven't even looked at my pipes.

00:40:22 These are estimates from legitimate contractors for repairs on the pit.

00:44:30 New floors, new tiles, new fixtures in the bathroom.

00:47:38 "Shrapp"?

00:51:42 Walter?

00:55:17 So let's be nice to each other. We're all we've got.

00:58:22 and I put on the Bob Hope Desert Classic from Palm Springs.

01:03:24 [Sighs]

01:05:56 Max took us.

01:09:01 Oh, I can't believe I'm gonna do this. It's so stupid.

01:12:02 I'm starting with the brass, and I'm working my way to the drum section.

01:16:11 I was weak.

01:20:20 Walter?

01:24:33 # And I keep turning back #

Cast & Characters

Tom Hanks Walter Fielding Shelley Long Anna Crowley Alexander Godunov Max Beissart Maureen Stapleton Estelle Joe Mantegna Art Shirk Philip Bosco Curly Josh Mostel Jack Schnittman Yakov Smirnoff Shatov Carmine Caridi Brad Shirk Brian Backer Ethan

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,445

Dialogue density15.9 lines / min

First line00:00:15

Final line01:24:33

Production Record

DirectorRichard Benjamin

LanguageEnglish

Budget$10,000,000

Revenue$54,999,651

IMDb votes64,403