Las vegas honeymoon film?
August 13, 2009 10:30 AM
Help me find this film: a couple get married in vegas, and spend there honeymoon there. The new wife then gambles away their savings in a (drunk?) craze.
I remember watching the start of this movie on TV a good while ago, probably late 90s. I seem to remember Tom Hanks being the husband, but a look through his filmography yields nothing. If I recall correctly, it's a romance/comedy/drama style film. You know the one.
I only saw the first 15-20 minutes, which makes things harder again. Any help is much appreciated.
I remember watching the start of this movie on TV a good while ago, probably late 90s. I seem to remember Tom Hanks being the husband, but a look through his filmography yields nothing. If I recall correctly, it's a romance/comedy/drama style film. You know the one.
I only saw the first 15-20 minutes, which makes things harder again. Any help is much appreciated.
Not Lost in America, is it? Not Tom Hanks, but Albert Brooks. Similar hair, though.
posted by bunny hugger at 10:31 AM on August 13, 2009
posted by bunny hugger at 10:31 AM on August 13, 2009
Spot on—and so fast! Much appreciated.
(Also: I must take my memories with a grain of salt it seems. A big one.)
posted by stepheno at 10:33 AM on August 13, 2009
(Also: I must take my memories with a grain of salt it seems. A big one.)
posted by stepheno at 10:33 AM on August 13, 2009
Lost in America (IMDB link; released in 1985) with Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty.
posted by mosk at 10:35 AM on August 13, 2009
posted by mosk at 10:35 AM on August 13, 2009
She isn't drunk, just seriously bit by the gambling bug. "Two, two ... twenty-two!" Later, she's lost everything, and is explaining it to her husband at a table, at which she spots a card and reaches for it reflexively. "Oooh, Keno!"
"If you pick up that Keno card, I'll kill you. I'll kill you."
posted by adipocere at 10:42 AM on August 13, 2009
"If you pick up that Keno card, I'll kill you. I'll kill you."
posted by adipocere at 10:42 AM on August 13, 2009
Note that her gambling spree (where she loses their entire nest egg) happens off-camera and while he is sleeping.
posted by Rash at 10:44 AM on August 13, 2009
posted by Rash at 10:44 AM on August 13, 2009
Love this film.
"You could be the casino that cares."
"You want us to give you your money back?"
"I'm in marketing, I know how to make this work."
Or something like that. Albert Brooks made a couple of great films back there in the 80s.
posted by billysumday at 10:47 AM on August 13, 2009
"You could be the casino that cares."
"You want us to give you your money back?"
"I'm in marketing, I know how to make this work."
Or something like that. Albert Brooks made a couple of great films back there in the 80s.
posted by billysumday at 10:47 AM on August 13, 2009
Minor plot point correction: It actually isn't their honeymoon. After losing out on a big promotion the Albert Brooks character convinces his wife to ditch the rat race with him and live off their savings while traveling the country in a Winnebago. Vegas is their first stop.
posted by The Gooch at 11:12 AM on August 13, 2009
posted by The Gooch at 11:12 AM on August 13, 2009
I've seen the future! And it's a bald-headed man from New York!
Lost in America is one of the best.
posted by The Deej at 11:17 AM on August 13, 2009
Lost in America is one of the best.
posted by The Deej at 11:17 AM on August 13, 2009
Minor plot point correction: It actually isn't their honeymoon. ... Vegas is their first stop.
True, but they do go to Vegas to get "re-married" and they rent a bridal suite. Well... the junior bridal suite, anyway. They plan on having a wedding ceremony, but it's late when they arrive so they decide to do it in the morning. So, a second honeymoon anyway.
posted by The Deej at 11:20 AM on August 13, 2009
True, but they do go to Vegas to get "re-married" and they rent a bridal suite. Well... the junior bridal suite, anyway. They plan on having a wedding ceremony, but it's late when they arrive so they decide to do it in the morning. So, a second honeymoon anyway.
posted by The Deej at 11:20 AM on August 13, 2009
What's weird is that there actually IS a film called Honeymoon In Vegas, but that starred Nicholas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker. And a team of skydiving Elvis Impersonators.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:49 PM on August 13, 2009
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:49 PM on August 13, 2009
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theretheir honeymoon there.posted by stepheno at 10:31 AM on August 13, 2009