Lucky Numbers

2000
R
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

5.1/10

11K

YOUR RATING

John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow in Lucky Numbers (2000)

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Dark Comedy True Crime Comedy Crime

A television weatherman scams a local lottery.A television weatherman scams a local lottery.A television weatherman scams a local lottery.

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IMDb RATING

5.1/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination

Storyline

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Trivia
This film was based on a true-life scandal involving the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission in 1980. Employees of a local television station in Pittsburgh actually were convicted and served jail time in the "666" drawing. Some of the balls were weighted down by injecting them with paint, ensuring that only 4s and 6s would remain airborne and captured in the lottery machine.

Goofs
When Det. Pat Lakewood arrives at the scene of the jackknifed trailer, Russ throws a crow bar at the Detective's windshield and it breaks. In the next shot as Detective Lakewood pulls away, the windshield is no longer broken.

Quotes
Dale: [Dale's first line, right before breaking into Russ's store] Alright, let's do this cocksucker!
Dale: [later, after being caught by the police, to policeman] Let me just ask you one question Your Honor, where's my bat?

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Pay It Forward/The Legend of Drunken Master/The Yards/Bedazzled/Two Family House (2000)

Soundtracks
Light of Day
by Bruce Springsteen
Performed by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (as Joan Jett and The Blackhearts)
Courtesy of Blackheart Records

Picture this.... a room that is full of people and only one of them has any redeeming values whatsoever but that person is patently unlikable. If this sounds like it might be a fun story, you're right. I enjoyed this movie on the simplest and most shallow level. It's no great spellbinder, there is no big surprise, but it moves along nicely and had be laughing out loud on a consistent basis. The performances were good with each character convincingly revolting. This movie is on my "Own It" list. Not because it is a masterpiece but because it managed to entertain me its entire length. I recommend this guilty pleasure to anyone who isn't too wrapped up in pretending they are a movie critic for PBS.