It Could Happen to You (film)

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It Could Happen to You
Directed by	Andrew Bergman
Starring	Nicolas Cage Bridget Fonda Rosie Perez Claudia Shear
Running time	101 minutes
Language	English
IMDb profile

It Could Happen to You is a 1994 film starring Nicholas Cage and Bridget Fonda. The story is based on a New York City police officer (Cage) who splits his lottery winnings with a waitress (Fonda). The movie bears a striking resemblance to an actual event as documented by Snopes ^[1]

1 Memorable Quotes
2 Story
3 Soundtrack
4 References

[edit] Memorable Quotes

Charlie: "A promise is a promise."
Charlie, on his marriage to Muriel: "It's like we're two different channels: I'm CNN and she's the Home Shopping Network."

[edit] Story

The police man Charlie Lang (Nicolas Cage) is a very good person. The waitress Yvonne Biasi (Bridget Fonda), is, too, and additionally she is bankrupt because her husband, whom she could not afford to divorce from yet, took her credit card and spent 12,000 dollars.

Charlie promises to Yvonne to give her half of his prospective lottery winnings instead of a tip, because he does not have enough money with him. He wins about 4 million dollars the next day and keeps his promise. Because of that he becomes a media star immediately.

Yvonne buys the diner she was working in. She sets up a table with Charlie's name at which people who cannot afford it will receive food for free.

Charlie's wife Muriel gets to know the newly rich Jack Gross, who also won the lottery. She flirts with him and later starts an affair. Charlie and Yvonne spend a lot of time together, often giving gifts to passengers of the subway or to children, about which the media report. Muriel becomes angry and throws Charlie out of their apartment.

Yvonne leaves her apartment, after her husband shows up and threatens to stay until he gets the money. Charlie and Yvonne run into each other at the Plaza hotel and get together.

When Muriel and Charlie divorce, Muriel wants all the money that Charlie won for herself. The jury decides in her favor. Yvonne feels guilty that Charlie won four million dollar and now has nothing; he replies that money does not matter to him. The citizens of New York City collect money for Charlie and Yvonne, they send thousands of letters with a total of about $600,000.

It is only after Charlie and Muriel get divorced, that Muriel's new husband "Jack Gross", takes off with all her money, revealing himself to be a con-man.