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$5 a Day is a american film of genre Drama directed by Nigel Cole released in USA on 11 january 2009 with Christopher Walken

$5 a Day (2008)

$5 a Day
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Released in USA 11 january 2009
Length 1h38
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating62% 3.1425053.1425053.1425053.1425053.142505

Five Dollars a Day (also spelled as $5 a Day) is a drama directed by Nigel Cole, produced by Capitol Films subsidiary ThinkFilm and starring Christopher Walken, Alessandro Nivola, Amanda Peet, and Sharon Stone. The project dates back to 2003 when Nick Cassavetes had signed on to direct, but a year later was replaced by John Curran. Three years later Nigel Cole is sitting in the director's chair. It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.

Synopsis

Ritchie Flynn Parker (Alessandro Nivola) is a seemingly successful man living in Los Angeles, California who has just broken up with his girlfriend Maggie (Amanda Peet). He has also just been fired from his job as a health inspector when he discovers his father Nat (Christopher Walken), a cheap con-man, has a terminal brain tumor and he wants to see Ritchie. Ritchie, believing it's another con, grudgingly goes to Atlantic City to see his father who explains he has been living on five dollars a day, going to extremes to do so, such as constantly calling various radio station contests with different aliases to win things, like concert tickets he can then scalp. Nat shows Ritchie an x-ray of his skull, and asks Ritchie to drive him to New Mexico to seek a potential cure. The father and son hit the road driving a Sweet'n Low car free of charge provided they get gas at Chevron stations along the way. Ritchie calls his girlfriend to tell her about his life and the trip, using one of Nat's many free cell-phones with promotional minutes.

Actors

Christopher Walken

(Nat Parker)
Alessandro Nivola

(Ritchie Flynn Parker)
Amanda Peet

(Maggie)
Sharon Stone

(Dolores Jones)
Peter Coyote

(Burt Kruger)
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