It Could Happen to You Movie Review 1994

NYC cop Charlie Lang (Cage) doesn't have any change to leave coffee shop waitress Yvonne (Fonda) a tip, so he promises to split his lottery ticket with her. When he nets $4 million, he makes good on the promise, much to the chargrin of his upwardly mobile wife (Perez). Capra-corn for the X-crowd is pleasant dinnertime diversion as Cage and Perez shine as henpecked nice guy and the wife committed to making him miserable. Don't look for the diner on your next trip to NYC; it was specially built in TriBeCa and dismantled after the shoot.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Cops, Ethics & Morals, Rags to Riches, Waiters & Waitresses, Price of Fame, Romantic Triangles, New York, New York, Lottery Winners, Diner, Grand Hotel

Screenplay

Andrew Bergman, Jane Anderson

Cast

Bridget Fonda, Nicolas Cage, Rosie Perez, Red Buttons, Isaac Hayes, Seymour Cassel, Stanley Tucci, J.E. Freeman, Richard Jenkins, Ann Dowd, Wendell Pierce, Angela Pietropinto, Vincent Pastore, Peter Jacobson

Cinematography

Caleb Deschanel

Director

Andrew Bergman

Music

Carter Burwell

Producer

Mike Lobell, Charles B. Wessler, Gary Adelson, Craig Baumgarten, Joseph Hartwick, Tri-Star Pictures