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When Michael and Century finish gathering the money, they discover Sirola has kidnapped Standish and taken her to an empty farmhouse. However, the home is a prefabricated dwelling, which is towed the next day. Michael and Century locate the moving house, take over from the driver, and confront Sirola. After Standish is rescued, she, Michael, and Century make a getaway with the five million dollars, while Sirola is arrested.
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After a quick funeral, Michael and Century unearth the money from the grave. In the meantime, Sirola, who was forced off the train earlier, learns about the hero's burial on television and travels to High River to retrieve the money. Georgiana also arrives in town but is arrested by FBI agent Ormond.
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said it was "a real gem". To describe it he wrote "the hilarious, wonderfully off-beat gem "Finders Keepers" is definitely a find and should keep audiences in stitches". However he said that he might be overselling it also adding "people can be disappointed and find it isn't as funny as the critics
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was not so kind in their review, stating that "director Richard Lester returns to his pell-mell trademark and the result is maddening. Interesting cast is wasted, with bright exception of Beverly D'Angelo. Its parts add up to pieces that artlessly lurch and hurtle around".
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Warner Bros. was contracted to handle domestic distribution, while CBS Theatrical Films was responsible for international sales. The film opened on May 18, 1984, earning $ 865,207 during its first weekend in 753 theaters, and had a domestic total gross of $ 1,467,396.
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In 1973, Georgiana Latimer schemes with her lover, Josef Sirola, to steal five million dollars in cash from her father's safe. As Georgiana pretends to be a widow in mourning, she and Josef hide the loot in a coffin and plan to transport it by train to New York.
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say. There are moments that are a bit too much, and some jokes fall flat. But they don't make these frothy comedies very often, and when one clicks and comes along so unexpectedly it is to be treasured".
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benefits from the well-judged performances of its energetic cast, with Wayne in particularly good form. In typical Lester fashion, the movie is so frantic that viewers have no time to rest their eyes".
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found the film to be "wonderfully wacky" and concluded that "a movie consisting almost entirely of pratfalls and sight gags can wear you down after a while, but everybody involved in
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liked it. He said that it is "a pleasantly daffy little comedy directed with a fair amount of zip". He also felt that physical comedy was the film's highest point.
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On board, Michael becomes friendly with scatterbrained actress, Standish Logan, and soon discovers the coffin contains millions of dollars. During a stop in
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is unexpectedly satisfying. The good humor and the wit are even retroactive, making the opening sequences seem funnier than they actually were".
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are exceptionally superior to its whole, but Lester keeps things rolling so well, we hardly notice".
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for the lead, but the Marshes and Lester's concept for the film was that the story was an
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ensures, that this is one comedy that makes nobody in the audience a loser or a weeper."
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Fristoe, Roger (May 19, 1984). "Caper movie, 'Finders Keepers', begin runs".
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Elsewhere, young Michael Rangeloff is on the run from the irate women's
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Laubach, David (June 6, 1984). "Finders Keepers, Winners, Sleepers".
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received a writing credit for collaborating on the adaptation with
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Wolf, William (May 19, 1984). "'Finders Keepers' is a real gem".
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team that he manages. Michael escapes by disguising himself in a
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said it "is a genuine cockeyed comedy" and added that "parts of
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Mort Drucker
Richard Lester
Charles Dennis
Ronny Graham
Terence Marsh
Michael O'Keefe
Beverly D'Angelo
David Wayne
Ed Lauter
Brian Dennehy
Pamela Stephenson
Louis Gossett Jr.
Ken Thorne
CBS Theatrical Films
Warner Bros.
comedy film
Richard Lester
Michael O'Keefe
Beverly D'Angelo
Brian Dennehy
Louis Gossett Jr.
Jim Carrey
Charles Dennis
roller derby
U.S. Army
Oakland, California
Reno, Nevada
Michael O'Keefe
Beverly D'Angelo

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