Blank Check (film)

• Brian Bonsall: Preston Waters
• Karen Duffy: Shay Stanley
• Miguel Ferrer: Carl Quigley
• Tone Loc: Juice
• Michael Lerner: Edward Biderman
• James Rebhorn: Fred Waters
• Jayne Atkinson Sandra Waters
• Michael Faustino: Ralph Waters
• Chris Demetral: Damien Waters
• Rick Ducommun Henry
• Maxwell Strachan: Quincy Carmichael
• Debbie Allen: Yvonne
• Alex Allen Morris: Riggs

Mac millionaire - to clever for 'nen blank check is an American comedy film from the year 1994.

Action

Preston Waters has the misfortune to have a father who is more interested in the money and the money-making than for his son. Since his two older brothers Ralph and Damien still even open a small business, he must give up his own room for their activities. His father says to only that it was his house and he makes the rules. And as long as Preston live with him, he had to accept these rules. Unfortunately, Preston is dirt poor and can feel this even at every available opportunity. He gets birthday not even enough money to open a bank account for yourself. For this he would have to have at least $ 200, and no 11 It gets even worse, because he is approached by Carl Quigley. To apologize, he just signed a blank check. This uses Preston to it, write down the amount of one million U.S. dollars. With this he went the next day to Edward Biderman, the CEO of the bank to cash it.

Biderman holds Preston for a messenger Quigley, who previously broke not only from the prison, but also said a million in Biderman between outsourced to let wash them. Since Preston can prove the signature on the check Quigley, Biderman gives him calmly the money and believes that the case was so out of the world. But the real messenger Quigley, Juice, appears and prompts aggressively his money. Of course, he can not hand over the money and is thus henceforth in the street ' Quigley to raise the money again. This is, however, already been spent in a buying frenzy Preston with full hands. The first thing he worried his own house, which he bought under the name Macintosh, against the final purchase offer Quigley. Then he concerned himself with Henry his own chauffeur and buys all the toys, which he previously could never have been able to afford.

For Biderman the beautiful bank clerk Stanley Shay works. She is an undercover FBI and Biderman under surveillance for months. Since the million consists of marked bills, they can understand that Macintosh paid with the stolen money Quigley. And since Preston posing as a personal assistant, it can be by him on a date, in order to get at Macintosh. They not only spend an evening at a fine restaurant, but also have fun at a water feature in the park, which is rudely interrupted by Quigley, Juice and Biderman, as they throw them out Preston.

Shortly thereafter, is his and therefore Macintoshes birthday party. He committed Yvonne, who is planning a regular event with celebrity guests. However, Preston discovers that all are interested rather for Macintosh and his money than for him. He also notes that he almost has no friends, and believes that his father did not love him anymore. But he also gets that he falschlag, because his father still loves him and feared that he made a bad example for his son, because he is more and more for money than interested in him, so he was afraid now that even Preston was only on money.

After the party was an absolute highlight, in which Preston had absolutely no fun and Yvonne wants her $ 100,000, he discovers that he has only 332.17 U.S. dollars left. It must be that Macintosh had disappeared and will never come back therefore to the public. The guests leave the party then angry because they think he is a swindler and remain Quigley, Juice and Biderman, who are not at all happy that the money was completely spent. Preston can initially escape and both Juice and Biderman incapacitate. But Quigley overwhelmed him and Preston seem to be helpless. Until Shay with the police arrive and Preston freed and the three can be arrested. Finally, she promises Preston that he had to wait only six years before being allowed to meet them again.

Criticism

" The curious in this greedy Fantasy is that it is like a daydream of an adult and not like a child's play. "

" Written and directed expire without reflection the same consumer frenzy as her little protagonist, so that they are ultimately less interested in the needs and problems of the main character than a superficial stress history with humorous inserts. A hand- seasoned, but mentally immature film. "

Background

There are two mathematical defect in the film. Thus, the computer calculates that Preston need 342,506 years to make $ 11 a million dollars. However, there were only 337 years thanks to compound interest. Also my computer freeze when the aggregation to 504,071.08 U.S. dollars and not 999,667.85.

Publication

The film opened on 11 February 1994 in U.S. cinemas and was able to import 30.5 million U.S. dollars at the box office. In Germany he started on 23 June 1994 and has seen 375 559 moviegoers. Since April 13, 1995, the film is available on VHS and since 31 August 1999 to DVD.