Paramount
Directed by Nora Ephron
John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Ed O’Neill, Tim Roth, Bill Pullman
Russ Richards (Travolta) seems to have it all. He is a very popular television weatherman from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a reserved table and parking space at Denny’s, a beautiful Jaguar convertible, and a big house. Unfortunately, his snowmobile dealership is going under because of a warm winter that shows no signs of snow. Desperate, Russ speaks to his friend Gig (Tim Roth), a Brit who owns a strip club and knows some unsavory characters. Initially, Gig’s idea of rigging the state lottery makes Russ cringe, but finally he agrees and he enlists the help of the Lotto lady, Crystal (Lisa Kudrow). They fix the numbers of a six-million-dollar drawing. Then, everything goes wrong.