| Money Talks (1972 Film), Money Talks (1933 Film) | |
| Money To Burn (1996 Film), Money To Burn (1926 Film) |
Meaning that money has influence.
Man prates, but gold speaks.
[1666 G. Torriano Italian Proverbs 179]
Money speaks in a Language all Nations understand.
[1681 A. Behn Rover II. iii. i.]
When money talks it often merely remarks ‘Good-by’.
[1903 Saturday Evening Post 5 Sept. 12]
The whole story took on a different complexion for Joan. Money talks.
[1915 Wodehouse Something Fresh iii.]
‘At least I assume they are millionaires?’ ‘That is what they would like you to assume, certainly. And if money talks,‥they are certainly making the right amount of noise.’
[1984 A. Brookner Hotel du Lac (1985) xi.]
Why did all these people look the other way for so long? Money talks. Or, with Enron, shouts.
[2002 Washington Post 15 Jan. E3]
Related to: money; power
Bibliography of major proverb collections and works cited from modern editions is available here.
Wealth has great influence, as in Big contributors to campaigns are generally rewarded with important posts--in politics money talks. The idea behind this idiom was stated by Euripides in the fifth century b.c., and some 2,000 years later Erasmus spoke of "the talking power of money" (
Adagia, 1532). The precise current locution, however, only began to be used about
1900.
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| Directed by | Brett Ratner |
| Produced by | Walter Coblenz Tracy Kramer |
| Written by | Joel Cohen Alec Sokolow |
| Starring | Chris Tucker Charlie Sheen |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Cinematography | Russell Carpenter Robert Primes |
| Editing by | Mark Helfrich |
| Studio | New Line Cinema |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | August 22, 1997 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $48,407,611 |
Money Talks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Brett Ratner, starring Chris Tucker and Charlie Sheen.
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Franklin Hatchett (Chris Tucker) is a car wash hustler, who gets dimed out to the police by an investigating news reporter named James Russell (Charlie Sheen). When placed on a prison transport unit, he is handcuffed to a European criminal named Villard. The transport unit is attacked on a bridge, with the intent of busting Villard out. The attackers kill everyone with the exception of Villard and Franklin; they escape on a helicopter with another European named Dubray. While on the helicopter, Hatchett overhears the location of a cache of stolen diamonds. Hatchett then jumps out of the helicopter after hearing the discussion between Villard and Dubray to get rid of him. Now Hatchett's name and face are all over the news as an accessory to the prison break. Hatchett has to clear his name but he needs help. He calls on the only person who can help, the one that dimed him out, James Russell.
Russell had just gotten fired from his job at Channel 12 News. Because he had the Top Story calling him on his phone asking for help improved his chances of getting his job back, because it was Sweeps Week. The two rampage all over the city to find clues to clear Hatchett's name, which eventually gets Russell's name involved and spread all over the news. Now, in the process of trying to clear both their names, the two find something more valuable than diamonds. Soon a gang war breaks out at a local colliseum when two separate gangs brawl in gun fights and threaten Franklin's life. Luckily, Franklin was saved when two of his friends used a bazooka and a machine gun to kill the thugs. James then kills Villard by placing several grenades under the chopper, blowing it up along with Villard. In the end both of their names are cleared and they are branded heroes. Franklin and James save two of the diamonds as jewelry pieces and James marries Grace with Franklin as his best man.
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The film received negative reviews. It currently holds a rating of 16% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 19 reviews.
The movie debuted at No. 2.[1] It went on to gross over $48 million worldwide.
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