LUCKY NUMBERS

Year: 2000
USA: Paramount Pictures
Cast: John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill, Michael Rapaport, Bill Pullman, Lisa Boyle, DC Ford, Chris Kattan, Emmy Laybourne, Dawn McMillan, Daryl Mitchell
Director: Nora Ephron
Countries: France / USA
USA: 105 mins
USA Release Date: 27 October 2000

Synopsis

Local celebrity TV weatherman Russ Richards (John Travolta) is on the verge of losing everything. He's losing money hand over fist in an unsuccessful snowmobile dealership he owns in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Desperate to avert financial ruin, Russ, together with Crystal Latroy (Lisa Kudrow), the TV station's lotto ball girl, gets mixed up in a lottery scheme. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as their plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.

Starring John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow and directed by Nora Ephron, LUCKY NUMBERS is a fictional comedy inspired by a real-life scam to win the Pennsylvania State Lottery.