THE MONEY PIT A SYNOPSYS Lawyer Walter Fielding and his musician girlfriend Anna Crowley need to find a place to live in a hurry. They have been living in the Manhattan apartment of Anna s ex-husband Max, an orchestra director, but when he comes back, he throws them out. They buy a mansion in the countryside at a ridiculously low price from a con woman (Estelle); the house has many problems USA 1986 (Kathleen structural, plumbing, electrical, etc. which only PRODUCTION Kennedy, Frank Marshall, come to light after they have moved in. Building Steven Spielberg) contractors (the Shirks) are called in to repair the DIRECTOR Richard Benjamin building. They have a standard answer to how long everything will take: Two weeks , they say laughing STARRING Tom Hanks (Walter up their sleeves. The house is a Money Pit a real Fielding), Shelley Long (Anna Crowley), Alexander black hole eating up all their time, money and love. In Gudonov (Max Beissart), fact, it causes the young couple to have endless rows Maureen Stapleton (Estelle), and a serious misunderstanding, owing to which they Joe Mantegna (Art Shirk), also split up. However, The Money Pit being a comedy, Carmine Caridi (Brad Shirk) it has a happy ending. BEFORE VIEWING 1 Answer the following questions. 1. Has the flat/house where you live ever been in need of renovation work? 2. What parts of the flat/house did the work involve? 3. What was the final result? FILM CLIP 1 Now watch the film clip and fill in the script with the following expressions: What was that? an old house plumbing s not perfect on your face? was turn on little imagination in the bedroom I ve never been two hands doesn t sound good more positive I don t know Walter (W) and Anna (A) have just moved into the house they have bought. Walter is trying to fix a step on the staircase. A.: How s it going? A.: I didn t expect that water it had legs. W.: Fine. What s that (1) ........................................................? W.: A little work, a little care, a (9) ........................................................ and it s gonna be great! It s gonna be fun fixing it up. You ll see A.: The ceiling seems to be coming down (2) ................................ W.: Oh, well. I ll get to that later. I ve only got (3) ............................ A.: Ok. W.: Ok. Ahhh! Ouch! W.: What the hell was that? A.: All I did (4) ........................................................ the water. W.: That s all? That (5) ......................................................... A.: No, you should see the I guess it s the water, (6) ........................................................, it s revolting W.: Ok, so the (7) ........................................................, we ll get it fixed. It s not the end of the world. A.: You didn t see that water! W.: Look, this is (8) ......................................................... It s gonna need some work You ve gotta expect that. A.: I don t know, Walter. (10) ........................................................ any good at that kind of thing. W.: What kind of thing? A.: Work. W.: You can t go into it with that kind of attitude. You ve gotta be (11) ......................................................... A.: I ll try A little care, a little imagination and a positive attitude W.: (12) .........................................................? A.: Nothing dear ONLINE RESOURCES After viewing activities HOUSE PLANNING Module 4 149