The Money Pit

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Steven Spielberg produced this underwhelming 1986 effort at a slapstick spin on Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. The pre-Oscar Tom Hanks stars with Shelley Long as a married couple whose efforts to finish construction on their home are sabotaged by costly and sporadically funny accidents. The unfinished domicile becomes a metaphor for their troubled relationship, as evidenced by Long's character's attraction to a madman violinist (Alexander Godunov). Hanks is the only reason at this point to check this film out. Richard Benjamin (My Favorite Year) directs but with no flair or distinction. --Tom Keogh.

Customer Reviews:

A few laughs, but dated and poorly written.......2007-09-04

This is not a good comedy, it is a bad one. Let's remember that this bombed when it came out. There is no story in this movie except a house falling apart, and that is the only gag as well, a lot of ridiculous scenes of parts of the house spontaneously falling apart. As implausible as this is, it's occasionally mildly funny, unlike any of the dialogue, which is just implausible and not funny. Tom Hanks is in his forced acting stage, and very plastic. And Shelly Long, uff, let's not even go there.

Hilarious.......2007-06-19

One of the overlooked comedy classics, with Tom Hanks at his pre-Oscar best and Shelley Long matching him. Snappy writing and great one-liners makes this a movie you'll be quoting often. If you ever do any home improvement project, you'll find yourself muttering, "Two weeks!" over and over. Also makes a great gag gift for anyone about to buy or renovate a house.

Note to Amazon: your internal review has factual errors. A major plot point is that Hanks' and Long's characters are NOT married, and she is not "attracted to a long-haired violinist" - he is a snobby conductor and her ex-husband, to whom she is NOT attracted anymore. It is difficult to take the reviewer's opinion seriously when he's so far off the mark on basic plot points.

M. Hofman.......2007-05-17

This is one of my very favorite movies ever. Whether the critics liked it or not, if you own a home, you will get a kick out of this movie. If you don't own a home, watch it anyway because Tom Hanks and Shelly Long are hilarious. We have found ourselves quoting one-liners from it on many occasions.

The Money Pit.......2007-03-08

arrived on time and was in excellant condition, the price was reasonable. The shipping was a little high for a DVD.

relaxing comedy.......2007-02-26

This is a good romantic comedy. Just relax and enjoy it.
By the way, there are no guns and almost no crimes in the movie.

The Tom Hanks Comedy Favorites Collection (The Money Pit / The Burbs / Dragnet)

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slapstick comedy
Great for Tom Hanks Fans
Great
tom hanks comedy favourites
FUNNY!! FUNNY!! FUNNY!!

The Tom Hanks Comedy Favorites Collection (The Money Pit / The Burbs / Dragnet)
Starring: Tom Hanks , Shelley Long , Alexander Godunov , Maureen Stapleton , and Joe Mantegna
Director: Richard Benjamin , Tom Mankiewicz , and Joe Dante
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
ProductGroup: DVD
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Release Date: 2007-02-13

Customer Reviews:

slapstick comedy.......2007-09-09

we enjoyed the movies. This wan't tom Hanks best movies but they were enjoyable to watch at least once.

Great for Tom Hanks Fans.......2007-05-19

This is a great DVD. 3 great movies on one DVD and one great price.
2 out of 3 of these are at the top of my favorites list, and no matter
how many times I've seen them I still enjoy them.

The Money Pit. Anyone who has bought an older home and discovered what
a fixer upper is or leads to, can really relate to this movie. They can
probably relate to everything except having the money to do such a fixup, and hopefully most people have not had relationships with someone as shallow and conceited as the meistro, the wife's former boyfriend.

Next comes The Burbs. What happens when you don't know how to take a
vacation anymore and all your friends also have lost that ability and do not know what to do with themselves!

The answer, Become your own Neighborhood Watch group.
Just hope that you don't have neighbors like the Klopaks.

Lastly Dragnet, where Tom teams up with Dan Aykroid as Joe Friday's son.
A great comic redo of a show that maybe was a little too serious, a
little tongue in cheek, and yet had everyone watching.

For a few good nights of something to give you a laugh and let you know
things could always be worse, pick up this DVD!

Great.......2007-05-15

I bought this trio because i love the burbs. I enjoy the money pit as well, but i havent watched dragnet, yet. I wish more movies came in trios like this one. It would make things easier.

tom hanks comedy favourites.......2007-05-07

I never much liked DRAGNET but i bought the package because i love the BURBS and the MONEY PIT.Tom Hanks has a special way of doing comedy and i think he is just awesome

FUNNY!! FUNNY!! FUNNY!!.......2007-03-28

While "The Money Pit" is obviously the gem of the trio, "Dragnet" and "The Burbs" are just as funny in the end. Tom Hanks is truely a commic genius!

Pit Bull Mortgage School-Hard Money Lending

Average customer rating:

Content Is Poor

Pit Bull Mortgage School-Hard Money Lending
Starring: Leonard Rosen
Director: Leonard Rosen
Manufacturer: Pitbull Production
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000H9HJF8
Release Date: 2006-05-12

Product Description

Hard Money Mortgage Lending. We train loan officers and mortgage professionals to succeed in the hard money business. If you are interested in a career in mortgage lending, our hard money school is a must for every mortgage broker. Pitbull mortgage school is much more than a loan officer school providing loan officer training. In order to compete in the competitive environment of mortgage brokering, you need to learn all the aspects of hard money lending. Pitbull mortgage school is the definitive answer to a high income career in mortgage banking. Our California based hard money seminar series has trained mortgage professionals, loan officers, and attorneys in the lucrative field of private financing.

Customer Reviews:

Content Is Poor.......2006-11-06

Very little useful content in this the CD. Aside from the poor audio and shaky video shots, it's a complete waste of time for anyone beyond the most basic of investors. What a waste of money!

Average customer rating:

A few laughs, but dated and poorly written
Hilarious
M. Hofman
The Money Pit
relaxing comedy

The Money Pit [Region 2]
Starring: Tom Hanks , Shelley Long , Alexander Godunov , Maureen Stapleton , and Joe Mantegna
Director: Richard Benjamin
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ASIN: B00009QNY5

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Customer Reviews:

A few laughs, but dated and poorly written.......2007-09-04

Hilarious.......2007-06-19

M. Hofman.......2007-05-17

The Money Pit.......2007-03-08

arrived on time and was in excellant condition, the price was reasonable. The shipping was a little high for a DVD.

relaxing comedy.......2007-02-26

This is a good romantic comedy. Just relax and enjoy it.
By the way, there are no guns and almost no crimes in the movie.

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