I hope the real Manny
Got some real compensation for legal costs, medical costs, work time lost etc...
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His 7.000 bucks at least.
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My father was tight with Manny, and was the friend referred to in the film that he used to play the horses with. I can assure you that Manny received a nice settlement from New York City, enough to see to Rose's recuperation, retire, and move the whole family to Florida a couple of years after the trial. He passed away in 1998 in North Carolina. His youngest son, Gregory, went on to become a very successful business consultant.
shareThat's good to hear.
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I'm trying to settle a debate with someone about Manny's financial problems in the film. Do you know if he rented the duplex house or had a mortgage on it? Chris
https://christopherjohnlindsay.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/the-wrong-man/
I have no knowledge of that, Chris, and I am well aware of your viewpoint regarding Manny's supposed financial irresponsibility.
Not saying I think this is a more reasonable viewpoint (actually, I think it's pretty far out), but here's another take on the Manny/Rose relationship:
http://ejkred.blogspot.com/2010/03/passion-of-rose-balestrero.html
Thank you. Yes, that is an interesting interpretation of their relationship.
btw; I did an extensive re-write on my controversial essay .
Manny’s overspending is an example of the law of unintended consequences: "the actions of people … always have effects that are unanticipated or unintended."
https://christopherjohnlindsay.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/the-wrong-man/
"the actions of people … always have effects that are unanticipated or unintended."
No! I am amazed. Dick Tracy has solved life's principal problem. As long as we do nothing (and never have cake) we may survive to sterile senescence. If only Manny had had sense not to waste money on those Monets and Degas on his walls, he would have been OK. If he could just get Woolworths to take them back and give him a refund of his $5.00, he'd be flush again. His children might never know the beauty of art works, but he could have their teeth fixed. If Manny and his wife got really hungry, they could eat the children.
Rose also admits to not being a good financial manager, telling Manny, “I haven’t known how to economize.” She reminds him how often they have been in debt and sharply criticizes him for his spending habits: “You always wanted to buy things” and “You borrowed money from the loan company for a vacation when we couldn’t afford it.”
https://christopherjohnlindsay.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/the-wrong-man/
One other tidbit of information I discovered in doing a little more research into Manny's story. Apparently, his son Gregory was interviewed in the early 80's as a follow-up to the story, and he made a statement to the effect that his mother, Rose, never totally recovered from the emotional damage suffered some 30 years earlier, although Hitch wanted to indicate otherwise with that last scene in the film.
shareVery sad to hear that. Her madness was the darkest part of the film, and it didn’t even show the effect that would have had on the two young boys.
shareI wondered about the women who mis-identified him. At the end, they walk right by him and not a peep but the real hold up guy walks by and Fonda says ‘You know what you did to me wife?’ The thief has no idea about any of this. It’s the women who should be punished. What happened to the real mis-identifiers?
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