Phil steals a bag of money which held at least $100 000 ...and he then goes to the movie theater in a Rolls Royce, dressed as Clint Eastwood. Wtf? Since when do you need to be rich to dress up as a cowboy?
Surely they had better things for him to do with the money in the original script? Or they filmed more gags that got cut in the editing room?
What else could you do in a small town with a lot of money while confined to 12 or 16 hours with a blizzard on the way?
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If they couldn't come up with anything better than dressing up like cowboy, why did they include it in the scenario?
He more than likely didn't do it for the money anyway. He was a TV weatherman/broadcaster ffs. Probably didn't spend any of the money from that bag I'd imagine. After all, the whole thing was one big joke to him at that point in time.
shareHe more than likely didn't do it for the money anyway.
I'd agree that he did it out of boredom rather than for the money.
Anything he purchased with the stolen money would only last him a day anyway. I mean, I guess he could walk into a car show room, buy an expensive car with cash, then drive around for a bit. But other than that, what else could he really do with it? It's not like he could buy a house in a day and, there'd be no point buying a holiday in advance. Or getting an expensive watch or clothing that he could wear for one whole day.
I mean, I guess he could go to a local bar and start throwing his money round and be drinking champagne, or whatever. But, you could argue he could do that anyway. Next morning he'd have his money back in his account like he never spent it. He might as well just do that rather than steal.
Really, there's no real point in stealing the money, other than to alleviate the boredom he's feeling. Which I assume was the point.
I thought the robbery itself was entertaining and the movie theater scene was a good enough recap of some of the things he did with the money.
shareId say him finding the nearest coke dealer and whorehouse everyday eventully got old. Atleast in the script. Wouldn't to me.
shareI wondered how he was able to buy a Rolls in a small town like Punxsutawney. Agreed that the payoff was lame but there was probably only so much he could do.
shareBill Murray was really funny as the cowboy, so it was worth it.
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Not just a cowboy, Clint Effing Eastwood!!!
His impression of him was spot on. One of my favorite scenes.
Yes!!! "That will be-uh... one adult and-uh... two adults. I guess?" Haha.
That line and also... "Hi, Nancy... my own fiancée, doesn't remember me."
The brilliance of this scene. Awesome!
What did you have in mind? Him coming back with a busload of hookers?
It's not that much money, fancy car and silly clothes pretty much covers it.
This whole thread is lame .
1)
Lord Rake: "What else could you do in a small town"
Atreides: "I don't know."
If you cant even think of anything you've got no call to bitch about what they came up with .
2) "Since when do you need to be rich to dress up as a cowboy?"
You dont , he was probly doing that anyway that day
3) He bought a Rolls Royce what more do you want?
4) Given the mind numbing tedium Phil was going through anything he did with the 100,00 is justified including wiping his ass with it and flushing.
5) As others have pointed out What the hell can you do in a small town with less than a days notice?
I think it was more to the point of what everyday thing he would’ve liked to do and live as than what he would normally do and enjoy. Roll around with a nice car, with a hot babe, calling him bronco, and going to watch his favourite movie.
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