Based on the true story about long-married couple Jerry and Marge Selbee, who win the lottery and use the money to revive their small town.Based on the true story about long-married couple Jerry and Marge Selbee, who win the lottery and use the money to revive their small town.Based on the true story about long-married couple Jerry and Marge Selbee, who win the lottery and use the money to revive their small town.
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And it was cool to know it was based on a real story, gave it more meaning. A great "feel good" movie
8.4/10.
Did you know
- TriviaWhile some see the Boston Globe article mentioned as a goof, it is not. Actually, there was an initial article written around 2011 by a female journalist for the Globe that exposed the betting groups and the flaw. The HuffPost article was written later and focused more on Jerry and Marge themselves.
- GoofsWhen Jerry and Marge are explaining to Steve that they'd buy 312,000 tickets, Jerry says that it will take "four days of betting, two machines, twelve hours a day". Earlier, it had been established that a machine prints 1,000 tickets per hour. 312,000 tickets on two machines would take 156 hours, which is 13 days when printing for 12 hours per day.
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Tyler: At Harvard, we learn a little something called binomial distribution. Look it up. Then you'll see why your odds are better when you fill out your own slips. You're welcome.
Jerry: Binomial distribution only considers two factors, not a third which is human error or a fourth, which is the time it takes for you to fill in the tickets. You gain a whooping 32 bucks for every $100,000 you win. You're welcome.
- Crazy creditsAs the End Credits begin to roll, pictures of the real life Jerry and Marge and their family, upon whose lives the movie is based, are shown.
- ConnectionsReferences Alien, le 8ème passager (1979)
- SoundtracksKeep On Running
Written by Jackie Edwards
Performed by The Spencer Davis Group
Courtesy of Island Records Ltd./Capitol Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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