For the radio show, see The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show. For the location known as "The Money Pit", see Oak Island.
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The Money Pit
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Richard Benjamin
Written by
David Giler
Based on
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House by Melvin Frank Norman Panama
Produced by
Kathleen Kennedy
Art Levinson
Frank Marshall
Starring
Tom Hanks
Shelley Long
Alexander Godunov
Maureen Stapleton
Cinematography
Gordon Willis
Edited by
Jacqueline Cambas
Music by
Michel Colombier
Production company
Amblin Entertainment
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date
March 26, 1986 (1986-03-26) (United States)
Running time
91 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$18.4 million[1]
Box office
$55 million[2]
The Money Pit is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long as a couple who attempt to renovate a recently purchased house. The film is a loose remake of the 1948 Cary Grant comedy film Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, and was filmed in New York City and Lattingtown, New York, and was co-executive produced by Steven Spielberg.
location known as the "MoneyPit", which is allegedly the original searchers’ spot. Located on the east side of Oak Island, theMoneyPit is—or was—a shaft...
MoneyPit is a British television series first broadcast on Dave in 2015. It is presented by Jason Manford and Dominic Frisby, and allows investors to...
"themoneypit". A "curse" on the treasure is said to have originated more than a century ago and states that seven men will die in the search for the...
investigations of the site. Areas of interest include the "moneypit", Borehole 10-X, Smith's Cove, Site 2, "Nolan's Cross", the "Hatch", and the "Swamp". While...
the German edition of Playboy, in 1982. She has starred in numerous Hollywood films such as The Emerald Forest (1985), Gymkata (1985), TheMoneyPit (1986)...
biggest success in the mid-to-late 1980s, appearing in several films which include Moscow on the Hudson with Robin Williams, TheMoneyPit with Tom Hanks...
include City Heat (1984), TheMoneyPit (1986), My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), Mermaids (1990), Made in America (1993), Milk Money (1994), Mrs. Winterbourne...
films that received positive media attention, such as Splash (1984), TheMoneyPit (1986), Big (1988) and A League of Their Own (1992). He won two consecutive...
Witness (1985), a comically narcissistic symphony conductor in TheMoneyPit (1986) and one of the thieves in Die Hard (1988). He declined roles which typecast...
played the part of Lt. Fisk in Manhunter. Also that year, he appeared in the comedy TheMoneyPit, as an unruly construction worker, and in the Stephen...
2013 he wrote a pilot based on TheMoneyPit that was put into development by NBC but ultimately never aired. He created the workplace sitcom Superstore...
TheMoneyPit is the largest American syndicated radio show offering home improvement advice. It is hosted by Tom Kraeutler and Leslie Segrete and has...
role of Marty in the 2015 BBC Drama Ordinary Lies. In 2015, he hosted TheMoneyPit for Dave and It's a Funny Old Week for ITV. In 2016, Manford joined...
produces the nationally syndicated Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford. Tom Kraeutler and Leslie Segrete co-host the nationally syndicated TheMoneyPit Home...
of the students were reluctant readers and writers. To encourage them, Walters wrote his first novel, Stand Your Ground. The novel was set in the school...
notable roles were in the movies Julius Caesar (1953), Sayonara (1957), and TheMoneyPit (1986). He was also an acclaimed actor on the New York stage, acting...
portrays authority figures on both sides of the law. His first film was the 1986 Tom Hanks comedy TheMoneyPit. Since then, he has appeared in supporting...
an episode of The Twilight Zone in 1985 called Shelter Skelter. His other early film roles were supporting performances in TheMoneyPit (1986), Weeds...
During the eighties he starred in various comedies including Bachelor Party (1984), TheMoneyPit (1986), Nothing in Common (1986), Dragnet (1987), The 'Burbs...
appeared in all three current shows in the Law & Order franchise. Her screen credits include TheMoneyPit, A Shock to the System, Gods and Generals, and Duane...
Movie (1980), Into the Night (1985), TheMoneyPit (1986), and Coming to America (1988). He supplied the voice of Git, a lab rat in the Disney animated feature...
He is best known as co-host of television programme MoneyPit. Dominic Frisby is the son of the playwright and novelist Terence Frisby, and Christine...
with plenty of cash due to the burgeoning economy of the Seattle, Washington area, which turned the locale into a moneypit.[citation needed] In 1993,...
Suite (1971), The Fan (1981), Cocoon (1985), TheMoneyPit (1986), and Nuts (1987). She was nominated for seven Emmy Awards and won one for the television...
Robey had small roles in the films TheMoneyPit and Raw Deal. The following year, she beat out 300-plus other actresses for the role of Michelle "Micki"...
films such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the end credits of Waiting…, Diving into theMoneyPit, and Back to the Future have featured Rube Goldberg–style...
(1985)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014. Canby, Vincent (March 26, 1986). "TheMoneyPit (1986)...