FILM 2229: LUCKY NUMBERS (2000)

TRIVIA: This film was based on a true-life scandal involving the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission in 1980. Employees of a local television station in Pittsburgh actually were convicted and served jail time in the "666" drawing. Some of the balls were weighted down by injecting them with paint, ensuring that only 4s and 6s would remain airborne and captured in the lottery machine.

Tim Roth and John Travolta's second film together, the first one was Pulp Fiction (1994).

One of the four films that received an "F" CinemaScore from audiences upon their release in 2000, along with Eye of the Beholder (1999), Dr. T & the Women (2000) and Lost Souls(2000).

John Travolta's second film with Nora Ephron after Michael 4 years before as well as Bill Pullman's second film with Nora ephron 8 years after sleepless in Seattle.

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This is featured on the podcast Blank Check episode Lucky Numbers with Alex Ross Perry https://soundcloud.com/griffin-and-david-present/lucky-numbers-with-alex-ross-perry