Finder's Fee (film)

Infobox Film
name = Finder's Fee


caption = Finder's Fee DVD cover
director = Jeff Probst
producer = Brad Van Arragon
Katy Wallin
Shawn Williamson
eproducer = James Shavick
aproducer = Jonathan Shore
writer = Jeff Probst, from a story by Jim Gulian
starring = Erik Palladino
James Earl Jones
Ryan Reynolds
Dash Mihok
Matthew Lillard
Robert Forster
music = Rob King
B. C. Smith
cinematography = Francis Kenny
editing = Brian Berdan
distributor = Lions Gate Films
Silverline Pictures
released = June 16, 2001 Seattle International Film Festival
June 19, 2001 Method Fest Independent Film Festival
October 28, 2003 DVD
runtime = 100 Minutes
country = United States
awards = Golden Space Needle (best picture), 2001 Seattle International Film Festival
Best Screenplay (Feature Film), 2001 Method Fest Independent Film Festival
language = English
budget = Unknown
imdb_id = 0192023

"Finder's Fee" is an American film. It was directed by Jeff Probst from his original screenplay. The story is based on an actual event that occurred to Probst.

Plot

The film takes place over the course of a single evening. Tepper, played by Erik Palladino, finds a wallet on his way home from work. He contacts the owner of the wallet by telephone, and then later discovers that the wallet contains the winning ticket for a lottery.

Complications arise when Tepper's friends come over for their regular poker night. One of the conditions of the game is that everyone purchase a ticket for the lottery, to be thrown into the pot. The game is played as a freezeout, with the winner collecting all the tickets and any prizes they may be worth. When the owner of the wallet, played by James Earl Jones, arrives, he realizes that the winning ticket is in the pot, and stays to play in the game.

Awards

"Finder's Fee" won the Golden Space Needle Award, given to the audience's choice for Best Picture at the 2001 Seattle International Film Festival.

Jeff Probst won the Best Screenplay (Feature Film) at the 2001 Method Fest Independent Film Festival.

James Earl Jones won Best Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie at the 2003 DVDX Awards.

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