The Hustle
A remake of the 1988 comedy, 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels', in which two down-and-out con artists engage in a "loser leaves town" contest.
Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson are "Nasty Women" in the big screen update of "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." They’ll play variations on the roles originally played by Michael Caine and Steve Martin in the 1988 original. The new version will update the story by putting the focus on two lady cons attempting to get money from a rich tech prodigy.
The original "Scoundrels," released in 1988 and directed by Frank Oz, was itself a remake of the 1964 film "Bedtime Story," which starred Marlon Brando and David Niven. "Scoundrels" starred Steve Martin in the Brando role and Michael Caine in the Niven role as mirror-opposite conmen competing to scam money from a seemingly guileless American woman and banish each other from their South of France hunting ground, Beaumont-sur-Mer. The comedy also was spun into a Broadway musical in 2005 that starred Tony-winning actor John Lithgow.
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| Running time | 94 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $21 million
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| Box office | $95 million
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Josephine Chesterfield: Yes.
Gambler: I'm Danish.
Josephine Chesterfield: Like the pastry?
Gambler: Yeah... So what brings you to the South of France.
Josephine Chesterfield: An airplane.
- At 1h 9m, Josephine asks Penny "How about a bedtime story?" This is a nod to Bedtime Story (1964) - one of the movies this movie is a remake of.
- When "Dr. Schaffhausen" (Hathaway) arrives at Thomas' hotel room to seduce him, you can see that the nameplate on the door reads, "Suite Caroline". This is likely a nod to Neil Diamond's song Sweet Caroline.
- The tagline on the movie's poster, "They're giving dirty rotten men a run for their money", references its source material, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988).
- In this film, Anne Hathaway plays an analog of the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) role for Michael Caine, her co-star in The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Interstellar (2014).
- Anne Hathaway was initially resistant to doing the role with a posh British accent but director Chris Addison persuaded her that it was essential to the character.
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