Greedy (film)

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Greedy
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Directed by	Jonathan Lynn
Produced by	Brian Grazer
Written by	Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel
Starring	Michael J. Fox Kirk Douglas Nancy Travis
Music by	Randy Edelman
Cinematography	Gabriel Beristain
Editing by	Tony Lombardo
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	March 4, 1994
Running time	113 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Greedy is a 1994 comedy film starring Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas and Nancy Travis, directed by Jonathan Lynn. It was written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. The original music score was composed by Randy Edelman. The film was marketed with the tagline "Where there's a will... there's a relative."

[edit] Plot summary

The plot revolves around the relatives of wealthy scrap metal tycoon, Uncle Joe McTeague (Kirk Douglas), sucking up to him in order to inherit his millions. They decide to bring in their little nephew Daniel (Michael J. Fox) to help. Danny also is at his uncle's house to get a loan to invest. At first, Daniel does not want the money, but soon feels he needs to try and inherit it before the money falls into the hands of his greedy relatives, or Uncle Joe's attractive nurse, Molly Richardson, played by Olivia D'Abo. This was the last film Kirk Douglas completed prior to suffering a stroke in 1996 that altered his acting method significantly.

Other relatives are played by Ed Begley, Jr., Bob Balaban and Phil Hartman. The film also features Nancy Travis as Danny's girlfriend Robin Hunter.

The name "McTeague" for the main character is a reference to the movie Greed (film) (1924), and novel McTeague, dealing with the effects of greed on human characters.

[edit] Main cast

Actor	Role
Michael J. Fox	Daniel McTeague
Kirk Douglas	Uncle Joe McTeague
Nancy Travis	Robin Hunter
Olivia d'Abo	Molly Richardson
Phil Hartman	Frank
Ed Begley, Jr.	Carl McTeague
Jere Burns	Glen
Colleen Camp	Patti
Bob Balaban	Ed
Joyce Hyser	Muriel
Mary Ellen Trainor	Nora McTeague
Kevin McCarthy	Barlett
Khandi Alexander	Laura Densmore, P.I.
Jonathan Lynn	Douglas