The Winner (film)

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This article is about the 1996 movie. For other meanings, see Winner.

The Winner is a 1996 film, directed by Alex Cox. Most noted for its quirky cast (Michael Madsen, Vincent D'Onofrio, Frank Whaley, and Billy Bob Thornton, among others) and fine art department: the designer was Cecilia Montiel, who went on to design the movies of Robert Rodriguez and Antonio Banderas' Zorro films.

The film was substantially re-edited by the executive producers, Marc Damon and Rebecca De Mornay, and the original score - by Cox's longtime collaborators Pray for Rain - replaced by a jazz score. Cox requested that his name be removed from the credits, so The Winner is now regarded as an Alan Smithee film.

The screenplay - by Wendy Riss - resembles another low-budget Vegas movie, Destiny Turns on the Radio.