| Free Money | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yves Simoneau |
| Produced by | Nicolas Clermont |
| Written by | Anthony Peck Joseph Brutsman |
| Starring | Marlon Brando Charlie Sheen Donald Sutherland Mira Sorvino Martin Sheen Thomas Haden Church Holly L Watson Christin Watson |
| Music by | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography | David Franco |
| Editing by | Yves Langlois |
| Release date(s) | 1998 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | 30,000,000$ (estimated) |
Free Money is a 1998 black comedy film directed by Yves Simoneau, produced by Nicolas Clermont and written by Anthony Peck and Joseph Brutsman.
Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson is a malicious warden of the county, illegally executing some of his worst prisoners. Everybody in town hates and is scared of him, except his twin daughters (Holly Watson and Christin Watson). Swede's twins tell their father they're pregnant, lying so he pushes their dim boyfriends, Bud Dyerson (Charlie Sheen) and Larry (Thomas Haden Church), into shotgun marriages. He also turns his sons-in-law into slave laborers, so Bud hatches an escape plan to rob a train carrying old bills to the mint for burning. Larry's his reluctant accomplice. When Bud is captured, he's railroaded into Swede's small-town and dangerous jail by the Judge (Donald Sutherland) and Swede. His death looks certain, until he hatches yet another plan that requires Larry's help. Meanwhile, Judge's Daughter and FBI Agent Karen Polarski (Mira Sorvino), while able to land Bud in federal prison, repeatedly comes to his aid.
The movie was filmed in Canada, in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Locales used in the movie include Vale Perkins, Highwater, Mansonville, and Mount Owl's Head.