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Dec 25, 2017 · The film depicts the ordeal of the grandson of the richest man in the world, who was abducted by Italian gangsters in 1973 and held for ransom. His grandfather, a notorious miser, refused to pay until he received his severed ear in an envelope.
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- Mike Miller,Nina Biddle
- How Did The Kidnapping Happen?
- Was Getty Really That cheap?
- Did The Kidnappers Really Cut Off Their Hostage’S ear?
- How Did The Ordeal End?
- What Happened to J. Paul Getty?
- And What About His Estate?
The free-spirited teenager, who went by Paul, had been living in Rome as his father J. Paul “Eugene” Getty II oversaw the Italian side of the family business. He had reportedly been hitting on a Belgian go-go dancer in the Piazza Navona in Rome when he disappeared before dawn on July 10, 1973 — as the film’s opening scenes depict. What exactly happ...
TIME quoted the boy’s grandfather as saying that he opposed paying the kidnappers in principle, because it only encourages kidnapping as a criminal practice. (As he says in the film, he did have many other grandchildren who would have been susceptible to similar fates.) As the movie makes clear, he also had a reputation for keeping his fortune clos...
The kidnappers got to work trying to force the family’s hand, as the story generated increasing publicity. One example not depicted in the movie: the Playboy-esque magazine Playmen paid $1,000to publish nude photos of the red-haired, freckled-face boy, which had been taken before he disappeared. As the Dec. 24, 1973, issue of TIME reported, “early ...
Paul’s five months of captivity ended before dawn on Dec. 15, 1973. TIME’s Dec. 24, 1973, issue describedthe moment the boy was discovered: About a month later, the magazine explainedhow the paying of the ransom actually helped nab the kidnappers. The family dispatched an American named Fletcher Chase (Mark Wahlberg) with sacks full of Italian lire...
Unlike in the movie, in which the oil tycoon appears to have a stroke and die the very same night that Paul is rescued, he actually passed away about three years after his grandson’s return, in 1976, at the age of 83. He died in a 72-room mansion near London, where, as People later reported, he had “isolated” himself with his German shepherds. The ...
At the time of his death, TIME’s obituaryreported that most of his fortune, much of it kept in Getty Oil stock, would be given to charities and non-profits, including the Getty Museum. As the movie depicts, he owned many valuable things, such as works of art, many of which are now displayed in the museum. But some of it did go to individuals. By th...
Dec 25, 2017 · Alas, the major events in All the Money in the World—written by David Scarpa, based on John Pearson’s 1995 book Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortune and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul ...
Dec 21, 2017 · The film is based on a book by John Pearson, but it's unclear how much access he had to the Getty family. The film depicts the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III in 1973 and the media storm that followed, but it also explores the private relationships and motives of the characters.
All the Money in the World is a 2017 biographical crime thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Scarpa.Based on John Pearson's 1995 book Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty, it depicts the events surrounding the 1973 kidnapping of John Paul Getty III and the refusal of his grandfather, the multi-billionaire oil tycoon J ...
Dec 25, 2017 · All the Money in the World: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris. The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
Dec 25, 2017 · The crime thriller All the Money in the World, opening Christmas day though not exactly in the Christmas spirit, is filmmaker Ridley Scott’s spin on the true story of how billionaire oil tycoon ...
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