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    Things Change

    PG1988 · Comedy · 1h 40m

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  1. Oct 21, 1988 · Things Change: Directed by David Mamet. With Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J.J. Johnston. Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.

    • (3.9K)
    • Comedy, Crime, Drama
    • David Mamet
    • 1988-10-21
  2. Co-stars Mantegna and Ameche received Volpi Cups at the Venice Film Festival for their performances in the film. Release and reception. Things Change was released on October 21, 1988, in 99 U.S. theaters, grossing US$3.5 million. The film carries an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 13 reviews, with an average score of 7/10. See also

    • $3,527,886
    • October 21, 1988
  3. Rated: 3/5 • Apr 5, 2005. The Chicago Mafia makes shoeshine man Gino (Don Ameche) an offer: do the time for a murder he didn't commit, and they'll buy him a fishing boat in Sicily. Gino accepts ...

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    • David Mamet
    • PG
    • Don Ameche
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  5. "Things Change" is a neat little exercise in wit and deception, in which an old Italian-American shoeshine man convinces the crime syndicate boss of Lake Tahoe that he is the man behind the man behind the man. His secret is to have no secret. He answers every question truthfully. He does most of his talking about how to get a perfect shoeshine. By the end of the film, we have witnessed a con ...

  6. Gino, an Italian-American shoe-shiner with a remarkable similarity to a certain mafia don, is paid to take the rap for a murder. Jerry, a two-bit gangster on probation, is given a chance for redemption by guarding Gino for the weekend. But instead of sitting around a dingy hotel room, Jerry decides to give Gino a weekend to remember, taking him ...

  7. David Mamet. Director, Writer. Shel Silverstein. Writer. Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status.

  8. THINGS CHANGE. Don Ameche and Joe Mantegna shared the Best Actor Award at the 1988 Venice International Film Festival for their work in this acclaimed comedy by David Mamet. Jerry (Mantegna), a misfit Mafia henchman, seems destined for low level jobs like keeping an eye on Gino (Ameche), a shoe repairman fingered by the mob to confess to a ...

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