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Dec 25, 2017 · The film depicts the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, the grandson of the richest man in the world, by Italian gangsters in 1973. The real Getty family was notorious for its miserliness, addiction, and tragedies. The film reveals how the Getty patriarch refused to pay the ransom until he received the severed ear of his grandson, who was saved by his devoted mother.
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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 · Mark Wahlberg’s character in All the Money in the World is based on a real-life former C.I.A. spy whom Getty sent to Rome, five weeks after the kidnapping, to help Gail. The real Chase was...
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 79% based on 262 reviews, with an average score of 7/10; the site's "critics consensus" reads: "All the Money in the World offers an absorbing portrayal of a true story, brought compellingly to life by a powerful performance from Christopher Plummer."
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Dec 21, 2017 · All the Money in the World is based on a book by John Pearson, originally published in 1995 under the name Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortune and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul...
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...
Dec 25, 2017 · 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.
