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Five Dollars a Day
Directed by	Nigel Cole
Produced by	Carol Baum Jane Goldenring Kia Jam
Written by	Tippi Dobrofsky Neal H. Dobrofsky
Starring	Christopher Walken Alessandro Nivola Amanda Peet Sharon Stone
Music by	Alex Wurman
Cinematography	Peter Donahue
Editing by	Susan Littenberg
Running time	98 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Five Dollars a Day (also spelled as $5 a Day) is a comedy film directed by Nigel Cole and starring Christopher Walken, Alessandro Nivola, Amanda Peet, and Sharon Stone. The project dates back to 2003 when Nick Cassavetes had signed on to direct, but a year later was replaced by John Curran. Three years later Nigel Cole is sitting in the director's chair.^[1] It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.^[2]

Plot

The conservative son of a thrifty conman begrudgingly joins his father on the road -- after being released from jail for one of his dad's earlier crimes.^[3][4]

Cast

• Christopher Walken as a conman proud of living like a king on $5 a day^[4]
• Alessandro Nivola as his conservative son^[4]
• Amanda Peet as Maggie
• Sharon Stone as Dolores
• Peter Coyote as Bert Kruger
• Dean Cain as Rick Carlson

References

External links

• Five Dollars a Day at the Internet Movie Database