My first twenty million

Movie
German title	My first twenty million
Original title	The First $ 20 Million Is Always the Hardest
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2002
length	105 minutes
Rod
Director	Mick Jackson
script	Jon Favreau , Gary Tieche
production	Trevor Albert
music	Marco Beltrami
camera	Ronald Víctor García
cut	Don Brochu
occupation
Adam Garcia : Andy Kasper Rosario Dawson : Alisa Jake Busey : Darrell Claxton Enrico Colantoni : Francis Benoit Ethan Suplee : Curtis Reese Anjul Nigam : Salman Fard Gregory Jbara : Hank Dan Butler : Lloyd Acheson Linda Hart : Mrs. B Shiva Rose : torso Chandra West : Robin Rob Benedict : Willy Heather Paige Kent : Claudia Goss Stoney Westmoreland : Link John Rothman : Ben

My First Twenty Million (Original Title: The First $ 20 Million Is Always the Hardest ) is an American comedy film from 2002. Directed by Mick Jackson and written by Jon Favreau and Gary Tieche based on a novel by Po Bronson .

action

Andy Kasper works for a company's marketing department and is frustrated. He quits and takes a job at the La Honda Research Institute, which is developing a personal computer that could sell for $ 99. The idea of storing all of the software on the Internet does not yet bring the desired savings. Meanwhile, the team members seek female friendships.

Kasper and his colleagues quit LaHonda and continue to work on their own. They are developing a device called "emagi". Meanwhile, Kasper gets closer to his neighbor Alisa. Alisa receives shares in the company for her help. She sells her shares to Francis Benoit, the boss of LaHonda, who wants to use the patents to build a computer that he wants to sell for $ 999. Alisa comforts the dejected Kasper who has a new idea. Kasper and friends turn to Hank, the manager of the LaHonda Research Institute, who helps develop a new computer.

The friends interrupt Benoit's press conference and announce a new invention, which they demonstrate to the enthusiastic audience. It turns out that they were bogus the orders that Benoit had received and that led him to invest his fortune in production.

background

The film was shot in Los Angeles and San Francisco . It started on June 28, 2002 in two cinemas in the USA, in which it grossed around 2500 US dollars . In most countries it has been released directly on video, DVD or on television.

Reviews

Robert Koehler wrote in Variety magazine on July 1, 2002 that the "wannabe comedy" looked "worn out". Dawson tries to come across as natural and human, while the other actors act stereotypically. Garcia plays the worst and exaggerates "terribly". The film service described the film as a "boring and unimaginative comedy".

Web links

• My first twenty million in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• My first twenty million at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• My first twenty million at Metacritic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Filming locations on imdb.com , accessed June 7, 2019.
2. ↑ See release dates on imdb.com , accessed June 7, 2019.
3. ↑ See Business on imdb.com ( Memento from September 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
4. ^ Robert Koehler: The First $ 20 Million Is Always the Hardest . In: Variety , July 1, 2002, accessed June 7, 2019.
5. ↑ My first twenty million. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 7, 2019 .