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why not rent the hotel for 30m??


...and squander it all on one thing? Sure it would make a lousy movie, but in terms of spending the money, I don't remember a clause by Uncle Rupert saying there was a minimum amount of money he could pay someone or buy something for. Except for the 5% charity, 5% gambling, a hope diamond for some bimbo, or burning Picassos as firewood.

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theres loads of stuff you could do to spend it in an instant.advertising on t.v./sports events etc....
would ruin the film though.

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advertising would be BY FAR the easiest outlet. He could get equal value on advertising easily with that 30 million between TV and print and billboards.

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Yeah, they should've called the film "Brewster's trillions." The whole premise is pretty stupid. Some would call this nitpicking, but in my opinion a good movie can't completely discount things like, oh, plausibility, say.

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Well, I don't think the hotel would accept that amount and I think it was sort of agreed on that he couldn't just spend the money on one thing. Probably because that would be too easy. Rupert wanted to make it difficult for Monty.

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Running for office by far was the easiest and quickest way, he managed to spend $30 in less than 30 days cause Spike earned him an additional $10 million. Actually Monty spent $41 Million in 30 days, the original 30, the 10 Spike earned on investing, and the 1 million he won on the longshots.

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He could have sponsored every car in NASCAR.

The "Brewster 300."

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