Vincent took $1million out of the suitcase before going back to save Julius from Webster.....long before Webster met his demise with the chains.
Although we did not see Vincent taking it out, I did note that when he opened the suitcase to Webster, there was definitely less money in it.
Neither Julius, nor Linda, knew how much Vincent was supposed to be paid for delivering the 'merchandise'....so no-one else, still alive, knew how many millions, exactly, was in the suitcase.
The contents of the suitcase would have been, in all likelihood, ill-begotten money anyway, and so handing it over as evidence would have been, to Julius's mind, the right thing to do. In keeping with Vincent's character, he would have let Julius be none-the-wiser.
The $50,000 reward was for the return of the 'merchandise'.
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gibscreen2
17 years ago
I'm ashamed of myself for even getting to the end of this post, since the ppl who posted on this are so pathetic.
I saw this movie when it first came out in California and every single person in the theater laughed when DeVito said they were glad they gave back the "4 million". And this in a theater full of idiots. Of course they took 1 million.
If you need further proof (besides the fact that it's a comedy) do you really think the bad guy businessman would have risked his life by trying to screw the killer guy over 1 million?
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131064kjb
17 years ago
Excuse me, but I don't appreciate being called pathetic! And I'm sure no-one else here does either!
If you disagree with what is said, then just simply offer your own thoughts -- thats what a 'discussion' board is all about!
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jam_cl1987
17 years ago
who know's? nobody on this board for sure,as they werent part of the film or the directors thoughts. Personally i think theyre is 2 logical arguements for discussion, one is that vincent took a million out sometime when julius wasn't there or something and if you take a look at vincents face at the end when he is saying 4 million he just looks as if he could well have a little stash to himself or whatever but i think that would go against the vibe the film is trying to give off at the end that vincent is now reformed etc. I personally think we were given the impression that julius brings out the best in vincent and also that vincent has changed at the end of the film, from a dirty rotten thief, coniving bad person who you wouldn't trust as far as you could throw to a good brother and father who is now happy that he is re-united with his mother at the end.
Another way it could also be interprated is that it wasn't a goof and also that he didn't steal the money, but at the end when julius mentioned the money, we are supposed to believe that vincent doesn't care about the money anymore to the point where he actually misquotes the amount of money that was actually there and i have always thought that one could also be quite a tangible arguement, besides..if vincent did actually steal 1 million dollars then he wouldn't exactly have been able to hide it from julius obviously, he would have been caught, although its up to anyone to give theyre interpritation of the film.
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phunkevil
17 years ago
Vincent obviously took some of the money for himself. You can tell by his tone and his facial expression. I thought that was pretty obvious the first time I saw them film..... when I was 7.
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gibscreen2
17 years ago
Agreed. And for anyone who doesn't understand this, THAT's why it's pathetic. How do you accomplish anything in life if you can't figure out what was made so blatantly obvious. I used to think Hollywood was wrong to dumb down movies. Now I realize that it's necessary. And for anyone who doesn't understand what I'm saying because I was too subtle (about as subtle as the end of this movie was), I'll spell it out for you: you are stupid if you can't figure out that Vincent took the money without Vincent saying "I took the money".
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Charlie Goose
17 years ago
Absolutely. This thread was very disturbing to read. Vincent skimmed a million dollars, and Julius didn't know about it. How much more obvious did they need to make it?
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