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how'd they pay for the cab?

posted 16 years ago by newyorker_film_buff
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You remember the scene when Abby and Neil took a cab? Since they had turned all their cash and credit cards over to Pierce Brosnan earlier in the film, how did they pay the driver? You'll remember when they got to their destination, they just got out and walked straight into the building, no effort to pay at all. That must have been one understanding cabbie.

Unless I hear a good explanation from somebody, I'm going to assume that this small point was just another bit of silliness among dozens of silly situations in an outrageously silly film.

[–] ent0r 16 years ago

hmmm I don't remember but when they pawned their stuff, could it be , that they had change left?

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[–] newyorker_film_buff 16 years ago

Well, that's as good an explanation as any, I guess. Thanks. As I recall, when they went to the pawn shop, the pawnbroker offered only $200, and Alan had to take off his watch and demand the remaining $100 they needed. (I'm amazed with his belligerent attitude toward the pawnbroker that he was able to get anything at all for his watch. Oh wait, this is a movie where reality is forbidden. My bad.) Now, if I saw the scene correctly, and maybe I didn't, the restaurant bill came to $300, or at least that's what Pierce Brosnan demanded they bring back to him. They didn't actually hand the money to Brosnan, who only said something like, "Take care of this [bill], won't you?" I didn't assume there might be some change left, but then again, who knows. This movie had plot holes so big from lack of explanation that you could drive a truck through them.

[–] padzok 15 years ago

Brosnan told them to get $300. He made sure that the meal cost less than that so that there was some change. Remember that Brosnan wanted them to take the cab ride later, so he planned it that they would have enough cash.

[–] ricardo-abreu-1 15 years ago

The cab driver was a woman. He sort of "requested" her car on the purpose of "this is an emergency"...

[–] padzok 15 years ago

The woman you're thinking about was a passenger who was just about to get into the cab. They pushed her out of the way on the basis that it was an emergency. (Another example of Neil's selfish personality really, because there was plenty more on the rank, and it wouldnt have killed him to wait another 30 seconds).

[–] miket-45 15 years ago

The wife and Tom were in cahoots, remember? They didn't burn all the money, and it's reasonable to believe that the woman in charge of everything would keep some of the money to make sure her little scheme could happen, no?

[–] NxNWRocks 10 years ago

That would raise suspicions when they have been desperate for cash earlier and then suddenly she pulls out a bankroll for the cab. I thought they just stiffed the cab driver.

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