Is the plot of "Brewster's Millions" Legal?

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Maybe this should be on I Love True Crime, but I was wondering if the plot of this seminal eighties smash is entirely above board? Surely millions of pounds cannot change hands on the whim of a clearly deranged terminalist?

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 1 May 2003 01:15 (twenty years ago) link

I'm wondering what category this is going to end up in.

― slutsky (slutsky), Thursday, 1 May 2003 01:17 (twenty years ago) link

PS: Walter Hill's Brewster's Millions was actually the 7th or so film to bear the title; the first was made in 1914 and based on a stage play by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley, which was adapted from the novel by George Barr McCutcheon.

We shall see if this legacy continues into the 21st Century.

― slutsky (slutsky), Thursday, 1 May 2003 01:21 (twenty years ago) link

Brewster's Millions -- the one with Richard Prior -- is easily one of the worst films ever made. Right up there with Deal Of The Century and Hook.

slutzky -- there's a new film entitled Brewster's Millions coming out next year starring John Stewart and Eddie Griffin...no wait... that's WHO MY NEIGHBOR?

― PVC (peeveecee), Thursday, 1 May 2003 02:06 (twenty years ago) link

It's no The Toy.

― slutsky (slutsky), Thursday, 1 May 2003 02:15 (twenty years ago) link

when I was a kid I loved The Toy... because I was really into toys at the time?

― PVC (peeveecee), Thursday, 1 May 2003 02:38 (twenty years ago) link

That oughta be between you and your diary.

― slutsky (slutsky), Thursday, 1 May 2003 02:44 (twenty years ago) link

Brewster would easily be able to contest the will on the grounds that the qualifying covenant was unreasonable. Hoever said legal action could take a few years (looka t the Grouch Marx will trial) and would rack up a fair amount in legal bills. Who stood to get the money if Brewster didn't gurn and caper foolishly for an hour and a half? If they were not willing to contest it then it probably would be relatively simple. (Non disclousre clauses on actions are particularly difficult to back up).

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 May 2003 08:31 (twenty years ago) link

I'm glad somebody actually took this question seriously.

― slutsky (slutsky), Thursday, 1 May 2003 23:13 (twenty years ago) link

ten years pass...

one of the pressing questions of the ages

― Euler, Saturday, 7 September 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link

four years pass...

did we ever get this sorted?

― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link

four years pass...

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