Lucky [videorecording] : if money can't buy happiness, can winning the lottery come close? / Big Beach presents a You Are Here Production ; produced by Sean Welch ... [et al.] ; directed & produced by Jeffrey Blitz.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: NNVG241251 | DocuramafilmsPublication details: [United States] : Docuramafilms, 2011.Description: 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:- 1422916626
- 9781422916629
- Music, EEF Barzelay ; editor, Yana Gorskaya.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD | Northport Library | DVD | 795.38 L941 | Available | 33111007399625 |
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Americans spend $62 billion each year on lottery tickets, and every time someone buys one they likely imagine what their life would be like if they suddenly won a multi-million dollar prize. But the dream and the reality are often very different, and filmmaker Jeffrey Blitz offers a look into the lives of several folks who won big with unexpected results in this documentary. In Lucky, we meet Quang and Mai Dao, a couple from Vietnam who won over $22 million after settling in Nebraska, and have struggled to hold onto the values and work ethic that first brought them to the United States. Kristine and Steven White won a $110 million prize in the Pennsylvania lottery and found it seriously impacted their friendships and their identity, while they were also inundated with letters from strangers asking for a share of the money. William "Buddy" Post III won $16 million, but lost most of it through poor money management and was nearly killed by his own brother over a financial dispute. Robert Uomini still teaches math in California after winning $22 million though he can now indulge his passion for sports cars, and James Gatzke, who was near the end of his rope, got a second chance at life when an Illinois lottery ticket paid off to the tune of $5 and a half million. Lucky was an official selection at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Music, EEF Barzelay ; editor, Yana Gorskaya.
A look at the lottery system in the United States and how it changed the lives of a few average people, from a Vietnamese refugee to an outcast living with numerous cats in a run-down home.
DVD, NTSC, Dolby digital, stereo.