Rating: NR
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 09/17/2004(USA)
Release Date: 03/29/2005
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 87 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations, Drug Content, Scatological Humor
Distributor/Studio: MGM
American independent filmmaker
Gary Preisler makes his film debut as a writer/director with the
black comedy National Lampoon's Gold Diggers. Twentysomethings Calvin Menhoffer (
Will Friedle) and Leonard Smallwood (
Chris Owen) get arrested for the robbery of two sixtysomething women, Doris (
Louise Lasser) and Betty (
Renee Taylor). The ladies decide to drop the charges and invite the crooks to their space-age mod Beverly Hills mansion. Cal and Lenny come up with a plan to marry the women for their money in hopes that they die within the year. It turns out that Doris and Betty are actually broke and they're planning to marry the boys, kill them, and cash in on their insurance money. After several unsuccessful murder attempts, all four characters end up robbing Doris and Betty's rich uncle. Originally titled
Lady Killers but changed to avoid confusion with the
Coen brothers' remake of the classic 1955 film,
Gold Diggers was shown at the
2003 CineVegas Film Festival.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide