Matchstick Men
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ridley Scott
Monnae Michaell
Sheila Kelley
Nicolas Cage
Emil Richards
Alison Lohman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Meet Roy and Frank, a couple of professional small-time con artists. What Roy, a veteran of the grift, and Frank, his ambitious protégé, are swindling these days are "water filtration systems," bargain-basement water filters bought by unsuspecting people who pay ten times their value in order to win bogus prizes like cars, jewelry and overseas vacations--which they never collect. These scams net the flim-flam men a few hundred here, another thousand there, which eventually adds up to a lucrative partnership. Roy's private life, however, is not so successful. An obsessive-compulsive agoraphobe with no personal relationships to call his own, Roy is barely hanging on to his wits, and when his idiosyncrasies begin to threaten his criminal productivity he's forced to seek the help of a psychoanalyst just to keep him in working order. While Roy is looking for a quick fix, his therapy begets more than he bargained for: the revelation that he has a teenage daughter--a child whose existence he suspected but never dared confirm. What's more troubling, 14-year-old Angela wants to meet the father she never knew. At first, Angela's appearance disrupts her neurotic father's carefully ordered routine. Soon, however, with his own unique spin on parenthood, Roy begins to enjoy a relationship he never dreamed of having with his daughter. But while he develops paternal feelings for the 14-year-old, she's developing a fascination with Daddy's questionable career.
Director
Ridley Scott
Cast
Monnae Michaell
Sheila Kelley
Nicolas Cage
Emil Richards
Alison Lohman
Kate Steele
Beth Grant
Nigel Gibbs
Fran Kranz
Michael Clossin
Tim Maculan
R Scott Doran
Marco Kyris
Heitor Pereira
Andi Sherrill
Ramsey Malouky
Dennis Anderson
Satnam Singh Ramgotra
Jim Zulevic
Paul Hubbard
Stoney Westmoreland
Giannina Facio
Marco Assante
Sonya Eddy
Frank Marocco
Daniel Villareal
Bill Saito
Jerry Hauck
Steve Eastin
Jenny O'hara
Bruce Altman
Tim Kelleher
Lynn Ann Leveridge
Adam Clark
Bruce Mcgill
Kim Cassidy
Sam Rockwell
Crew
Rob Abbey
Mary Albee
Maura Alvarez
Mike Anderson
Slamm Andrews
Slamm Andrews
Cheryl Andryco
Ramy Antoun
Chuck Askerneese
Christopher Assells
Sean Bailey
Karen M. Baker
Stuart Barter
Steve Battaglia
Tommy Bernard
Sheryl Blum
Hans Bradtke
Martin Bresin
Jean Broussole
Stephen Bures
Anthony Capello
Jeff Case
Chris Castaldi
Matthew B. Chamberlin
Kelsey Clark
Al Clay
Al Clay
Scott Cler
Ervan Coleman
Jimmy Crawford
Douglas Crosby
Lorraine Crossman
John Cucci
Bobby Darin
Max Bradado Darman
Tarra Day
Sebastian De Yradier
Lisa Deaner
Dave Deever
Tony Desanto
Dino Dimuro
Sacha Distel
Alberto Dominguez
James Dooley
James Dooley
Dody Dorn
Dody Dorn
Lamont Dozier
Mitch Dubin
Sheena Duggal
Francois Duhamel
Gary Dunham
Lisa Durso
Giannina Facio
Percy Faith
Bryan Ferry
Tom Foden
George Formby
Bruce L. Fowler
Bruce L. Fowler
Bruce L. Fowler
Milt Gabler
Carlos M Gallardo
Eric Garcia
Noel Gay
Marvin Gaye
Mickey Giacomazzi
Tom Greene
Adrienne Greshock
Nick Griffin
Ted Griffin
Ted Griffin
Per Hallberg
Jack Hayes
Lee Hazelwood
Dan Hegeman
Mo Henry
K.c. Hodenfield
Chris Hogan
Brian Holland
Eddie Holland
Craig Jaeger
Chris Jargo
Daniel R. Jennings
Valerie Johnson
Brigit Jones
Kristen Frances Jones
Tom Jordan
Bert Kaempfert
Robert Kaiser
Michael Kaplan
Jerry Keller
Teresa Kelly
James J Keys
Adam H Khalid
Jannette Kim
Scott Kinder
Susan Kornfeld
Susan Kornfeld
Sol Lake
Kevin Larosa
Albert Lasry
Adria Later
Jack Lawrence
Paige Lewis
Brock Little
Anna Mackenzie
Douglas E Madison
Douglas T Madison
Michael Manson
Annunzio Mantovani
Johnny Martinez
Johnny Martinez
Mary Mastro
John Mathieson
Linda Matthews
Andrea Maxwell
Henry Mayer
Bain Mceldowney
Steven Meizler
Johnny Mercer
Ralph Merzbach
Nicholas Mestrendrea
Michael Minkler
Margaret A Mitchell
Bryce Moore
Philip D. Morrill
Clever Trevor Morris
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Melissa Muik
Mario Nascimbene
Mario Nascimbene
Tony R. Negrete
Myron Nettinga
Reginald Newkirk
Wayne Newton
M Michele Nishikawa
Nancy Nye
Cybele O'brien
Dan O'connell
Carrick O'quinn
Kathryn Oden
Jeff Okabayashi
Lee Orloff
Ethan Ormsby
Noon Orsatti
Jose Padilla
Terry Painovich
Jennifer Parsons
Thomas A Payne
Denney Pierce
Lew Pollack
Janice Polley
Bill Pollock
Pablo Prietto
Erno Rapee
Jack Rapke
Jessica Rapke
Jack Reardon
David Rice
Mike Riportella
R J Ritchie
Kid Rock
William V Ryder
Chanel Salzer
Jessica Samuelson
Roy Savoy
Charles J.d. Schlissel
Brett Schreckengost
Kurt Schwabach
Adam P Scott
Ridley Scott
Matthew Shafer
Leigh Shanta
Gloria Shayne
Jay Sheehan
Jordan Sheehan
Neville Shulman
Andy Shuttleworth
Margaret Sigel
Spike Silver
Frank Sinatra
David A Smith
Heather Smith
Del Spiva
Steve Starkey
Peter Staubli
Marc Streitenfeld
Marc Streitenfeld
Ryan Suffern
Marty Taylor
Terri R. Taylor
Kirk Tedeski
Ledia Telo
Cari Thomas
Deborah Travis
John A Travis
Carmen Trejo
Charles Trenet
Michael Trisler
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2003
Released in United States Fall September 12, 2003
Released in United States on Video February 24, 2004
Released in United States September 2003
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 4-13, 2003.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (out of competition) August 27-September 6, 2003.
Based on the novel "Matchstick Men" by Eric Garcia; published by Villard December 3, 2002.
FujiFilm
Kodak
Released in United States 2003 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (out of competition) August 27-September 6, 2003.)
Released in United States on Video February 24, 2004
Released in United States September 2003 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 4-13, 2003.)
Released in United States Fall September 12, 2003
