Things Change

1988
PG
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

4.2K

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Don Ameche and Joe Mantegna in Things Change (1988)

Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.

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Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.

Director
- David Mamet
Writers
- David Mamet
- Shel Silverstein
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

4.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- David Mamet
Writers
- David Mamet
- Shel Silverstein
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

Miss Bates
(as Willo Varsi Hausman)

Gail Silver

Housemaid

Len Hodera

Ramone

Josh Conescu

Bellenza

Adam Bitterman

Marcotti

Jack Merrill

No Pair
(as Merrill Holtzman)

William Novelli

Willie

Kenny Lilliebridge

Chicago Bodyguard

Charles Stransky

Scarface
(as Chuck Stransky)

William H. Macy

Billy Drake
(as W.H. Macy)

Director
- David Mamet
Writers
- David Mamet
- Shel Silverstein
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Future husband and wife Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy appear in this film. They were dating at the time.

Goofs
After they leave the airport, Jerry and Gino stop to talk with Billy Drake. Then Gino stays in front of the others, holding the overcoats, with Billy on his left-hand side and Jerry on his right. In the next shot Billy appears holding the overcoats and leading Gino with his right hand to the car. For this to be possible it would be necessary that them both had changed their places.

Quotes
Jerry: Babe, this is the guy behind the guy behind the guy.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Things Change/Bat*21/Without a Clue/Mystic Pizza/Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

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Featured review

7/10

Great Film!

Shoe-shiner Gino (Don Ameche) is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry (Joe Mantegna) watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.

"Things Change" was Mamet's directorial follow-up to "House of Games" and also takes place in the world of crime. The two films share many cast members, including Joe Mantegna, Ricky Jay, Mike Nussbaum, William H. Macy, and J. T. Walsh, as well as many production staff members. I love how Mamet seems to have his own "stock company" with Mantegna, Jay and Macy. There is something about an ensemble working together again and again that I enjoy.

This film was great and I appreciate that Mamet went more towards comedy. I love his dense language, but sometimes a little humor is good. And mob humor? The best. I have only recently come to appreciate Don Ameche, and this has to be one of his better, later roles.