Things Change

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Things Change is a 1988 American comedy-drama film directed by David Mamet about a mistaken-identity scheme involving a humble shoeshiner and the mob.

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instanceOf comedy-drama film
film
award Volpi Cup for Best Actor
surface form: Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award for Don Ameche
basedOn original screenplay
cinematographyBy Juan Ruiz Anchía
colorProcess color
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director David Mamet
distributor Columbia Pictures
editedBy Nancy Golladay NERFINISHED
featuresMob Italian-American Mafia
festivalScreening Venice Film Festival
filmingLocation Lake Tahoe
genre comedy-drama
crime film
hasCharacterOccupation shoeshiner
hasTheme friendship
loyalty
mistaken identity
organized crime
hasTitleLanguage English
mainCharacter Gino
Jerry
medium feature film
musicBy Alaric Jans
narrativeFocus relationship between an aging shoeshiner and a low-level mobster
notableFor collaboration between David Mamet and Shel Silverstein
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A humble shoeshiner is mistaken for a mob boss and becomes involved in a mistaken-identity scheme with the mob.
producer Michael Hausman
productionCompany Filmhaus
releaseDecade 1980s
releaseYear 1988
runtimeMinutes 100
screenplayBy David Mamet
Shel Silverstein
starring Don Ameche
J. J. Johnston
Jack Wallace
Joe Mantegna
Mike Nussbaum
Ricky Jay
Robert Prosky
William H. Macy
timePeriodOfSetting 1980s
writer David Mamet
Shel Silverstein

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Don Ameche notableWork Things Change
Ricky Jay appearedIn Things Change