Lucky Numbers is a 2000 comedy film directed by Nora Ephron. The screenplay by Adam Resnick was inspired by the 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal. Russ Richards , the weatherman for a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania television station, is revered as a local celebrity by his viewers, and fame affords him such perks as a reserved parking spot and his own booth at Denny's, where an omelet bears his name. His eternally optimistic demeanor conceals the fact his snowmobile dealership is on the verge of bankruptcy due to an unusually warm winter. His friend Gig , a shady strip club owner, suggests an... insurance scam will free Russ of his financial problems, but when the scheme fails to pay off, Russ finds himself even deeper in debt and the target of a hitman named Dale . Gig then proposes Russ rig the Pennsylvania Lottery with the help of his amoral girlfriend Crystal Latroy , a ditzy model who pulls and announces the winning numbers on television, and her oddball cousin Walter , who will pose as the owner of the lucky ticket. Their plan works, but before the $6.4 million jackpot can be claimed, everything begins to unravel.
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| Release date: | October 24, 2000 |
| Directed by: | Nora Ephron |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | Sean Daniel, Andrew Lazar, Jonathan D. Krane, Nora Ephron |
| Editor: | Barry Malkin |
| Music by: | George Fenton |
| Cinematography: | John Lindley |
| Screenplay by: | Adam Resnick |
| Estimated budget: | $63,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |