| Hot Money | |
|---|---|
_in_ITV%27s_Hot_Money_(2001).jpg) Caroline Quentin and Kate Williams as Bridget Watmore and Molly Stern | |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Written by | Terry Winsor |
| Screenplay by | Neil McKay |
| Directed by | Terry Winsor |
| Starring | Caroline Quentin Gerard Horan Kate Williams Georgia Mackenzie Jay Simpson Melanie Hill Cliff Parisi |
| Music by | Colin Towns |
| Composer | Colin Towns |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Jeff Pope |
| Producer | Jeremy Phillips |
| Cinematography | John Daly |
| Editor | Edward Mansell |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Granada Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 12 December 2001 |
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Hot Money is a British television crime drama film, written by Neil McKay and directed by Terry Winsor, first broadcast on ITV on 12 December 2001.[1] Inspired by the Loughton incinerator thefts, the film stars Caroline Quentin as Bridget Watmore, a cleaner at the Bank of England who hatches a plot "for impoverished workers to pinch cash" before it is incinerated.[2] The film was commissioned by ITV in January 2001, as one of two new projects to star Quentin, with the other, Blood Strangers, following in 2002. Nick Elliott, then controller of drama at ITV, described Quentin as being "...very good at playing very ordinary women."[3] Filming began in February 2001.[3]
The film received a 44% audience share between 9pm and 11pm, where it was screened against a Panorama investigative special programme on BBC One.[4] Consolidated figures revealed the film drew 9.62 million viewers on its debut broadcast.[5] Reception by newspaper critics ranged from "inadequate script" (Daily Telegraph) to "thrilling comedy caper" (Mirror).[6] In 2008, the film was remade in the United States under the title Mad Money, starring Diane Keaton as Bridget, Katie Holmes as Jackie, Queen Latifah as Nina, and Ted Danson as Don. Lindsay Lohan was initially cast to play Jackie, but was replaced due to a lack of completion bond.[7]
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- ^ "First night: Hot Money". The Guardian. London. 13 December 2001.
- ^ a b Hodgson, Jessica (11 January 2001). "More ITV drama for Quentin". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ^ Deans, Jason (13 December 2001). "Hot Money makes off with millions". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ^ "Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018) | BARB".
- ^ "Hot Money". The Guardian. London. 13 December 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ^ "Mad Money (2008) - IMDb". IMDb.