Top of the World (1997 film)

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Top of the World
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Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Written byBart Madison
Produced by Avi Lerner
Elie Samaha
Starring
CinematographyAlan Caso
Edited by Alain Jakubowicz
Music by Robert O. Ragland
Production
company
Distributed by Trimark Pictures
Release dates
  • September 10, 1997 (1997-09-10)(Hungary)
  • September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)(United States)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Top of the World is a 1997 film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Peter Weller, Dennis Hopper and Tia Carrere. It also features David Alan Grier, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Peter Coyote and Joe Pantoliano. The plot is set in Las Vegas. [1]

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Plot

In Las Vegas for a quickie divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Cowboy Country Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They win big, right as the casino is being robbed. The police believe their big win was a staged diversion and the two of them become suspects. Over the course of the evening and next morning, the two attempt to escape the surrounded casino and prove their innocence, as well as save their marriage.

Cast

Production

Chap Taylor had written the screenplay on spec, describing it as "Die Hard" in a Las Vegas casino, Taylor and his agent had pitched the script to Paramount Pictures, but they weren’t interested. [2]

The script was then sent to producers Avi Lerner and Elie Samaha, who read the script and wanted to produce it. [2]

According to Taylor, he saw an early cut of the film, and requested to have his name taken off, he was credited under the pseudonym, Bart Madison. [2]

Taylor further explained that an associate of Peter Weller's had rewritten the entire script. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Top of the World (1997)". FilmAffinity . Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Chap Taylor Interview Part 2". www.spotify.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.


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