Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)

Fun with Dick and Jane novel by Gerald Gaiser

In January 2000, Dick Harper Jim Carrey has just been promoted to Vice President of Communications for the large media corporation Globodyne. The next day, he is asked to appear on the show Money Life, where host Sam Samuels and independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader dub him and all the companys employees as perverters of the American dream and claim that Globodyne helps the super rich get even wealthier. As they speak, the companys stock goes into a freefall and is soon worthless, along with all the employees pensions, which are in Globodynes stock. Dick arrives home to find his excited wife Jane Ta Leoni, who informs him that she took his advice and quit her job as a travel agent after his promotion in order to spend more time with their son Billy. Dick has to break the news over dinner, instantly alarming Jane. Dick tries to think positively, and tries for a few months to get a Vice Presidency at other corporations. Unable to get a job anywhere, Jane reveals that theyll end up declaring bankruptcy in the next couple of months due to their assets being made up entirely of nowworthless Globodyne stock.After coming to terms with the prospect of being poor, Dick and Jane both apply for lowpaying jobs. After being fired from all local businesses, and finding out that they havehours before being evicted from their home, they both decide to turn to crime. Dick borrows Billys squirt gun and decides to rob a local convenience store, but loses his nerve and merely gets away with a slushy. After several failed attempts, they finally rob a head shop. Realizing that they get a thrill out of stealing, they begin going on nightly robbing sprees. They climb their way up the crime ladder, becoming more professional with each passing night, and eventually steal enough money to retire the mortgages on their house and car, both of which were on the verge of repossession. Dick and Janes last job is to rob a local bank by going undercover as corporate security personnel.

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