Owning Mahowny

Owning Mahowny is a 2003 Canadian film about gambling addiction with a cast that includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin and John Hurt. Based on the true story of a Toronto bank employee who embezzled more thanmillion to feed his gambling habit, Owning Mahowny was named one of the ten best films of the year by critic Roger Ebert.

The movies focus is on Mahowny as a characterhow his compulsion drives him and all the domino effects it has on the rest of his life. The love story between Mahowny and Belinda and the inclusion of other finely drawn characters such as hapless casino employee Bernie Chris Collins put the emphasis squarely on the gambling addiction, not on the flash and sizzle of big casinos or multimilliondollar frauds.Owning Mahowny is based on a reallife incident Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce clerk Brian Molony embezzled overmillion from his employers in justmonths to support his gambling habit. Molonys story was told in the bestselling 1987 book Stung by journalist Gary Ross, which formed the basis for the screenplay. ........

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