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‘Five Dollars a Day’ enough for Nivola & Walken

Published on August 9, 2007

The role of father was pretty much confirmed a while back when Christopher Walken was circling the project and Variety reports that Alessandro Nivola will play son to the conman's father. In a project that dates back to 03’ with the like Nick Cassavetes and John Curran to direct, it looks like the project is moving forward with Nigel Cole (A Lot Like Love, Calendar Girls) at the helms.

Written by Neal H. Dobrofsky and Tippi Dobrofsky, Five Dollars a Day is a road movie that pits a con artist against his more conservative son. Walken will play a conman proud of living like a king on $5 a day, and Nivola his offspring, who had been jailed for one of his father's crimes.

Capitol Films greenlit the project for its TH!NKFilm arm to release. Carol Baum, Jane Goldenring and Kia Jam are producing. Look for shoooting to begin in New Mexico and Atlantic City, N.J., on Sept. 10.

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