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Gino, a humble shoe-shiner in Chicago, is approached by Mafia Don "Mr. Green", who offers him a large sum of money to take the blame for a murder committed by another gangster. When he refuses, the don starts to order what may be a hit on him.
Oct 21, 1988 · Things Change: Directed by David Mamet. With Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J.J. Johnston. Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.
Jerry is a low-level mobster whose wise-guy attitude has gotten him in trouble with the top brass. Now he has the chance to redeem himself by keeping an eye on Gino, an old shoeshine man who has ...
Michael Hausman. "Things Change" is a neat little exercise in wit and deception, in which an old Italian-American shoeshine man convinces the crime syndicate boss of Lake Tahoe that he is the man behind the man behind the man. His secret is to have no secret. He answers every question truthfully.
The Chicago Mafia makes shoeshine man Gino (Don Ameche) an offer: do the time for a murder he didn't commit, and they'll buy him a fishing boat in Sicily. Gino accepts and is placed in the custody...
Synopsis. Two Chicago gangsters go to Gino's shoe store and request that he meet them later by giving him a $100 bill. At that meeting, one of the gangsters tells Gino that an important man has been "mistakenly identified" as a killer, and shows him a picture of the man, who bears a striking resemblance to Gino.
But Things Change when Gino is mistaken for a Mafia boss and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status... a dangerous adventure that only friendship will see them through alive!
