The Big White
Travel agent Paul Barnell (Robin Williams) finds a body in a dumpster that, unbeknownst to him, was left there by professional hit-men. Heavily in debt and attempting to find a cure for his wife Marga…
The Big White
Travel agent Paul Barnell (Robin Williams) finds a body in a dumpster that, unbeknownst to him, was left there by professional hit-men. Heavily in debt and attempting to find a cure for his wife Margaret's (Holly Hunter) apparent Tourette syndrome, he stages a disfiguring animal attack of the body to cash in his missing brother's life-insurance policy, for which a corpse is required. Local police are convinced that the corpse is Raymond Barnell (Woody Harrelson), but promotion-hungry insurance agent Ted Waters (Giovanni Ribisi) is not. The hit-men who dumped the body are also in search of the corpse for proof to collect their payment. They take Margaret hostage to ensure that they will get the body. Meanwhile, Ted is having problems with his girlfriend Tiffany (Alison Lohman), who he neglects as he works his way up in his firm. Paul's missing brother Raymond returns home, beats him up, and demands a portion of the insurance money. By suggesting that Ted assaulted him, Paul speeds up the delivery of the million dollar insurance payment. He has the body exhumed and agrees to exchange it and a portion of the money for Margaret. Fearing that Raymond will attempt to kill Margaret to keep her quiet, Paul considers killing his brother in his sleep, but he cannot bring himself to do so. The next morning, Paul leaves his brother asleep and meets the hit-men for the exchange. Raymond is angered at his brother's deception and arrives as well, and is told by the insurance agent, who has finally pieced together what has happened, about Paul's million dollar policy. Raymond pulls out a pistol and shoots Margaret in the back as she flees. He is in turn shot in the stomach by one of the hit-men. Paul runs to Margaret and finds her alive; he had hidden the insurance money in her jacket, and it stopped the bullet. The brothers say goodbye as Raymond dies. Paul tells Ted that he committed fraud only out of love for his wife, which appeals to Ted's renewed feelings for Tiffany. Touched, he lets them go. Using the money, Paul takes Margaret on a tropical vacation.
The Big White
Comedy,Crime,Drama
Film Details
Travel agent Paul Barnell (Robin Williams) finds a body in a dumpster that, unbeknownst to him, was left there by professional hit-men. Heavily in debt and attempting to find a cure for his wife Margaret's (Holly Hunter) apparent Tourette syndrome, he stages a disfiguring animal attack of the body to cash in his missing brother's life-insurance policy, for which a corpse is required. Local police are convinced that the corpse is Raymond Barnell (Woody Harrelson), but promotion-hungry insurance agent Ted Waters (Giovanni Ribisi) is not.
The hit-men who dumped the body are also in search of the corpse for proof to collect their payment. They take Margaret hostage to ensure that they will get the body. Meanwhile, Ted is having problems with his girlfriend Tiffany (Alison Lohman), who he neglects as he works his way up in his firm.
Paul's missing brother Raymond returns home, beats him up, and demands a portion of the insurance money. By suggesting that Ted assaulted him, Paul speeds up the delivery of the million dollar insurance payment. He has the body exhumed and agrees to exchange it and a portion of the money for Margaret.
Fearing that Raymond will attempt to kill Margaret to keep her quiet, Paul considers killing his brother in his sleep, but he cannot bring himself to do so. The next morning, Paul leaves his brother asleep and meets the hit-men for the exchange. Raymond is angered at his brother's deception and arrives as well, and is told by the insurance agent, who has finally pieced together what has happened, about Paul's million dollar policy.
Raymond pulls out a pistol and shoots Margaret in the back as she flees. He is in turn shot in the stomach by one of the hit-men. Paul runs to Margaret and finds her alive; he had hidden the insurance money in her jacket, and it stopped the bullet.
The brothers say goodbye as Raymond dies. Paul tells Ted that he committed fraud only out of love for his wife, which appeals to Ted's renewed feelings for Tiffany. Touched, he lets them go.
Using the money, Paul takes Margaret on a tropical vacation..