Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

Year Published: 1990

Country of Origin: United States

Description: 16mm Film - Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday - USA 1990 Directed by: Dianne Haak Written by: Judith Viorst Cinematography by: Stuart Asbjornsen Music by: Bernard Wilets and Jan Steven Prostick Starring: Marnie Mosiman, Keegan de Lancie et al. Alexander's grandparents give him a dollar on Sunday, but by the end of the day all he has left in his pockets are bus tokens...

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[Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] it isn't fair that my brother anthony has six dollars in three corners and one diamonds seven across and eighteen pennies it isn't fair that my brother giggles has two quarters and five dimes and five nickels and thirteen pennies and four dollars it isn't fair because all that i've got is bus tokens and most of the time what i've mostly got is bus tokens and even when i'm very rich i know that pretty soon what i'll have this bus to it i know because i used to be rich last sunday last sunday grandma betty and grandpa boy came to the visit from new jersey this is for you i brought my father a kind of smoked fish yeah boys well maybe we did bring something at that [Music] mom says it isn't nice to say this but we like money a lot especially me countdown we're even [Music] dad was kidding i got it why are you taking money downtown to a store and buy a new face anthony stix take some money [Applause] [Music] saving money is hard mine's right i want a walkie-talkie but saving money is hard i know because last sunday when i used to be rich i went to pierce pearsons joined the store and got some third that could be then out of five two three four five thank you thanks after the first stick of crunch stuff tasting that i put in my gum [Music] come goodbye 50 cents last sunday what i used to do which i bet anthony i could hold my breath top 309 766 777 you breathe i did not need two pair goodbye 25 cents oh that is with marbles and how much 25 cents are you sure you want to do this i didn't know that moms made children pay but by another 25 cents last sunday when i used to be rich i bet nicki i could jump from way up on the steps and land on my feet [Music] goodbye another 45 cents [Music] i absolutely was saving the rest of my money i positively was saving the rest of my money [Music] hi is alexander here alexander eddie's here with his friends gosh except that eddie called me up and said he would rub me his snake for an hour goodbye says a new five cents [Music] in my opinion [Music] now you know the rules two of those words you used were 25 cent words that'll be 50 cents for this well dad i don't have any change that's all right i have a change goodbye 56. [Music] goodbye five six goodbye another five cents and my mom's third knife and scissors last sunday when i used to be rich i found this candy bar just sitting there i rescued it from being melted or smushed okay wise man that's my candy bar that'll be 50 cents this isn't very good 50 cents [Music] goodbye 50 cents pretzel and now nicholas will make anything bad just bring anything to the grave nicholas old coins ah-ha the great niblets will make these coins disappear damage go away now bring them back i can't i want my money the great nicholas hasn't learned how to bring things back here liar thinks you should be locked up in a cage that's what he should be in a kid alexander there are some things a boy can never kick no matter how rowdy and mean his brothers are no matter how mean and ratty now you got to pay up goodbye 40 cents for the magic 25 cents for the kick last summer i used to be rich kathy around the corner had a yard sale i positively only went to look i looked at half melted candles i needed a half melted candle i looked at a bear with one eye i needed that pair i looked at a deck of cards that was perfect except for a little seven of clubs and no two of diamonds i didn't need that seven for that shoe [Music] goodbye a dollar and 25 cents i absolutely was saving the rest of my money i positively was saving the rest of my money i absolutely positively was saving my money to buy a rocky talk to except i wanted to get some money to save alexander what are you doing trying to make a teeth fall out let me ask you why are you trying to make a toothbrush so i put on a good red pill and get 50 cents oh i think so you think the tooth fairy is going to leave 50 cents [Music] there i tried to write my choice but no one wanted them i looked in the key phones by famous market for dying to curves that people forgot no one forgot i brought some bottles back to from this market to get a refund did i get somebody from these bombs we don't take plastic bottles finally this market wasn't very friendly last night i used to be rich i have five dollars i don't have five dollars anymore i flushed it embedded [Music] and spent it on things like um and renting a snake and some of it disappeared in a magic trick and someone that disappeared for a crap last summer when i lost english i had some money to save for a rocky talkie that i don't have money anymore i've got this dopey deck of cards i've got this half-milled candle i've got this one-eyed bear and i've got some bus tokens [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you

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