All the Money in the World

Plot

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

About All the Money in the World

All the Money in the World is a 2017 biographical crime thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Scarpa. Based on John Pearson's 1995 book Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty, it depicts the events surrounding the 1973 kidnapping of John Paul Getty III and the refusal of his grandfather, the multi-billionaire oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, to cooperate with the kidnappers' extortion demands. The film stars Michelle Williams as Gail Harris Getty, John Paul Getty III's mother; Christopher Plummer as J. Paul Getty; and Mark Wahlberg as Fletcher Chace, an adviser of the Getty family. Principal photography began in March 2017 and was completed in August for a December 8 release. Two months before the scheduled premiere, sexual misconduct allegations were made against J. Paul Getty's original actor Kevin Spacey, leading to his removal from the film. Plummer was cast by November and 22 scenes were reshot within eight days, one month prior to the rescheduled Christmas release date. It was later reported that Wahlberg was paid $1.5 million for the reshoots, while Williams was only paid $1,000, which sparked a debate on the gender pay gap in Hollywood. The film premiered at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on December 18, 2017, followed by a United States theatrical release by TriStar Pictures on December 25. It…

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