History Film / AllTheMoneyInTheWorld

* DirtyCommunists: The police suspects involvement by the ''Brigatte Rose'' early on, and Chase finds that Paul actually negotiated staging his kidnapping with them. Chase almost references the trope's name when one spray paints his car to arrange a meeting.
* DuelingWorks: A reason why the movie couldn't simply be delayed until the Spacey scandal blew over was that a TV adaptation of the kidnapping, ''Trust'', starring Creator/DonaldSutherland as Getty, Creator/HillarySwank as Gail, and Creator/BrendanFraser as Chase, was scheduled to be released on January 2018. Eventually, it was ''Trust'' that was pushed back to March.

The movie gained a special notoriety when Creator/KevinSpacey, who had originally been cast to play the [[PlayingGertrude octogenarian]] Getty [[UncannyValley under a pile of makeup]], was accused of sexual misconduct by several men, after the movie was completed and only a few months before its release. With the looming threat of a boycott and a BoxOfficeBomb, the studio agreed to director Scott's proposal to [[TheOtherMarty replace Spacey with Plummer]] and reshoot the 22 scenes he was in in a couple of weeks. This was accomplished one day before the deadline. As a result, the movie came out less than a week after its projected release, the box office was saved, and Plummer won an oscar nomination to boot.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Paul intended to fake his kidnapping before being kidnapped for real.

In 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) is kidnapped by Calabrian gangsters and held for ransom. His grandfather, J. Paul Getty (Creator/ChristopherPlummer, [[NamesTheSame no relation]]), is an oil tycoon, the richest man in the world…and an infamous miser. When Getty refuses to pay the ransom, his daughter-in-law, Gail (Creator/MichelleWilliams), has to work with Getty’s head of security, Fletcher Chase (Creator/MarkWahlberg) to find some other way to free Paul.

The movie gained a special notoriety when Creator/KevinSpacey, who had originally been cast to play the [[PlayingGertrude octogenarian]] Getty [[UncannyValley under a pile of makeup]], was accused of sexual misconduct by several men, after the movie was completed and only a few months before its release. With the threat of a boycott and a BoxOfficeBomb, the studio agreed to director Creator/RidleyScott's proposal to [[TheOtherMarty replace Spacey with Plummer]] and reshoot the 22 scenes he was in in a few weeks, which was accomplished one day before the deadline. As a result, the movie came out less than a week after its projected release, the box office was saved, and Plummer won an oscar nomination to boot.

In 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) is kidnapped by the Mafia and held for ransom. His grandfather, J. Paul Getty (Creator/ChristopherPlummer, [[NamesTheSame no relation]]), is an oil tycoon, the richest man in the world…and an infamous miser. When Getty refuses to pay the ransom, his daughter-in-law, Gail (Creator/MichelleWilliams), has to work with Getty’s head of security, Fletcher Chase (Creator/MarkWahlberg) to find some other way to free Paul.

* DirtyCommunists: The police suspects involvement by the ''Brigatte Rose'' early on, and Chase finds that Paul actually negotiated staging hus kidnapping with them. Chase almost references the trope's name when one spray paints his car to arrange a meeting.

The movie gained a special notoriety when Creator/KevinSpacey, who had originally been cast to play the [[PlayingGertrude octogenarian]] Getty [[UncannyValley under a pile of makeup]] was accused of sexual misconduct by several men, after the movie was completed and only a few months before its release. With the threat of a boycott and a BoxOfficeBomb, the studio agreed to director Creator/RidleyScott's proposal to [[TheOtherMarty replace Spacey with Plummer]] and reshoot the 22 scenes he was in in a few weeks, which was accomplished one day before the deadline. As a result, the movie came out less than a week after its projected release, the box office was saved, and Plummer won an oscar nomination to boot.

The movie gained a special notoriety when Creator/KevinSpacey, who had originally been cast to play the [[PlayingGertrude octogenarian]] Getty [[UncannyValley under a pile of makeup]] was accused of sexual misconduct by several men, after the movie was completed and only a few months before its release. With the threat of a boycott and a BoxOfficeBomb, the studio agreed to director Creator/RidleyScott's proposal to [[TheOtherMarty replace Spacey with Plummer]] and reshoot the 22 scenes he was in in a few weeks, which was accomplished one day before the deadline. As a result, the movie came out less rhan a week after its projected release, and Plummer won an oscar nomination to boot.

In 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III is kidnapped by the Mafia and held for ransom. His grandfather, J. Paul Getty, is an oil tycoon, the richest man in the world…and an infamous miser. When Getty refuses to pay the ransom, his daughter-in-law, Gail, has to work with Getty’s head of security to find some other way to free Paul.

* LoopholeAbuse: Getty misleads Gail into believing that he has discovered that all the ransom's money is tax-deductible, and extorts her into surrendering custody of her children in exchange for the ransom money that is actually tax-deductible, which is only 1/4 of the sum demanded.

* LoopholeAbuse: A decent sized part of the Getty Empire was built on this.
* ReadTheFinePrint: Getty extorts Gail into surrendering custody of her children in exchange for the money's ransom... that is tax-deductible. This is only 1/4 of the ransom money.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade:
** Fletcher Chase was a lot more incompetent in real life than in the movie. Besides believing that the kidnapping had been staged by Paul at first, he was also distracted by a relationship with an Italian woman he began during the case, lost $3,000 pursuing a false lead, and at one point freaked out and sent Gail and her other children to London for their safety when it wasn't really needed. The man who reportedly convinced Getty to finally pay the whole ransom was Gail's father, not Chase.
** Getty himself, by being portrayed as agreeing to give Gail the whole ransom in the end. In real life, he loaned the non-deductible part to Paul's father at 4% interest per year. The final cut also excludes any mention of Getty's womanizing - he divorced 5 times and there were two women living in his property at the time of his death. However, the first trailer shows that Spacey shot scenes with the latter.

* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The mafiosi did not use chloroform or employ an actual doctor to remove Paul's ear. They just gave him brandy and a rag to chew on and cut it themselves. The movie doesn't show them beating Paul early in his captivity, either.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In the movie, J. Paul Getty dies the night his grandson is released. The real Getty was still alive at the time (he died in 1976).

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fletcher Chase delivers one to Getty as he resigns, and it's implied that this is what caused him to decide to finally pay the ransom as well as drop the pursuit of what was effectively custody rights of Gail's children.

* Your Cheating Heart: Gail’s husband before their divorce is seen sleeping with hookers.

* WealthyEverAfter: J. Paul Getty wills his enormous estate to his grandchildren. Since they’re not yet of age, this leaves Gail in control of his assets.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Kind of. Although J. Paul Getty is obviously a tightwad who obviously goes way too far with his greed and avarice, he does make a few points that are not inherently wrong. He does point out that if he paid the ransom without any question, that this would put his other grandchildren at risk of other kidnappers, not an invalid concern. Also, near the beginning, when someone writes him a letter asking him to pay for her husband's surgery, he points out that it would be impossible to respond to every single request that people send him for money. However, this is mitigated by the fact that he's merely hiding behind these points, making excuses for his inaction, rather than because he finds these arguments have any merit.

* GenreSavvy: Paul accidentally sees Cinquanta's face early on in his captivity. Cinquanta makes the decision to threaten Paul into silence for both their sakes rather than inform the other captors that they'd been compromised. Later on, Paul accidentally sees the face of another kidnapper, who panics and tries to kill him. Guess which one lives to see the end of the movie.

[[caption-width-right:303:Everyone wants a cut.]]

''All the Money in the World'' is a 2017 thriller directed by Ridley Scott.

* LimaSyndrome: Cinquanta develops sympathy for Paul. He persuades the other kidnappers to cut off Paul’s ear (rather than a foot) and, at the climax, prevents a co-conspirator from re-capturing Paul.

* Fingerinthe Mail: A secretary receives Paul’s ear in the mail.

* LonelyattheTop: Driven by obsessive ambition, J. Paul becomes the richest man in the world – but alienates his family along the way. He lives in a huge mansion alone.

* HealItwithBooze: Before a doctor cuts off Paul’s ear, Cinquanta urges Paul to drink some alcohol.

* Lonelyatthe Top: Driven by obsessive ambition, J. Paul becomes the richest man in the world – but alienates his family along the way. He lives in a huge mansion alone.