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Owning Mahowny is a 2003 Canadian crime drama film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin and John Hurt. The film is based on the true story of Brian Molony, a Toronto bank employee who embezzled more than $10 million to feed his gambling addiction. Owning Mahowny was named one of the ten best films of the year by critic Roger Ebert.
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Most people, including heads of Hollywood studios, often struggle to grasp that some of history's most spectacular disasters stem from seemingly mundane origins. A prime real-life example inspired *Owning Mahowny*, a 2003 Canadian drama helmed by Richard Kwietniowski. Script by Maurice Chauvel is adapted from *Stung: The Incredible Obsession of Brian Molony*, 1987 book by Canadian journalist Gary Stephen Ross, which…More
