The Lottery

Year: 1989

Runtime: 3 mins

Language: English

Director: Garry Marshall

Comedy

When a music teacher discovers she has won the lottery, her excitement is shattered as the ticket flies out the window. The short film tracks her frantic chase through the city as a pigeon snatches the slip, whisks it down the street and into the subway, prompting a series of comic attempts to retrieve it before the prize disappears.

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