Owning Mahowny Film – Movie Plot. The story takes place in Toronto, Canada, where we meet Dan Mahowny (Philip Seymour Hoffman). He is a quiet and honest bank employee, who seems like a normal person to his co-workers, friends and his girlfriend Belinda (Minnie Driver).

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1. As the movie follows, in 1982, Toronto bank employee, Dan Mahowny, is given access to bigger accounts while being promoted to the office of the assistant brand manager. As his boss has a huge trust for him, he gets his hands on very important files.
2. Dan Mahowny (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) is a man struggling to get through a gambling problem, or as he refers to it as, a financial problem. A rising star in his profession (banking), this story superbly portrays the effects of his actions on not only himself but his colleagues, friends.
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman played the lead of the 2003 film by the name of Owning Mahowny. His character, “Dan Mahowny”, was created to represent Brian Molony in the film. Philip took a limo to Brian’s suburban office and spent three hours with him before he agreed to take on the role.
4. Chaykin portrayed the colourful bookie Frank Perlin opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman's compulsive gambler Dan Mahowny in Owning Mahowny, a film that critic Roger Ebert named as one of the ten best of 2003.

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Owning Mahoney

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A passion for gambling has been running through Brian’s veins since a very young age when his father used to take him to the racetrack and teach him secret gambling techniques and strategies. When it came to major sporting events at his school, Brian would act as a bookkeeper for his friends.

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His father was a Doctor while his mother stayed at home to take care of their four children: Brian and his three siblings. After high school, Brian attended the University of Western Ontario where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism in hopes of becoming a financial writer.

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Upon graduation, he applied at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and scored so high on their entrance exam that he was immediately put on the fast track to earning a managing position.

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Brian had a serious girlfriend throughout college and was living with her in a small apartment near the High Park neighborhood while he was working there. By the time Brian turned twenty-six years of age, he was named assistant manager of his branch, which is an amazing accomplishment for someone so young.

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With his promotion came the power to accept or deny loans the bank processed and access to almost all of the accounts the bank owned.

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During his prime, he was betting up to $75,000 a hand and winning millions of dollars almost every weekend through playing anything from craps to poker. He even dabbled in sports betting, waging $500,000 on the winning team of the Superbowl, and successfully doubling his money overnight.

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He spent his money almost as quickly as he had earned it, by taking expensive trips to Las Vegas in less than two years.