The Man In The Bottle

"Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Castle, gentle and infinitely patient people whose lives have been a hope chest with a rusty lock and a lost set of keys. But in just a moment that hope chest will be opened and an improbable phantom will try to bedeck the drabness of these two people's failure-laden lives with the gold and precious stones of fulfillment..."

In this classic tale of caution and cosmic irony, Arthur Castle (played by Emmy-award winner Ed Begley Jr.) is a kind-hearted but completely broke antique dealer running a failing pawn shop alongside his wife, Edna. Out of pure pity, Arthur buys an old, discarded wine bottle from a destitute neighborhood woman for a few dollars.

To their shock, the couple quickly learns the bottle isn't empty—it houses a genuine genie who grants them four wishes. However, t ...