Italian Town Tell Tom And Katie Reporters ‘Show Us The Money’

The glitzy weekend wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may still be days away, but locals in the quiet town of Bracciano are already taking their cues from one of the actor’s most well-known movies: “Show me the money!”

Learning from the “Jerry Maguire” scene, residents around the imposing 15th-century Odescalchi Castle, which is rumored to be the venue for Saturday’s event, are rushing to rent out windows and terraces overlooking the mansion to the media pouring into the location near Rome.

The Bracciano City Hall, which appears to be one of the better placed, is renting the windows of a nearby building with a view on the main entrance of the castle for $1,280. Prices for other homes near the castle include a bargain $255.

In one case, though, the prices aren’t so reasonable: A private terrace overlooking the likely route of the nuptial motorcade and castle’s internal parking was offered to a TV news agency for $128,000.

Cameramen and photographers are renting helicopters to fly over the area. The helicopters are available to the media for a minimum of two hours at a cost of $3,070.

Cruise, who flew into Rome on Monday, made his first public appearance Tuesday, speeding away in a van with tinted windows.

Dozens of fans holding photos and cameras in hopes of getting a glimpse of the actor were stationed in front of his luxurious hotel.

Holmes, 27, and Cruise, 44, became engaged in June 2005. Their daughter, Suri, was born April 18.

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