Tower Heist
Genre:
Action/Comedy
Directed by:
Brett Ratner
Starring:
Ben Stiller,
Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda, Tea Leoni, Gabourey Sidibe, Michael
Pena, Nina Arianda
Release
date:
Fri 04, Nov
2011
Budget $85 million
Box office $152.9 million
Tower Heist
is a 2011 crime comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Griffin
and Jeff Nathanson, based on a story by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, and Griffin.
It was released on November 2, 2011, in the United Kingdom, with a United
States release following two days later. Tower Heist follows Josh (Ben
Stiller), Charlie (Casey Affleck), and Dev'reaux (Michael Peña), employees of
an exclusive apartment building who lose their pensions in the Ponzi scheme of
Wall Street businessman Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda). The group enlist the aid of criminal
Slide (Eddie Murphy), bankrupt businessman Mr. Fitzhugh (Matthew Broderick),
and another employee of the apartment building, Odessa (Gabourey Sidibe), to
break into Shaw's apartment and steal back their money while avoiding the FBI
agent in charge of his case, Claire Denham (Téa Leoni).
Tower Heist
began development as early as 2005, based on an idea by Murphy that would star
himself and an all-black cast of comedians as a heist group who rob Trump
Plaza. As the script developed and changed into an Ocean's Eleven–style caper,
Murphy left the project. Ratner continued to develop the idea into what would
eventually become Tower Heist, with Murphy later rejoining the production.
Filming took place entirely in New York City on a budget of $85 million, with
several buildings provided by Donald Trump used to represent the titular tower.
The film score was composed by Christophe Beck and released commercially on
November 1, 2011.
The film
received a generally positive critical reception with much of the praise going
to the cast, including Sidibe, Leoni, and Stiller. However, Murphy was
repeatedly singled out by critics as the star of the film, with critics feeling
that he displayed a welcome return to the comedic style of his early career.
Much of the criticism received by the film was focused on the plot which was
considered "formulaic," "rushed,"
"dull," and "laborious." As of February 2012, the
film has earned $152 million during its theatrical run.
Prior to
release, the film was involved in a controversy over plans by Universal
Pictures to release it for home viewing on video on demand to 500,000 Comcast
customers, only three weeks after its theatrical debut. Concern over the
implementation's harming ticket sales and inspiring further films to follow
suit resulted in several theater chains' refusal to show the film at all if the
plan went ahead, forcing Universal to abandon the idea.
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Jack and Jill
Genre:
Comedy
Directed by:
Dennis Dugan
Starring:
Adam
Sandler, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes
Release
date:
Fri 11, Nov
2011
Budget $79 million
Box office $149,673,788
Jack and
Jill is a 2011 family comedy film starring Adam Sandler and directed by Dennis
Dugan, who has collaborated with Sandler on most of his films. It was
distributed by Columbia Pictures and released on November 11, 2011.
Jack and
Jill has received extremely negative reviews from critics; it holds a score of
3% on Rotten Tomatoes and won in every category at the 32nd Golden Raspberry
Awards, a first for the Razzies.
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Happy Feet 2
Genre:
Animation/Adventure/Family
Directed by:
George
Miller
Starring:
Elijah Wood,
Robin Williams, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Hank Azaria
Release
date:
Fri 18, Nov
2011
Budget $135 million
Box office $150,406,466
Happy Feet
Two is a 2011 Australian-American 3D computer-animated family musical film
directed by George Miller, who co-directed the original film Happy Feet. The
film is a sequel to Happy Feet and features Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hugo
Weaving, Magda Szubanski and Anthony LaPaglia reprising their roles from the
first. Pink, Common and Richard Carter replaced Brittany Murphy, Fat Joe and
Steve Irwin as Gloria, Seymour and Bryan the beachmaster, respectively. The
original cast is joined by new characters voiced by Hank Azaria, Brad Pitt,
Matt Damon, and Sofía Vergara. Kennedy Miller Mitchell and Dr. D Studios in
Sydney, New South Wales, produced the film, which premiered in North American
theaters on November 18, 2011 in Digital 3D and IMAX 3D. The film was released
with a Looney Tunes short called I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat starring Sylvester
Cat and Tweety Bird and this film is dedicated in memory of Steve Irwin and
Brittany Murphy.
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Arthur Christmas
Genre:
Animation/Adventure/Family
Directed by:
Barry Cook,
Sarah Smith
Starring:
James
McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Ashley Jensen, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton
Release
date:
Wed 23, Nov
2011
Budget $100 million
Box office $147,419,472
Arthur
Christmas is a British/American 2011 3-D computer animated Christmas fantasy
comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Aardman Animations and
distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was released on November 11, 2011, in the
UK and on November 23, 2011, in the USA. The film was directed by Sarah
Smith, and it features voices of James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim
Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Ashley Jensen, Marc Wootton, Laura Linney, Eva
Longoria, Ramona Marquez and Michael Palin. Set in the North Pole, the plot
tells about Santa's son Arthur Christmas, who must complete a mission before
Christmas morning. It is Aardman Animations' first computer-animated cinema
feature with Sony Pictures Animation.
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