Tower Heist is a 2011 American heist comedy film directed by Brett Ratner, written by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson, based on a story by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper and Griffin and starring Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Judd Hirsch, Téa Leoni, Michael Peña, and Gabourey Sidibe. The plot follows employees of an exclusive apartment building who lose their pensions in the Ponzi scheme of a Wall Street businessman and enlist the aid of a criminal, a bankrupt businessman, and an immigrant maid to break into his apartment and steal back their money while avoiding the FBI agents in charge of his case. 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 International Hotel and Tower. As the script developed and changed into an Ocean's Eleven–style caper, Murphy left the project.
| Director | Brett Ratner |
| Produced by | Brian Grazer, Eddie Murphy, Kim Roth |
| Screenplay by | Ted Griffin, Jeff Nathanson, Solomon J. LeFlore |
| Story by | Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, Ted Griffin |
| Starring | Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Judd Hirsch, Téa Leoni, Michael Peña, Gabourey Sidibe |
| Music | Christophe Beck |
| Cinematography | Dante Spinotti |
| Edited by | Mark Helfrich |
| Production, company | Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Relativity Media, Rat Entertainment, Dentsu Inc. |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Released | October 24, 2011 (The Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City), November 4, 2011 (United States) |
| Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $75–85 million |
| Box office | $152.9 million |
| Netflix ID | 70202145 |
About Tower Heist
Brett Ratner-directed action comedy about employees who lose their pensions in a Ponzi scheme, leading them to conspire to rob their boss's high-rise residence.
Achievement of Tower Heist
The film was a recipient of two NAACP Image Award nominations, one for Eddie Murphy in the Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture category, and one for overall Outstanding Motion Picture.
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Latest information about Tower Heist updated on July 28 2021.
