Tower Heist is a 2011 American robbery comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson, based on stories by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper and Griffin. The following plots are Josh Kovaks (Ben Stiller), Charlie Gibbs (Casey Affleck) and Enrique Dev'reaux (Michael PeÃÆ'Â ± a), exclusive apartment building employees who lost their retirement in the Ponzi scheme of Wall Street businessman Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda). This group is asking for help Slide criminal (Eddie Murphy), businessman bankrupt Mr. Fitzhugh (Matthew Broderick) and other employees of the apartment building, Odessa (Gabourey Sidibe), to enter Shaw's apartment and steal back their money while avoiding the FBI agent responsible for his case, Claire Denham (TÃÆ'Â © a Leoni).
Tower Heist began development as early as 2005, based on an idea by self-starred Murphy and a black all-black comedy actor who robbed Trump International Hotel and Tower. When the script was developed and changed to Ocean's Eleven -style caper, Murphy left the project. Ratner continued to develop the idea of ​​becoming what became the Tower Heist, with Murphy rejoining the production. The filming took place completely in New York City with a budget of $ 75 million (after tax deduction), with some buildings provided by Donald Trump used to represent the eponymous tower. The movie score was compiled by Christophe Beck and released commercially on November 1, 2011.
The film received mixed reviews with lots of praise for the players, including Broderick, Leoni and Stiller. However, Murphy was repeatedly chosen by critics as a movie star, with critics feeling that he was showing his comeback back to comedy style from the beginning of his career. Most of the criticisms received by the film focused on the plot, which was considered "formula," "rushed," "boring" and "tiring." The film was released on November 4, 2011 and generated $ 152 million worldwide.
Prior to its release, the film was involved in a controversy over plans by Universal Pictures to release it for home viewing on demand-based video to 500,000 Comcast subscribers, just three weeks after its theatrical debut. Concern for ticket sales that damaged sales and inspired more films to follow suit resulted in the refusal of some theaters to show the movie if the plan went ahead, forcing Universal to abandon the idea.
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Plot
Josh Kovaks is the manager of The Tower building, an upscale apartment complex in New York City. His employees include brother-in-law Josh, flight attendant Charlie Gibbs, who expects a child with Josh's sister; Enrique Dev'Reaux, the newly hired elevator operator; Lester, a doorman approaching retirement; Odessa Montero, an immigrant maid from Jamaica threatened deportation; and receptionist Miss Iovenko, who is studying to become a lawyer.
One morning Josh watched what he believed was Arthur Shaw, tower penthouse tenant, kidnapped. Josh chases, but is dealt with by FBI agent Claire Denham, who explains that Shaw is actually trying to flee the country and refused the arrest for masterminding Ponzi schemes, embezzling $ 2 billion. Josh confides to the Menara staff that he's giving Shaw's pension to invest, and they've lost everything; Lester attempted suicide by stepping in front of the train, but persisted. After visiting Lester at the hospital, Josh, Charlie, and Enrique face Shaw, under house arrest in his penthouse apartment. Shaw expressed his condolences, but not quite sincerely when he forgot to ask whether Lester was okay, and outraged, Josh smashed the Ferrari window of the 201 GT 2002 Show at Shaw's apartment. Josh Boss, Mr. Simon, fired him for his actions, as well as Charlie and Enrique, who were with him at the time of his actions.
Josh meets Denham at a bar where he's drunk showing that Shaw has hidden $ 20 million in reserve, and that Josh should steal it. Josh, Charlie, Enrique, and a search of Mr. Renters Tower Fitzhugh conspired to seek and steal money from Shaw who is considered safe. They complete their experience by asking a childhood friend Josh, Slide, a small criminal, and Odessa, who has a locksmith experience who can help open the safe. Charlie is then rehired as the new manager of the Tower, and, uncomfortable with the plan, warns Josh to leave him or Charlie will hand it over to the police. Furthermore, Denham told Josh that Shaw was scheduled to attend court on Thanksgiving during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to avoid publicity, and that Shaw would be released. Josh and his team decide to go into Shaw's apartment during the parade.
Sliding the effort to betray the team by reaching the first safe, has tricked Odessa to teach her a lesson. The team intercepted him in Shaw's apartment, and during the ensuing quarrel, they broke through a fake wall, revealing Shaw safe, which turned out to be empty. Slide and Fitzhugh fight against Slide rifles; The gun exploded and the bullet hit the car, showing gold under Ferrari paint. They realize that Shaw uses his money to buy gold, turns it into car parts, and collects cars to hide the money in plain sight. Later, Josh found Shaw's illegal financial ledger in the car glove box.
When they reach the lobby, Denham and Shaw return, revealing the Thanksgiving trial date as a ruse. Denham records the missing car and Shaw is safe and, for breaching the warrant by not declaring the latter, has him repatriated to federal custody until the date of the actual trial. Denham and the FBI catch Josh and crew (except Slide) as they walk outside the Tower. Miss Iovenko arrived, informed the FBI that she had passed her bar exam three days ago and acted as Josh's lawyer. He shows them the big book of Shaw and tells them that he will hand it over in exchange for everyone's freedom. The FBI accepts on condition that Josh, as the main conspirator, must serve a minimum of two years. Shaw pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.
The team took the car and sent various sections to Tower employees to compensate for their lost pension fund. When Josh was taken to his cell, a satisfied smile slowly formed on his face.
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Cast
- Ben Stiller as Josh Kovaks
- Building manager. Stiller paid $ 15 million for his role. Eddie Murphy as Slide
- The little criminal to whom Josh asks for help. Murphy joined the cast on October 13, 2010, and also became a producer in the film. He paid $ 7.5 million for his work.
- Casey Affleck as Charlie Gibbs
- Building attendant and brother-in-law Josh. Affleck wanted to participate in the film because he was interested in playing a comedic role, saying "it sounds like a fun movie to do, I want to do comedy, and I think it's an opportunity to try and be funny." Grazer felt that Affleck would be perfect for this role because of the limited time.
- Alan Alda as Arthur Shaw
- A Wall Street billionaire is placed under house arrest for stealing $ 2 billion. On his character, Alda says "Shaw is sometimes portrayed as a character like Bernie Madoff I'm not sure I do not think anyone ever operated on the scale that Madoff did and I do not know if what Shaw technically qualifies as a Ponzi scheme. But in that case Shaw is willing to steal money from the people who really need it - who really can not afford to lose it - and willing to take everything they have... yes, he's in the Bernie area, with both legs. "Ratner was originally approached Robert Redford to play a role, becoming a fan of his work in the movie The Hot Rock, but Redford refused.
- Matthew Broderick as Mr. Fitzhugh
- A former Wall Street investor went bankrupt. Broderick joined the cast on October 26, 2010.
- TÃÆ' Â © a Leoni as Claire Denham
- FBI special agents assigned to the Shaw case. Leoni joined the cast on 21 October 2010. Leoni worked with FBI technical advisor Anne C. Beagan to prepare for her role. On his character and working with Beagan, Leoni says: "Denham's agent is your FBI agent who has standard problems, breaking the ball.He is really a formidable woman, and it's not my first waltz with a character like this, but I can to spend time with Anne, the great technical adviser we have on the set.He has a frightening look, but what's beneath her is a very attractive woman.Outside the technical aspects of the job, she gives me more for my use. "
- Michael PeÃÆ' Â ± a as Enrique Dev'reaux
- The elevator operator and the newest employee of the building staff. PeÃÆ' Â ± a aired on October 19, 2010.
- Gabourey Sidibe as Odessa Montero
- A Jamaican-born aide is threatened with deportation by the theft of Shaw. To perform his Jamaican character accent, Sidibe has three dialect trainers helping him prepare and practice with friends from the Jamaican heritage. In addition, Sidibe works with the actual protective equipment to accurately describe the solver being the key. Sidibe was casted on October 19, 2010.
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Judd Hirsch plays Mr. Simon, General Manager of the building, and Stephen Henderson plays Lester, the retired tower doorman. Henderson was thrown after the filmmakers saw his performance on August Wilson
Production
Development
The idea for Tower Heist began development in early 2005, when Murphy made a concept for producers Brian Grazer and Ratner about black comedians including Chris Tucker, Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle, Tracy Morgan and Martin Lawrence, as a group of disgruntled employees who are planning to rob Donald Trump and Trump International Hotel and Tower. The film was originally titled Trump Heist under this concept. A script was developed by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage and over the next five years, the manuscript was rewritten by several authors including Russell Gewirtz, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Ted Griffin, Leslie Dixon, Noah Baumbach, and Jeff Nathanson, with most of the work - and credit - go to Griffin and Nathanson.
Rewrite the script gradually away from the comedian ensemble and begin focusing on the two main characters, at which point Murphy leaves the project. However, for Ratner, the modified script reminds him of the remake of Ocean's Eleven , a project he developed but was not available due to his commitment to direct Rush Hour 2 .
The project has remained in development for several years but Ratner remains committed to the project, having enjoyed movie thefts of the 1970s including Pelham One Two Three , The Hot Rock > and The Anderson Tapes , declined the opportunity to direct other movies like Horrible Boss , which he generated. Ratner will also claim that he wants to work with Murphy, who is partly credited by Ratner as the inspiration for his film Rush Hour. As the script begins to settle, Murphy is drawn back to a much-changed project after receiving information about Stiller's participation, with Murphy being offered the Slide role. Murphy joined as a member and producer, along with Grazer and Kim Roth. At the end of October 2010, the film is finally scheduled for release, given the release date of November 4, 2011.
Write
Feeling the original concept was too close to Ocean's Eleven, Ratner tried to recruit Nathanson's script writer Rush Hour to do additional work on the Tower Heist script, but at the moment Nathanson's not available. Ratner even hired Griffin, an author on the remake of Ocean's Eleven. Griffin "brings the real motivation and heart to the concept", moving away from the premise of ensemble theft on the rich type of Donald Trump, and focusing on a group of blue-collar employees who take thieves, corrupt Businessmen like Bernard Madoff who have embezzled their retirement funds. Ratner enjoyed the pitch and took it to Grazer who gave his approval. After taking the script for Stiller and bringing him into the project, Ratner told Noah Baumbach to do a special rewrite for the Stiller character. Nathanson then came to the project and did a final rewrite for the screenplay of Griffin's film in October 2010, adding "obstacles, complexity and character specificity."
To help develop the script, filmmakers and authors speak with resident managers from several well-known hotels in New York to learn about their experiences of interacting with their customers. This research gave Griffin the idea for Shaw to have a vehicle in his apartment, which Grazer and Ratner finally decided would be a rare 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso that once belonged to Steve McQueen. In his research, Nathanson said:
"It's informative, to say the least, to talk to the people who work in these buildings.I interview everyone from doormen to housemaids to build managers.There is an entire underground world for the New York building scene in the basement land that most people do not realize, they make everything possible, and you never see it.
Filming
Filming began in November 2010, taking place completely in New York City for a budget of $ 85 million ($ 75 million after tax rebates). The production designer Kristi Zea visited several upscale hotels and high-rise dwellings to research design elements to incorporate into Shaw tower and penthouse luxury environments. Zea created a fusion of the elements she saw during her research to create a sophisticated lobby design for the tower. For Shaw's penthouse, Zea takes inspiration from the upstairs apartment at the Trump International Hotel and Tower at Central Park West in Columbus Circle. Zea inhabits an apartment with a variety of artwork to represent Shaw's status, based on the artist and certain work that Ratner advises. Zea decided to use modern-class reproduction designs by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol. Describing his decision, Zea said "These days, it seems the rich want to have the power of the wall, they want to have art on their walls which means something and show people, like cars, that's, 'I'm rich, I am' I'm smart and I know what I'm doing. '"
Donald Trump permits production to use some of its own properties to illustrate a fancy local with the Trump International Hotel and Tower used for exterior shooting of towers. Parts of the building were recreated on a green screen closed for some visual effects of the film. The sequence of foot and car chases was filmed on Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Several vehicle films took place on the sound stage in Brooklyn. The robbery itself occurred during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which required the crew to film part of the actual parade itself, and then recreate the event a week later for the next filming.
For Shaw's Ferrari, it was decided that buying the real model - in which there were only 350 and would cost at least $ 1 million - would be too expensive and the vehicle was not suitable for filmmaking purposes. Instead, two replicas were assigned, a process that took three months under the supervision of proprietor Peter Gelfman. The replica then receives additional reinforcement for the purpose of filming from Steve Kirshoff and the special effects crew. After running a camera test on some of the original Ferrari colors, it was decided to paint a bright red replica to create a lasting impression instead of using the true metallic brown color of the McQueen vehicle.
Sidibe and Murphy do the only improvised scene, where they break safely together. The playback test did not produce any cropped scenes from the movie, with Ratner claiming that the theatrical version was his "director piece". However, he deleted scenes that he found "unsuitable", or did not match the PG-13 ratings targeted by the filmmakers.
In postproduction, Universal decides to film a new scene for the ending that will feature a reunion between the characters Stiller and Murphy. Murphy, however, refuses to return unless he is paid over $ 500,000 over a salary of $ 7.5 million. The studio refused to pay the extra money and the scene was not shot.
Music
Soundtrack composed by Hangover ' s Christophe Beck. The Original Tower Heist Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on November 1, 2011 by VarÃÆ'¨se Sarabande. It consists of 22 songs with a 40 minute runtime.
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Release
The premiere of the world Tower Heist took place on October 24, 2011, at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City.
box office
Tower Heist earned $ 78,046,570 (51.0%) in the United States and Canada, and then $ 74,884,053 (49.0%) elsewhere, for gross box offices worldwide totaling $ 152,930,623.
Tracking pre-release audiences in the United States shows that the film has a strong awareness among men of all ages, followed by older women. Universal Pictures projected an opening gain of $ 25-30 million over the opening weekend - aiming below expectations due to a slow market - with rival studios claiming that the film should make at least $ 30 million to be successful.
In the United States and Canada, Tower Heist is open in 3,367 theaters. The film took $ 85,000 from midnight screenings and a total of $ 8.5 million Friday's opening, becoming the number one grossing film for the day. Although the film is expected to be number one for the weekend, it took $ 10.5 million on Saturday's opening, falling behind the animated film Puss in Boots ($ 15.3 million). Tower Heist became the number two movie for the weekend with $ 24 million, behind Puss in Boots ($ 34 million), with 70% of viewers over the age of 25 - the largest segment , 27%, aged over 50 - and 56% men. The ethnic opening audience varies from 48% Caucasian, 21% African American, and 21% Hispanic.
Tower Heist was released on November 2, 2011, in the United Kingdom and opened in a total of 23 countries, including Germany, Spain, Hong Kong and India, on November 4, 2011, totaling 1,948 theaters. The opening weekend saw a gross film of $ 9.5 million - an average of $ 5,000 per theater - with the biggest revenue coming from the UK ($ 2.3 million in 416 theaters) where it was the number three movie for the weekend, and Spain $ 1.6 million in 300 theaters) where it is the number two movie.
Critical reception
Tower Heist received positive criticism from critics, garnering a 66% approval rating from 192 critics - an average rating of 6.2 out of 10 - on the aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, whose consensus reads: " Tower Heist is Brett Ratner's real joint: a small brain for this caper, but it's fun, exciting to watch, and featuring a return to form for Eddie Murphy. "Metacritic scores 59 out of 100 of 39 critics, mix or average. " The CinemaScore polls reported that average movie goers gave the movie "B" on a scale A to F.
Robey's team from The Daily Telegraph calls the movie "Brett Ratner's rather fun movie", labeling it "brash, forgotten fun." However, Roby criticizes Ratner for having mostly white characters needing the help of a black character for theft, saying "it's a little embarrassing that they can not imagine doing this without redeeming black criminals out of jail... but the culture of sensitivity has never been Ratner's Todd McCarthy said that the film is "sharp, well thrown and street" but feels that it ignores "contemporary economic issues at its core." McCarthy said that Murphy's appearance was his comeback as "a rough, confrontational, wise audience, Murphy almost forgot after all the silly children's comedy and big makeup show lately," and said that with his introduction "the film's energy and entertainment levels kicked off a few notches , "but the pleasure subsided during the actual break-in, in which" Murphy became castrated... and the logistics of robbery became far-fetched and exhausting. "
David Edelstein called it "shameless but very well done comedy caper," and praised the show Stiller, Murphy and Leoni, saying "Ben Stiller... and Eddie Murphy... showcase two of the best fastballs in comedy, and the best scene of TÃÆ' Â © a Leoni as an FBI agent - drunk, careless and dull - makes you wish he had more. "Emanuel Levy calls Tower Heist a "planned and indiscriminate action comedy... whose best asset is its strong ensemble." Levy said, "What makes the picture... work is not the plot, which is too familiar and totally absurd, but the socio-psychological dynamics that prevails between [characters]." Levy chose Stiller as a "good actor" and Sidibe has "some of the best draw lines," but gives individual praise to Murphy, saying that he "dominates the second half of the image," rendering "a joyful performance that reminds him of a smart, engaging and street role from the 1980s. "
Nicky Semlyen's award-winning Empire ' awarded this movie three out of five stars, calling it "fun if the item is out of balance from Ratner," with a rather boring opening act. Semlyen says it is "a return to form for Eddie Murphy," but it is vital that she is "severely underutilized." Semlyen praised Alda, saying that it was "an offensive attack that turned out to be a major pleasure." Nick Pinkteron's "The Voice of the Village Voice" ' says the movie "deserves credit for a clean, well-changed, fleeting and funny and unimportant job," and appreciates the players, Leoni as "the best thing to happen," and Murphy's "inspired" donation. However, Pinkerton is critical of the manuscript, describing it as "an amateur as his villain: the audience is not even fully aware of who is at work when it begins, while other threads are left hanging."
Roger Ebert awarded this 2.5 out of 4 movie, saying "This is not a great robbery film for many reasons, starting with the stupidity of the theft and the impossibility of these characters ever succeeding on something more complex than standing in line," but appreciating that comedy not "go heavy on dirt, masturbate and symphony of four-letter words", calling it "funny in some kind of innocent screwball way." Entertainment Weekly ' s Lisa Schwarzbaum calling the movie "overbling, eye-catching, and basically tacky," and praised Murphy, saying "when Murphy's on screen, his comedic spirit... Gooses the film's energy level... but every time Murphy wanders, the movie's pulse rate goes down. Tower Heist applies two movies: One belongs to Murphy, the other to the rest of the toss. " Time Out London ' s Trevor Johnston says that "although it's hard to be happy with this friendly potboiler, Tower Heist is at home with that limitation it is equally difficult to dislike, "but criticizing the end" which may be a little more tense we can take it seriously from a distance. "In contrast, Time Out New York ' s David Fear gives it 2 out of 5 stars, saying "one moment of nail biting and some of Murphy's missed insults will not make you feel like you are being cheated."
The New Yorker 's Anthony Lane criticized the plot, saying "toss everything you can find, starting with a rough plot, into a blender: as it appears to be the method behind > Heist Tower . "Lane calls the character of" disliked people "but offers praise to Broderick, saying that he" underlies [character] very well. " Lane regretted that "the idea of ​​stealing from thieves - from those trapped in high wealth, your screw - is a tantalizing one now, but Tower Heist passes money." Peter Debruge is also critical, saying the movie "goes sideways on the way to the bank, due to the lackluster trajectory and lack of quality that usually earns Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy their paychecks - that is, laughing. "Debruge feels that the 40 minute opening is" a blue-collar drama filled with stereotypes, "and while the movie" takes much-needed momentum "with the actual robbery," the resolution feels rushed. " However, the Debruge echoes praise for Murphy, calling his appearance "a welcome comeback to a disrespectful comic, the era of the 80s," and bemoaning his limited time.
Video on demand boycott
On October 5, 2011, Universal Pictures announced that Accolades
Tower Heist received two NAACP Image Award nominations for Extraordinary Movie Movies and Extraordinary Actors in Picture Movies for Murphy.
Home media
Tower Heist was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the United States on February 21, 2012. The DVD version and Blu-ray discs contain two alternative ends for films, deleted and alternative scenes, a faulty roll gag made during filming, comments on film by Ratner, Griffin, Nathanson, and editor Mark Helfrich, and behind-the-scenes film detailing the process of film development. The Blu-ray Edition also contains a movie storyboard, three videos about Ratner's movie-making process, and music tracks from the film.
References
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