Taglines: Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.
Peter Sanderson is a divorced, straight-laced, uptight attorney who still loves his ex-wife and can’t figure out what he did wrong to make her leave him. However, Peter’s trying to move on, and he’s smitten with a brainy, bombshell barrister he’s been chatting with online. However, when she comes to his house for their first face-to-face, she isn’t refined, isn’t Ivy League, and isn’t even a lawyer.
Instead, it’s Charlene, a prison escapee who’s proclaiming her innocence and wants Peter to help her clear her name. But Peter wants nothing to do with her, prompting the loud and shocking Charlene to turn Peter’s perfectly ordered life upside down, jeopardizing his effort to get back with his wife and woo a billion dollar client.
Bringing Down the House is an American comedy film written by Jason Filardi and directed by Adam Shankman. The film stars Queen Latifah, Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart, Kimberly J. Brown, Angus T. Jones, Missi Pyle, Betty White, Jim Haynie and Steve Harris.
On a budget of $35 million, the film became a surprise hit. It earned $132.6 million in the United States and an international gross of $32 million, bringing its worldwide gross to $164.6 million. As of March 2009, it is ranked #231 of the All Time Top Grossing USA Motion Pictures.
Bringing Down the House (2003)
Directed by: Adam Shankman
Starring: Queen Latifah, Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart, Kimberly J. Brown, Angus T. Jones, Missi Pyle, Betty White, Jim Haynie, Steve Harris
Screenplay by: Jason Filardi
Production Design by: Linda DeScenna
Cinematography by: Julio Macat
Film Editing by: Gerald B. Greenberg
Costume Design by: Pamela Withers
Set Decoration by: Ric McElvin
Art Direction by: James Nedza
Music byk: Lalo Schifrin
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, sexual humor and drug material.
Distributed by: Touchstone Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: March 7, 2003
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