I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks by Steve McVicker
Produced by
Andrew Lazar
Far Shariat
Starring
Jim Carrey
Ewan McGregor
Rodrigo Santoro
Antoni Corone
Leslie Mann
Cinematography
Xavier Pérez Grobet
Edited by
Thomas J. Nordberg
Music by
Nick Urata
Production companies
EuropaCorp
Mad Chance Productions
Distributed by
EuropaCorp[1]
Release dates
January 18, 2009 (2009-01-18) (Sundance)
February 10, 2009 (2009-02-10) (France)
Running time
93 minutes
Countries
France
United States
Language
English
Budget
$13 million[1]
Box office
$20.7 million[1]
I Love You Phillip Morris is a 2009 black comedy film[2] based on a 1980s and 1990s real-life story of con artist, impostor and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell, as played by Jim Carrey. While incarcerated, Russell falls in love with his fellow inmate, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). After Morris is released from prison, Russell escapes from prison four times to be reunited with Morris. The film was adapted from the 2003 book I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks by Steve McVicker.[3] The film is the directorial debut of John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. It grossed $20 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews from critics. For their writing, Requa and Ficarra received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.[4] It is an international co-production of France and the United States.[2]
^ abc"I Love You, Philip Morris". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
^ abBuchanan, Jason. "I Love You Phillip Morris". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
^Reynolds, Simon (March 19, 2010). "Release Diary: March 19, 2010". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
^"Writers Guild Awards". Writers Guild of America. 4 January 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011.
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