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Tower Heist
Tower Heist
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brett Ratner
Screenplay by	Ted Griffin; Jeff Nathanson;
Story by	Bill Collage; Adam Cooper; Ted Griffin;
Produced by	Brian Grazer; Eddie Murphy; Kim Roth;
Starring	Ben Stiller; Eddie Murphy; Casey Affleck; Alan Alda; Matthew Broderick; Judd Hirsch; Téa Leoni; Michael Peña; Gabourey Sidibe;
Cinematography	Dante Spinotti
Edited by	Mark Helfrich
Music by	Christophe Beck
Production; companies	Imagine Entertainment; Relativity Media; Rat Entertainment;
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	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

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 and Eddie Murphy with Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Judd Hirsch, Téa Leoni, Michael Peña, and Gabourey Sidibe in supporting roles. 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 him 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. 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 $75 million (after tax rebates), with several buildings provided by Donald Trump used to represent the eponymous tower. The film's soundtrack album and musical score was composed by Christophe Beck and produced by Jake Monaco and was released on November 1, 2011, by Varèse Sarabande, Back Lot Music and Colosseum Records.

The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise going to the cast, including Broderick, Leoni, and Stiller. Murphy's performance was repeatedly singled out, with critics feeling that he displayed a welcome return to the comedic style of his early career. Much of the criticism was focused on the plot, which was considered "formulaic",^[6] "rushed",^[7] "dull",^[8] and "laborious".^[9] The film was theatrically released on November 4, 2011, in the United States by Universal Pictures where it earned $152.9 million^[4] worldwide on a budget of $75–85 million.^[4]^[5]

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 cinematic 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.

The film is one of Heavy D's final roles before his death on November 8, 2011, four days after its theatrical release.^[10]^[11]

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