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Synopsis
Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead an all-star cast in Tower Heist, a comedy caper about working stiffs who seek revenge on the Wall Street swindler who stiffed them. After the workers at a luxury Central Park condominium discover the penthouse billionaire has stolen their retirement, they plot the ultimate revenge: a heist to reclaim what he took from them. Queens native Josh Kovacs (Stiller) has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh’s building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage. With only days before Arthur gets away with the perfect crime, Josh’s crew turns to petty crook Slide (Murphy) to plan the nearly impossible…to steal what they are sure is hidden in Arthur’s guarded condo. Though amateurs, these rookie thieves know the building better than anyone. Turns out they’ve been casing the place for years, they just didn’t know it. Credits
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Exclusive Tower Heist Blu-Ray Clip: Ben Stiller Takes A Dive On The StreetWhile shooting on location in New York sounds great in theory, it's incredibly hard to pull off in practice, and you can get a glimpse of that challenge in this exclusive clip from the Tower Heist Blu-Ray, which goes onsale today. Ben Stiller's character Josh gets collared by Tea Leoni's character Agent Denham, But to make that happen on a crowded city sidewalk...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-02-21 09:02:06comments
Tower Heist Covertly Plans February Blu-Ray ReleaseThe likeable story about a wealthy swindler who gets his comeuppance when he messes with the wrong crew’s money will hit Blu-Ray, DVD, digital download and On Demand on February 21. Though the film is lacking in the 3D department, it will come with Universal Homes Studios now-predominant Second Screen Blu-Ray technology, which lets audiences interact with the film via a connected device, such as a computer or tablet. ...by Jessica Grabert | published: 2012-01-03 13:23:45comments
Eddie Murphy And Brett Ratner Might Reunite For Another MovieAs much as I didn't really like Tower Heist, and I"m not sad to see it flounder at the box office, I wouldn't mind Murphy working with Ratner as opposed to some other yes-man director who won't at least get a funny performance out of him. No, his role in Tower Heist isn't a return to the glory days-- but it's a start...by Katey Rich | published: 2011-11-07 07:49:58comments
Weekend Box Office - Puss In Boots Stomps Thieves And StonersCall it the curse of Eddie Murphy. This weekend the first Shrek related movie that didn't feature Murphy was relatively successful while the new movie featuring Murphy got only a mediocre reception....by Scott Gwin | published: 2011-11-06 19:12:22comments
Friday Box Office Predicts Puss In Boots Beating Out Tower Heist For The WeekendThe other new release of the weekend, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, also performed worse than expected, making $5.4 million on Friday and estimated for a $14 million weekend. But while Tower Heist is only pretending to be cheap, Harold & Kumar-- like all of the previous movies-- is the real deal...by Katey Rich | published: 2011-11-05 11:48:23comments
Eddie Murphy Greatness And Other Reasons To See Tower HeistI’m not here to argue logic and reason don’t matter. I could write five thousand words on all the ways this film could have been improved, but I don’t want to. Like the rest of the audience, all I want to talk about are the moments that really worked....by Mack Rawden | published: 2011-11-05 02:23:18comments
The Weight Of Gold And Other Tower Heist Logic FailsFor as much fun as Tower Heist is, it has a problem. A really big problem. Brett Ratner is good at a lot of things, but one of the things he’s worst at is paying attention to the little details. Tower Heist is a mess of ridiculous logic gaps. Here’s a few of the worst ones we spotted. ...by Josh Tyler | published: 2011-11-05 01:05:28comments
At Tower Heist Press Conference, Millionaires Awkwardly Speak For The 99%"We did not plan Occupy Wall Street." Believe it or not, Brett Ratner felt compelled to explain that at the press conference for Tower Heist, held high above Columbus Circle at the swank Mandarin Oriental Hotel. An enterprising but naive reporter asked Ratner and his Tower Heist cohorts...by Katey Rich | published: 2011-11-04 09:25:22comments
10 Sort-Of Nice Things We Can Say About Brett RatnerWhat I’m trying to say is that there are more deserving targets of movie fandom’s collective anger than Ratner, who’d just like to go on making his formulaic crowd-pleasers without the laser-focused criticism of select audience members who mistakenly believe he’s capable of delivering more...by Sean O'Connell | published: 2011-11-02 14:44:51comments
Eddie Murphy Writing An Alien-Abduction, All-Black Ensemble Comedy“I have this idea called ‘Jamal and Tyrell and Omar and Brick and Michael’s Wack-Ass Weekend’ about this group of guys who get abducted by aliens on the way to the fights. I’m writing that now,” Murphy tells Rolling Stone. Which sounds like it has a ton of potential, particularly if, as Murphy has indicated...by Sean O'Connell | published: 2011-10-31 10:33:23comments
This Rotten Week: Predicting A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas and Tower Heist ReviewsFear not loyalists, the Rotten Watch is back (albeit a day late) to kneed your doughy, movie-ravaged brains with predictions aplenty. This week Stiller and company get all caper-y and our favorite bong hitting duo returns for some holiday cheer...by Doug Norrie | published: 2011-10-31 09:44:32comments
Eddie Murphy Says Beverly Hills Cop 4 Isn't Happening"They're not doing it," he says. "What I'm trying to do now is produce a TV show starring Axel Foley's son, and Axel is the chief of police now in Detroit. I'd do the pilot, show up here and there. None of the movie scripts were right; it was trying to force the premise. If you have to force something, you shouldn't be doing it. It was always a rehash of the old thing. It was always wrong."...by Sean O'Connell | published: 2011-10-26 15:06:45comments
Eddie Murphy Jokes That He'll Be The Worst Oscar Host EverEven though he's interrupting Ben Stiller constantly in this video, it's still funny-- even if he doesn't do anything as insane when he hosts as wearing a powder blue tuxedo and urinating on himself, I still like that his mind is going somewhere that weird...by Katey Rich | published: 2011-10-24 14:44:58comments
Ben Stiller Is The Mastermind In Six New Tower Heist Character PostersIt may have marks against it because it's a movie by Brett Ratner, but the truth is that Tower Heist actually has a pretty stellar cast. From Ben Stiller to Eddie Murphy to Tea Leoni to Matthew Broderick, the entire ensemble has enough talent to inspire curiosity about the movie....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2011-10-18 18:30:13comments
Theaters Win: Universal Backs Off On Tower Heist Early Video On Demand ReleaseThose Comcast digital subscribers in Portland and Atlanta who were hoping to spend Thanksgiving weekend gathered around the TV, watching Tower Heist with the family will be disappointed to learn that Universal has cancelled their plans for the limited Video On Demand release....by Kelly West | published: 2011-10-12 13:33:45comments
Brett Ratner And Brian Grazer Talk Cast Chemistry And Underdogs Behind The Scenes Of Tower HeistThe cast is probably one of Tower Heist’s biggest selling points. With Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, and Dave Chappelle set to star, among others, it’ll be very interesting to see the kind of chemistry these actors have when the comedy hits theaters next month. Chemistry is one of the things Brett Ratner and Brian Grazer talk about in this behind-the-scenes video for the film....by Kelly West | published: 2011-10-11 15:29:44comments
Tower Heist Threatened With Boycott Unless Universal Backs Down On VOD PlanAs part of the ongoing attempt to shorten the window between theatrical and VOD release, Universal plans to make Tower Heist available via "premium on demand" a mere three weeks after it bows in theaters this November 4th. While that might be good news for harried parents or other would-be moviegoers who can't make it to the theater, there's one segment of the population who isn't pleased with this news at all: theater owners...by David Wharton | published: 2011-10-11 10:26:38comments
Second Trailer For Brett Ratner's Tower Heist Starring Ben Stiller And Eddie MurphyIt was announced yesterday that folks in Atlanta, Georgia and Portland, Oregon will be given the opportunity to watch Brett Ratner's Tower Heist On Demand a mere three weeks after the film has been released in theaters. The catch is that in order to see it, audiences will have to pay the hefty sum of $59.99....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2011-10-06 14:08:36comments
Brett Ratner's Tower Heist To Be On-Demand Three Weeks After Theatrical ReleaseBelieve it or not, there's a very good reason why movie theaters make you pay an arm and a leg for soda and popcorn: it's because they really don't make that much from ticket sales. In the opening week of release for a film, studios take almost all of the money from tickets and in each subsequent week the studio lowers their percentage take, and the cinema takes more....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2011-10-05 16:47:26comments
The Tower Heist Team Looking Bored On A Crooked Building In Two International PostersWhen the trailer for Tower Heist appeared in July, it gave everyone here at CinemaBlend a small bit of hope that the movie, which very obviously pulls from about a dozen other heist movies, may actually be something worth watching. Most shocking of all is that we may willingly sit down and see a movie that Brett Ratner directed. Insane!...by Will LeBlanc | published: 2011-09-06 07:47:08comments
Eddie Murphy Voicing Hong Kong Phooey In Live-Action/Animation FilmThe comedian will voice Hong Kong Phooey for Alcon Entertainment’s upcoming production, a live-action/animation hybrid (much like The Smurfs or Garfield) that will take its cues from the Saturday morning cartoon of our childhoods....by Sean O'Connell | published: 2011-08-10 15:14:10comments
Tower Heist Trailer Suggests Eddie Murphy's Return To Serious ComedyThe Tower Heist trailer that was just posted online makes it look like a terrifically entertaining overmatched-underdogs-against-overprivileged-billionaires comedy that should make a fortune at the box office. And yes, I realize it’s a Brett Ratner film, but Noah Baumbach’s a credited writer and the trailer lobs a number of softballs at some very funny people....by Sean O'Connell | published: 2011-07-28 11:16:06comments
Tea Leoni Joins The Cast Of Tower HeistBack in August, I reported that Tower Heist, a comedy starring Ben Stiller and directed by Brett Ratner, was to begin filming in November. While reading about the movie, I noticed something strange - the idea behind the film sounded almost identical to the 2005 Jim Carrey-Tea Leoni movie...by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2010-10-21 16:07:27comments
Gabourey Sidibe And Michael Pena Join The Cast Of Tower HeistAfter starting her career in Lee Daniels' heavy drama Precious, it appears that Gabourey Sidibe is trying to make a career in comedy. First she signed on to the Showtime series The Big C with Laura Linney...by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2010-10-19 15:13:45comments
Eddie Murphy Joins Ben Stiller In Brett Ratner's Tower HeistI'll be blunt: Eddie Murphy's career is in the toilet. While he almost turned things around in 2006 with Dreamgirls, everything since as been either Shrek sequels or garbage (which is to...by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2010-10-13 14:46:46comments
Alan Alda Joins The Cast Of Wanderlust And Tower HeistThough he's only made five films in the last ten years, and zero in the last two, Alan Alda is ready to get back into gear. The former star of M.A.S.H. has booked two new film gigs, Wanderlust...by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2010-10-05 21:11:35comments
Ben Stiller's Tower Heist To Start Filming In NovemberBack in 2005, Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni starred in the largely forgettable film Fun With Dick and Jane. In the movie, the two actors play a couple that is financially ruined by a high-powered CEO...by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2010-08-23 15:06:23comments
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