Bringing Down the House

Bringing Down the House

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Female Prisoner | Prison

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  • Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Adam Shankman, Kerry Lyn McKissick, Sharron Reynolds, Daniel Silverberg, Conte Mark Matal See all Crew
  • Cast(s): Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 45min
  • Music: Lalo Schifrin,Chris Navarro,Geoff Levin,Ruy Folguera,Sean Rowe
  • Award(s): Image 2004 (Won)
    BET Comedy 2004 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, The Roses
  • Story:
    Straight-laced lawyer, Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) meets and falls in love with online chat friend "Lawyer-Girl", Charlene Morton (Queen Latifah), only to discover she's a convicted bank robber. Charlene escapes from jail and comes looking for Peter to help clear her name.
    Full Story
5.6/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Straight-laced lawyer, Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) meets and falls in love with online chat friend "Lawyer-Girl", Charlene Morton (Queen Latifah), only to discover she's a convicted bank robber. Charlene escapes from jail and comes looking for Peter to help clear her name.
Ratings

5.6/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Image Award

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | 2004 | Queen

Teen Choice Award

Choice Movie Actress Comedy | 2003 | Queen

BET Award

Best Actress For and | 2003 | Queen

Best Actress | 2003 | Queen

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Nominations
BET Comedy Award

Outstanding Box Office Movie | 2004

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Box Office Movie | 2004 | Queen

Blimp Award

Favorite Movie Actress | 2004 | Queen

Favorite Movie Actress For | 2004 | Queen

MTV Movie Award

Best Dance Sequence | 2004 | Steve

Best Fight | 2004 | Queen

Best Female Performance | 2004 | Queen

Black Reel Award

Film Best Actress | 2004 | Queen

Golden Trailer Award

Best Comedy | 2003

Teen Choice Award

Choice Movie Comedy | 2003

Choice Movie Hissy Fit | 2003 | Steve

Choice Movie Chemistry | 2003 | Eugene

Choice Movie FightAction Sequence | 2003

BOX OFFICE

Budget 20,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 132,700,000 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

According to the DVD commentary, the house in which Kate Sanderson (Jean Smart) lives is the same house from Father of the Bride (1991), also starring Steve Martin.

Michael Rosenbaum wore a wig as Todd Gendler due to shaving his head for the role of Lex Luthor on Smallville (2001).

In one of Steve Martin's early comedy skits, he can't pronounce the word "abominable". Mrs. Virginia Arness (Dame Joan Plowright), near the end when she is stoned, struggles in a similar way to say the word "abominably".

Producers wanted the slang that was spoken in this movie to be current and relevant to the time period in which the movie was released. This proved to be difficult as words take on different meaning to become "Ebonics" almost everyday. (Whatever words they used during filming might not have been in circulation by the time this movie was released.) In order to play it safe, some of the "Ebonics" spoken in this movie was made up by the actors and actresses on the spot.

During the fight in the ladies' room, Ashley (Missi Pyle) tells Charlene Morton (Queen Latifah) it's "courtesy of Tae Bo, two hours a day, five days a week." In real life, Pyle is trained in taekwando.

Popular Dialogues

"Howie Rottman: I'd like to dip you in Cheez Wiz and spread you all over a Ritz cracker, if I'm not being too subtle. Charlene Morton: Boy, you some kinda freaky! Howie Rottman: Oh, you have no idea. You got me straight trippin', boo!"

"Peter Sanderson: I message for you. Howie says, 'The cool points out the window and you got him all twisted up in the game.' Charlene Morton: That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me."