---
title: 'Bringing Down the House (2003)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Adam Shankman'
released: '2003-03-07'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bringing-down-the-house-2003'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305669/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bringing Down the House (2003)

2003 · 105 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Bringing Down the House is a 2003 American comedy film written by Jason Filardi and directed by Adam Shankman and starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah alongside Eugene Levy, Jean Smart, and Joan Plowright. The film features Martin as Peter Sanderson, a lonely lawyer who meets a woman on the Internet, only to learn she has escaped prison to prove her innocence. She then proceeds to wreak havoc on his own upper-class life. The film was released on March 7, 2003 by Touchstone Pictures and was distributed by Buena Vista Pictures.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Adam Shankman](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-shankman)
- **Screenplay:** [Jason Filardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-filardi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lalo Schifrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lalo-schifrin)
- **Producer:** [Ashok Amritraj](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashok-amritraj), [David Hoberman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hoberman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Julio Macat](https://cinepixo.com/people/julio-macat)
- **Editor:** [Gerald B. Greenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-b-greenberg)

## Cast

- [Vincent M. Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-m-ward) as Big Man
- [Betty White](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-white) as Mrs. Kline
- [Kimberly J. Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/kimberly-j-brown) as Sarah Sanderson
- [Missi Pyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/missi-pyle) as Ashley
- [Queen Latifah](https://cinepixo.com/people/queen-latifah) as Charlene Morton
- [Joan Plowright](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-plowright) as Virginia Arness
- [Eugene Levy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-levy) as Howie Rottman
- [Steve Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-martin) as Peter Sanderson
- [Matt Lutz](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-lutz) as Aaron
- [Steve Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-harris-2) as Widow
- [Michael Rosenbaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rosenbaum) as Todd Gendler
- [Jim Haynie](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-haynie) as Ed Tobias
- [Anne Fletcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-fletcher) as Saleslady
- [Victor Webster](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-webster) as Glen
- [Angus T. Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/angus-t-jones) as Georgie Sanderson

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