---
title: 'Tower Heist (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Brett Ratner'
released: '2011-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tower-heist-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471042/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tower Heist (2011)

2011 · 105 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

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. The film marked one of Heavy D's final roles and the last to be released while he was still alive as he died on November 8, 2011, four days after its theatrical release.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Eddie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-murphy), [Brian Grazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-grazer)
- **Director:** [Brett Ratner](https://cinepixo.com/people/brett-ratner)
- **Screenplay:** [Jeff Nathanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-nathanson), [Ted Griffin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-griffin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Christophe Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/christophe-beck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dante Spinotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/dante-spinotti)
- **Editor:** [Mark Helfrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-helfrich)

## Cast

- [Téa Leoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/tea-leoni)
- [Željko Ivanek](https://cinepixo.com/people/zeljko-ivanek)
- [Dylan Ratigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/dylan-ratigan)
- [Gabourey Sidibe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabourey-sidibe)
- [Kate Upton](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-upton)
- [Judd Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/judd-hirsch)
- [Stephen McKinley Henderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-mckinley-henderson)
- [Casey Affleck](https://cinepixo.com/people/casey-affleck)
- [Robert Downey Sr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-downey-sr)
- [Matthew Broderick](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-broderick)
- [Nina Arianda](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-arianda)
- [Michael Peña](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-pena)
- [Alan Alda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-alda)
- [Robert Clohessy](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-clohessy)
- [Eddie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-murphy)

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Official site: http://www.towerheist.net/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/tower-heist-2011
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