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An uptight lawyer who is a divorced father of two, Peter Sanderson 'meets' a beautiful single lawyer on an internet dating site. The pair agrees to meet up in person and Peter gets quite a shock when Charlene Morton turns up at his door. Charlene is an African-American woman who has recently escaped from prison and not the buxom blonde lawyer that she pretended to be... Charlene needs Peter's help to prove that she didn't commit the crime that she was convicted of...Product Identifiers
ProducerAshok Amritraj, David Hoberman
EAN5017188889278
eBay Product ID (ePID)3959580
Product Key Features
ActorEugene Levy, Steve Harris, Joan Plowright, Steve Martin, Missi Pyle, Queen Latifah, Jean Smart
Film/TV TitleBringing Down the House
DirectorAdam Shankman
FormatDVD
Release Year2004
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesFeaturette - 1. MAKING OF: Breakin' Down Bringing Down the House\2. GODFATHER OF HIPHOP\Commentary - 1. Adam Shankman - Director\2. Jason Filardi - Writer\Queen Latifah Music Video: Better than the Rest\Deleted Scenes\Outtakes
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Certificate12A/12
Number of Discs1
ComposerLalo Schifrin
ReviewsVariety - ...There are certainly good laughs to be had...
Additional InformationPeter Sanderson (Steve Martin) is a divorced workaholic L.A. lawyer trying to forget his ex-wife (Jean Smart). Successful but lonely, Peter falls for an online chat buddy and is eager to meet his dream girl, until he meets the real woman behind the screen name and realises she is not at all like he'd imagined. Instead of a svelte blonde businesswoman he comes face to face with Charlene Morton (Queen Latifah), a sassy African American ex-con who is eager to infiltrate Peter's stereotypically uptight white suburban world. Charlene wants Peter to defend her and prove she's innocent of a crime that she didn't commit but Peter wants nothing to do with the fast-talking homegirl. However, Peter's geeky best friend Howie (Eugene Levy) feels different and begins to woo the voluptuous diva with "hip" street lingo and hysterically deadpan come-ons. Soon enough, Charlene is shacked up in Peter's palatial estate, throwing wild parties, and opening his eyes to life, love and infectious freedom. Steve Martin and Queen Latifah are a fresh and dynamic comic team in this hysterical spin on the black-white buddy comedy that is a mixture of PRETTY WOMAN and THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR.
Executive ProducerJane Bartelme, Queen Latifah
ScreenwriterJason Filardi
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1\Dolby Surround 2.0: Audio Descriptive
Movie/TV TitleBringing Down The House
Director of PhotographyJulio Macat