Bringing Down the House (film)

Bringing Down the House
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Adam Shankman
Written by	Jason Filardi
Produced by	David Hoberman Ashok Amritraj
Starring	Steve Martin Queen Latifah Eugene Levy Jean Smart Missi Pyle Kimberly J. Brown Angus T. Jones Betty White Steve Harris Michael Rosenbaum Joan Plowright
Cinematography	Julio Macat
Edited by	Gerald B. Greenberg
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Production companies	Touchstone Pictures Hyde Park Entertainment Mandeville Films
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	March 7, 2003 (2003-03-07)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$33 million[citation needed]
Box office	$164.7 million[1]

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. 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.