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Directed by | Michael Dowse |
Screenplay by | Jackie Filgo Jeff Filgo |
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Cinematography | Terry Stacey |
Edited by | Lee Haxall |
Music by | Trevor Horn |
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Distributed by | Relativity Media (United States) Universal Pictures (International)[2] |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $19 million[3] |
Box office | $7.4 million[4] |
Take Me Home Tonight is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Michael Dowse and starring an ensemble cast led by Topher Grace and Anna Faris. The screenplay was written by Jackie and Jeff Filgo, former writers of the television sitcom That '70s Show, of which Grace was a cast member. The film follows a recent college graduate who wants to change his career plans after his old high school crush invites him to a party. It was released to mixed to negative reviews and was a box office bomb.
Shooting began on the week starting February 19, 2007,[5] in Phoenix, Arizona.[6] The film received its wide theatrical release on March 4, 2011.
The title comes from the 1986 Eddie Money song of the same name, also played in the theatrical trailer and on the menu screen of the Blu-ray and DVD releases. Despite having the same name, it never actually appears in the film.
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