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Horrible Bosses
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Horrible Bosses is a 2011 American comedy and crime film directed by Seth Gordon. The screenplay was written by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, with Brett Ratner serving as producer. The production was handled by New Line Cinema and RAT Entertainment, and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix. The cast includes Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, and Jennifer Aniston. Christopher Lennertz composed the music for the English-language film.
The movie was filmed in Los Angeles, which also serves as the narrative location. It has a runtime of 98 minutes and was released on July 8, 2011. The film had a production budget of 35,000,000 and generated a box office revenue of 209,838,559. It received an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. Audience ratings include a 6.9 score on IMDb and a 6.573 average on TMDb.
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6.6For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.
Cast
- Jason Bateman as Nick Hendricks
- Charlie Day as Dale Arbus
- Jason Sudeikis as Kurt Buckman
- Kevin Spacey as Dave Harken
- Jennifer Aniston as Julia Harris
- Colin Farrell as Bobby Pellitt
Themes
- bad boss
- employee
- death of father
- stakeout
- duringcreditsstinger
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Seth Gordon
- Screenplay by
- Michael Markowitz John Francis Daley Jonathan Goldstein
- Story by
- Michael Markowitz
- Produced by
- Brett Ratner Jay Stern
- Starring
- Jason Bateman Charlie Day Jason Sudeikis Jennifer Aniston Colin Farrell Kevin Spacey Donald Sutherland Jamie Foxx
- Cinematography
- David Hennings
- Edited by
- Peter Teschner
- Music by
- Christopher Lennertz
- Production companies
- New Line Cinema Rat Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- June 30, 2011 ( 2011-06-30 ) ( Grauman's Chinese Theatre ) July 8, 2011 ( 2011-07-08 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 98 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35–37 million
- Box office
- $209.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Horrible Bosses 2
- Director
- Seth Gordon
- Screenwriter
- Jonathan Goldstein
- Composer
- Christopher Lennertz
- Production company
- New Line Cinema
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 815324
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/horrible-bosses
- Image
- Horrible Bosses Premiere (6049408190).jpg
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- publication date
- 2011-09-01
- title
- Horrible Bosses
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Horrible Bosses
- box office
- 209600000
- social media followers
- 4786
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 57/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Horrible Bosses is a 2011 American crime black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon and written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley, and Jonathan Goldstein, from a story by Markowitz. It stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, and Jamie Foxx. The plot follows three friends, played by Bateman, Day, and Sudeikis, who decide to murder their respective overbearing, abusive bosses, portrayed by Spacey, Aniston, and Farrell.
Markowitz's script was bought by New Line Cinema in 2005 and the film spent six years in various states of pre-production, with a variety of actors attached to different roles. By 2010, Goldstein and Daley had rewritten the script, and the film finally went into production.
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