The Upside(Movie, 2017)

Name: The Upside
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2017
Duration: T02:6:00
Rating: 3.6

PG-13

| 2h 6min | Genres: Comedy, Drama

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 550 votes)

The Upside is a 2017 American comedy drama film directed by Neil Burger, written by Jon Hartmere. It is a remake of the French 2011 film The Intouchables, which was itself inspired by the lives of Abdel Sallou and Philippe Pozzo di Borgo. The film follows a paralyzed billionaire (Bryan Cranston) who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a recently paroled convict (Kevin Hart) whom he hires to take care of him. Nicole Kidman, Golshifteh Farahani, and Julianna Margulies also star. It is the third remake of The Intouchables after the Indian film Oopiri, and the Argentinian film Inseparables (2016). An English-language remake was first announced in July 2011. Numerous actors were rumored to star, including Chris Rock, Idris Elba, Colin Firth and Jessica Chastain, and different dir... ()

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About The Upside

Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his young son. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom.

Trailer for The Upside + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Upside | "Aretha" TV Commercial | In Theaters Tomorrow(Teaser, 0:31)

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: New York City (NYC)

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Based on: "The Intouchables" (movie, 2011)

Made by: The Weinstein Company, Escape Artists, Lantern Entertainment

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 31 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/11/2019 (World premiere: 01/10/2019)

Cast: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King, Genevieve Angelson, Golshifteh Farahani, Tate Donovan, Julianna Margulies, Suzanne Savoy, Pia Mechler

Director: Neil Burger

Producer: Todd Black, Steve Tisch

Screenwriter: Paul Feig, Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache

Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein

Film Editor: Naomi Geraghty

Director of Photography: Stuart Dryburgh

Composer: Rob Simonsen

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Amigos por siempre"

"Sous un autre jour"

"Sempre Amici"

"1+1. Голливудская история [The Upside (2018)]"

"The Intouchables"

"The Untouchables"

"Untouchable"

Keywords: social differences, man in wheelchair, quadriplegia, interracial friendship, remake, based on true story, disabled person, rich man, class differences, male nurse, handicapped, caregiver

Budget: 37,500,000 USD

Revenue: 125,000,000 USD (= 333%)

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The Upside(Movie, 2017)

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Trailer for The Upside + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Upside | "Aretha" TV Commercial | In Theaters Tomorrow(Teaser, 0:31)

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