I Love You Phillip Morris
The Conman who wouldn't go straight.
Steven Russell leads a seemingly average life – an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force.That is until he has a severe car accident that leads him to the ultimate epiphany: he’s gay and he’s going to live life to the fullest – even if he has to break the law to do it.
- Director
- Glenn Ficarra
- Worldwide
- $21M
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Cast
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What It's About
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Steven Russell leads a seemingly average life – an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force. That is until he has a severe car accident that leads him to the ultimate epiphany: he’s gay and he’s going to live life to the fullest – even if he has to break the law to do it. Taking on an extravagant lifestyle, Steven turns to cons and fraud to make ends meet and is eventually sent to the State Penitentiary where he meets the love of his life, a sensitive, soft-spoken man named Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts him to attempt (and often succeed at) one impossible con after another.
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Box Office & Release
I Love You Phillip Morris returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $13M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $21M
- Release date
- Feb 4, 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United States of America
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