Mr. Deeds is a 2002 English-language Comedy Romance motion picture written by Clarence Budington Kelland, Robert Riskin and Tim Herlihy. The movie is directed by Steven Brill and produced by Sidney Ganis, Jack Giarraputo and Sid Ganis under the banner of Columbia Pictures in collaboration with New Line Cinema, Happy Madison Productions and Out of the Blue Entertainment. A sweet-natured, small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way. Mr. deeds features Adam Sandler in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Allen Covert, Erick Avari and John Turturro. The screenplay is written by Tim Herlihy which is inspired from Mr. Deeds Goes to Town by Robert Riskin Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland. The music was composed by Teddy Castellucci. Cinematography was done by Peter Lyons Collister and editing by Jeff Gourson. The film has a running time of 96 minutes. It was released on 28th June 2002. The Film was successful at box office. Mr. Deeds was made on a budget of $50 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $171 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Sony Pictures Releasing.