Tower Heist is a 2011 English-language Action Comedy movie written by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Ted Griffin, Jeff Nathanson and Eric Ehrenhaus. The movie is directed by Brett Ratner and produced by Brian Grazer, Eddie Murphy and Kim Roth under the banner of Imagine Entertainment in collaboration with Relativity Media. The plot follows employees of an exclusive apartment building who lose their pensions in the Ponzi scheme of a Wall Street businessman and enlist the aid of a criminal, a bankrupt businessman, and an immigrant maid to break into his apartment and steal back their money while avoiding the FBI agents in charge of his case. Tower heist features Ben Stiller in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Stephen Mckinley Henderson and Judd Hirsch. The screenplay is written by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson. The music was composed by Christophe Beck. Cinematography was done by Dante Spinotti and editing by Mark Helfrich. The motion picture has a running time of 104 minutes. It was released on 3rd November 2011. The Film was successful at box office. Tower Heist was made on a budget of $75 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $152 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Universal Pictures. The plot follows employees of an exclusive apartment building who lose their pensions in the Ponzi scheme of a Wall Street businessman and enlist the aid of a criminal, a bankrupt businessman, and an immigrant maid to break into his apartment and steal back their money while avoiding the FBI agents in charge of his case.