Tower Heist Page #3

Synopsis: Josh Kovaks is the manager of a high-rise condominium in New York. He is close to all the tenants, especially financier Arthur Shaw. One day Shaw is arrested by the FBI for fraud. Josh thinks it's a misunderstanding that can be resolved, but later he learns that the employees' pension fund - which he asked Shaw to handle - is gone. When one of the employees tries to kill himself, Josh's views of Shaw change. He goes to see him and loses his temper, and his job. The FBI agent in charge tells him that Shaw might walk, and recovering the pension fund is unlikely. She tells him that it's been rumored that Shaw has $20 million lying around if he needs it in a hurry. Josh thinks he knows where it is, so with two other fired employees and an evicted tenant, they set out to get into Shaw's penthouse to get the money. But they realize they need the assistance of someone who knows how to steal, so Josh asks an old acquaintance named Slide who he knows is a thief to help them.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Brett Ratner
Production: Universal Pictures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
PG-13
Year:
2011
104 min
$78,009,155
Website
2,209 Views


but I used to know.

That's why they hired

me at Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Fitzhugh, you know this

apartment is now owned by the bank.

They'd like you to

vacate immediately.

We told the kids that we

were turning the apartment

into a park.

Going green.

That's how we explained

all the furniture

being sold and the tents

in the living room.

Luckily, my children aren't

very bright, so they bought it.

But they have smart friends and

those friends are catching on.

Sir, the bank will be

here tomorrow morning.

I went to Yale 20 years ago,

and now I'm a squatter.

Can't wait for their reunion.

"Hello, nice to see you. I squat."

What about family?

No, I invested all their money.

They won't return my calls.

I'd sleep in my car, but they

repossessed it three months ago.

So, you see,

I have to stay here,

because we have

nowhere else to go.

It's illegal for you to be here.

You're committing a crime.

I understand that.

But we might be doing some

elevator maintenance tomorrow.

I'm thinking that the

elevators will be shut down

and those people from the bank will

just have to come back another time.

ARTHUR:
...because,

it's like you go down one.

(ENRIQUE LAUGHING)

Hey, Mr. Kovaks.

Mr. Shaw, I see you

met Mr. Dev'Reaux

This guy owns his own island with jet skis.

How cool is that?

He's our probationary

elevator operator.

He's still very early

in the interview process.

Why don't we finish the job

interview right now, Josh?

Suppose I ask you to pick

me up a cheeseburger,

Enrique, what would you say?

How do you like it cooked?

The thing is, I like a certain

kind of Brie on my burger,

and they only sell it at

Danny's Cheese Shop downtown.

Hm on my way

And the beef has

to be grass-fed.

The best butcher shop in New

York is on Bleecker Street, sir.

(CHUCKLING)

Josh, hire him.

Yes, that was my gut, sir.

And, Enrique, one other thing.

I like to get my own

burgers whenever possible.

I may have my own

private island in Belize,

but deep down I'm just an

Astoria boy like Josh here.

We come from

the same neighborhood.

That's right, PS 104. Go Lions!

My first real job was shoveling

horseshit at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Don't you ever let me forget it.

I won't, sir.

All right, go downstairs

and get a nametag from Rose.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Why don't we hit it tonight, Josh?

Raise some hell.

We have to be back

here in nine hours.

Remember that time you danced

on that bar in Times Square?

I almost fainted.

That's a drunken dream

you had six years ago.

You were shaking your ass

up there like Tina Turner.

Running half naked on Broadway

telling tourists you were

Mustafa from The Lion King.

That's ridiculous.

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Ted Griffin

Ted Griffin is an American screenwriter whose credits include Ravenous, Matchstick Men, and Ocean's Eleven. Born in Pasadena, California, Griffin graduated from Colgate University in 1993. more…

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