Top Five
2014 film by Chris Rock / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Top Five is a 2014 American comedy film written and directed by Chris Rock. Produced by Scott Rudin and Eli Bush, the film stars Rock, Rosario Dawson, and Gabrielle Union, and follows New York City comedian and film star Andre Allen (Rock), who has to confront his past and comedic career while doing an interview with journalist Chelsea Brown (Dawson).
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Directed by | Chris Rock |
Written by | Chris Rock |
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Cinematography | Manuel Alberto Claro |
Edited by | Anne McCabe |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million[2] |
Box office | $26.1 million[3] |
The ensemble cast features comedians J. B. Smoove, Kevin Hart, Sherri Shephard, Michael Che, Tracy Morgan, Jay Pharoah, Leslie Jones, and Cedric the Entertainer. Comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, and Whoopi Goldberg appear as themselves.
It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United States on December 12, 2014 by Paramount Pictures.[4] It received critical acclaim, with praise directed at the performances of the cast, and Rock's screenplay and direction, as well as comparisons to Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980).